Complex sentence Examine the following sentences. I will say what I like. When we went there we found that he had gone. Sentence 1 consists… Continue reading
Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
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Simple and Compound Sentences
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According to their meaning and word order, sentences are divided into four classes – assertive, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory. But according to their clause structure,… Continue reading
Uses of anomalous finites – part II
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The anomalous finites are used to form inverted sentence patterns. I had no sooner got into the train than it steamed off. No sooner had… Continue reading
Uses of anomalous finites
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Anomalous finites are the only verbs in modern English which can form their negatives by the simple addition of not. Compare: He will come. He… Continue reading
Anomalous finites
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The term anomalous finites refers to the group of 24 finites given below: Is, am, are, was, were Has, have, had Do, does, did Will,… Continue reading