WRIT2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Comma Splice, Infinitive, Independent Clause
Week 9 Lecture
Sentence:
Notional definitions
Structural definitions – at least one independent clause (clause containing a subject and a
predicate)
Made up of clauses – independent and dependant clauses
Clauses:
Declarative – make statement/ proposition (form = subject, verb, object)
Interrogative – ask a question (OPEN form = any answer of who, what, when, where, how,
why – verb, subject)
CLOSED form (yes/no) – helping verb, subject, verb (object) – subject auxiliary inversion
Exclamative – express surprise (form = what/how + verb, object normal order)
Imperative – make command (form = bare infinitive of object/ complement)
Subjunctive – refer to suggestions, possibilities (form = conditional of if, were) (form =
mandative of clause + bare infinitive of verbs precede wish, demand)
Form vs Function:
Actual function might not align with typical function
Look at form first
Independent clause:
Subject and a predicate and no subordinating conjunctions
Dependant clauses:
Subordinate (
Relative (who, which, that, whose)
Content (‘that’)
Sentence:
Simple – one independent clause
Compound sentence – two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating
conjunction
Complex sentences – one independent clause + one or more dependant clauses
Compound-Complex sentences - Two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating
conjunction + one or more dependent clauses
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Document Summary
Structural definitions at least one independent clause (clause containing a subject and a predicate) Made up of clauses independent and dependant clauses. Declarative make statement/ proposition (form = subject, verb, object) Interrogative ask a question (open form = any answer of who, what, when, where, how, why verb, subject) Closed form (yes/no) helping verb, subject, verb (object) subject auxiliary inversion. Exclamative express surprise (form = what/how + verb, object normal order) Imperative make command (form = bare infinitive of object/ complement) Subjunctive refer to suggestions, possibilities (form = conditional of if, were) (form = mandative of clause + bare infinitive of verbs precede wish, demand) Actual function might not align with typical function. Subject and a predicate and no subordinating conjunctions. Compound sentence two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. Complex sentences one independent clause + one or more dependant clauses.
