What are loose sentences? Periodic sentences?

What are loose sentences? Periodic sentences? Combination sentences?

• VARIETY IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE
  http://iws.ccccd.edu/cobb/sentences.html

Loose sentences

• THE LOOSE SENTENCE: This sentence is a basic statement with a string of details added to it.
  http://iws.ccccd.edu/cobb/sentences.html#loose

Here's one of mine:

• John was happy that as a result of hard work for the first time ever he got an A on his report card.

What do you think? May I see one of yours?


Periodic sentences

• THE PERIODIC SENTENCE: In this sentence, additional details are placed before the basic statement.
  http://iws.ccccd.edu/cobb/sentences.html#periodic

Here's one of mine:

• As a result of celebrating and drinking too much champagne, John was drunk.

What do you think? May I see one of yours?


combination sentences

• THE COMBINATION: In this sentence, additional details are added before and after the basic statement.
  http://iws.ccccd.edu/cobb/sentences.html#combination

• EXPANDING THE SUBJECT, VERB, AND OBJECT
  http://iws.ccccd.edu/cobb/sentences.html#expanding

• Exercises
  http://iws.ccccd.edu/cobb/sentences.html

Write some loose sentences, some periodic sentences, and some combination sentences. Feel free to post some of them here.

Loose sentence:

She agreed to marry him, live with him and go through all that life threw at them at his side. ;-0

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Originally Posted by tdol

Loose sentence:

She agreed to marry him, live with him and go through all that life threw at them at his side. ;-0

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You might want to rewrite that. It's a little confusing, especially the ending.

:)

Too loose? ;-0

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Originally Posted by tdol

Too loose? ;-0

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Maybe. :wink:

I think I know what the problem is.

• She agreed to marry him, live with him and go through all that life threw at them at his side.

I think what throws the reader is all that life threw at them etc. For one thing, you have live (present tense), go (present tense), then threw (past tense). Perhaps:

• She agreed to marry him, live with him and go to the ends of the earth with him.

What do you think? :)

(I'm not sure that sentence fits the pattern anyhow, but I'll ask Cas to comment.)

:)

I'll look tomorrow. I'm afraid I must go now as I've just put my back out and am in agony. good night. ;-)

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Originally Posted by tdol

I'll look tomorrow. I'm afraid I must go now as I've just put my back out and am in agony. good night. ;-)

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I am sorry to hear that. Hopefully, by the time you read this you will be feeling better.

:)