RonBee
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What are loose sentences? Periodic sentences? Combination sentences?
Loose sentences
Periodic sentences
Here's one of mine:
combination sentences
Write some loose sentences, some periodic sentences, and some combination sentences. Feel free to post some of them here.
- 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
- John was happy that as a result of hard work for the first time ever he got an A on his report card.
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.
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.