Structure 3: S-P-O
The verb acting as a predicate in the S-P-O sentence structure is a transitive verb, which may take a direct object or both a direct object and an indirect object.
• Harry bought his son a new school-bag.
Usually, a preposition “to” or “for” can be put in front of the indirect object. For example,
• 1. The old man left his daughter a large house. (The old man left a large house for his daughter.)
We have moved into a new single-storied house recently.
4. It occurred a short while ago. My brother helped me. We carried a bookcase up the stairs. The bookcase was very heavy.
• You never miss the water till the well runs dry.
• No man can make a good coat with bad cloth.
Structure 5: S-P-O -OC
Different from an indirect object which is the receiver of the direct object, an object complement is to complete the meaning of the direct object. The words acting as an object complement can be nouns, adjectives or prepositional phrases.
Run-on Sentence
A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences written as though they were one sentence. 1. Comma splice The most common kind of run-on sentence is perhaps a comma splice, which occurs when two main clauses are separated by a comma rather than by a semicolon or a period. For instance: Tom is a manager, he is working for a big company. Four solutions are available: 1) Replace the comma with a period and begin the new sentence with a capital letter. Tom is a manager. He is working for a big company. 2) Turn one of the sentences into a phrase. As a manager, Tom is working for a big company. Tom is a manager, working for a big company.
3. Advertising exerts an influence. The influence is subtle. The influence is on children.
Advertising exerts a subtle influence on children.
4. I was being tested. The test was for a driving license. It was the third time.
Object and complement
Generally, verbs can be put into two: linking verbs and action verbs. Both of them require a word to complete their meaning. We can call such a word complement. The complement of a linking verb is called a predicative or a subject complement, which describes or renames the subject. For example:
• The villagers found their bedrooms ankle-deep in water.
• The friendly mood makes us comfortable.
Exercises 2: Combine the sentences
1. I felt pleased with my bargain My pleasure was especial. My bargain was wonderful.
College English Grammar:
Grammar and Writing
Unit 2Biblioteka Basic parts of a sentence (II)
• Grammar:
1. Object and complement 2．Basic sentence structures
• Writing: Correcting: Run-on Sentence Rewriting: The importance of the subject
Structure 2: S-IV-C • The words acting as a predicative may be a prepositional
phrase to show the place of the subject, or a noun to identify or rename the subject, or an adjective to indicate the state of the subject. • Speech is the picture of mind. • The firemen are inside the building.
• The old man caught a big fish. • Her husband frequently beat her. • My uncle eventually gave up smoking.
Sometimes action verbs have two different objects: direct object and indirect object. Direct object is the receiver of the action while an indirect object is the receiver of the direct object. For instance：
I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time.
5. A murder crossed the road. The road was in front of me. He did that with a sudden.
A murder suddenly crossed the road in front of me.
At last the firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.
Structure 1: S-P • The S-P sentence structure is made up of a noun, pronoun,
or other nominal as the subject of the sentence and an intransitive verb or verb phrase as the predicate. • Dead dog don’t bite. • Money talks.
I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain.
2. People find this sort of joke. These people are foreign. This sort of joke are distasteful.
Foreign people find this sort of joke distasteful.
• 2. Jim presented his girl friend a bunch of flowers. (Jim presented a bunch of flowers to his girl friend.)
3. We have moved into a house. We did that recently The house was new. It had single-storied.
• My favorite playwright is William Shakespeare. • Mark Twain became a pilot on a steamboat. • She felt uneasy in the crowd.