Bibliography and useful resources for sentences and writing
Useful resources Vince (2009) Advanced Language Practice pp 54 – 91 Fish, S (2011) How to Write a Sentence and How to […]
Kelly Rowland’s (tentatively-linked) advice for emphatic writing
Kelly Rowland said in an interview on BBC Radio 1 recently that she loves being in England because everyone sings […]
Sentence structures: a little trick
It’s all well and good knowing stand-alone sentences, but sentences don’t often hang around on their own, do they? My […]
And finally: what are compound-complex sentences?
Well, these little munchkins are the final hoorah for sentence structures. Something of a curtain call: everything comes out to […]
What are complex sentences?
Complex sentences have one independent clause and one (or more) dependent clause(s). The reason we have complex sentences is to […]
What are compound sentences?
A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses. Lucy is tired. She will go to bed soon. 1 […]
What are simple sentences?
A simple sentence isn’t necessarily as simple as it sounds – it doesn’t have to be short, nor does it […]
Dependent clauses — happy days :)
Following last week’s introduction to the independent clauses, here we have the younger brother: the dependent clause. A dependent clause, […]
Clauses
Let’s go reeeaaalllly slowly. First off: all (proper!) sentences need at least one clause. What on earth is a clause? […]
ESL for English native-speakers
As part of my teaching at the University of Salzburg, I am faced with something that comes naturally, but something […]