SENTENCE

 A sentence is a group of words that are put together to mean something. A sentence contains a verb or a verb phrase. A sentence is the basic unit of language which expresses a complete thought. A sentence 

follows Subject + Verb + Object. A sentence is also called independent clause. Example in verbal sentence;

Yahrif visits his uncle in Palopo. 

from this sentence above. We can say ‘Yahrif’ is as subject, ‘visit’ as verb, ‘uncle’ as object, and ‘in Palopo’ as adverb. While from nominal sentence; example

Yahrif is busy today 

The nominal sentence above shows that ‘Yahrif’ is as subject, ‘is’ as linking verb or main verb, ‘busy’ as complement of subject or Adjective.

 TYPES OF SENTENCES

They are three kinds of sentences classification in English.

Classified by Ordinary

They are two kinds of sentences which classified by ordinary. They are as follow;

A. The ordinary in nominal sentence

Nominal sentence is the sentence which the ordinary verb is BE- stative. The BE-stative is always followed by 3 complement such as; Adjective (Adj), Noun (N), and Adverb (Adv).

Example; - I am happy

                - They are the student of Megarezky University 

B. The ordinary in verbal sentence

Verbal sentence is the sentence which the ordinary verb is BE- dynamic and Non-Be.

Example; Yahrif is being kind.

Yahrif is sleeping on the bad.

Classified by Number of Full Predication

They are four kinds of sentence which is classified by number of full predication

A. Simple sentence

Simple sentence is the sentence which consists of one independent clause (IC).

Example; Sukma  washed the clothes

B. Compound sentence

Compound sentence is the sentence which consists of two independent clause (IC) or more.

Example; Sukma   washed   the clothes and   She dried   them beside the house

C. Complex sentence

Complex sentence is the sentence which consists of one independent clause (IC) and one dependent clause (DC) or more.

Example 1: Sukma washed the clothes when her mother angered her

D. Compound-complex sentence

Compound-Complex sentence is the sentence which consists of two independent clause (IC) and two dependent clause (DC) or more.

Example 1: Sukma washed the clotes when her mother angered her.