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	The Structure of a Sentence
		Usually, however, the sentence has a subject as well as a predicate and both the subject and the predicate may have modifiers.
		The most natural sentence structure is the simple sentence: it is the first kind which children learn to speak, and it remains by far the most common sentence in the spoken language of people of all ages.
		A complex sentence is very different from a simple sentence or a compound sentence because it makes clear which ideas are most important.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/sntstrct.html (745 words)

	Subject and Predicate
		To determine the subject of a sentence, first isolate the verb and then make a question by placing "who?" or "what?" before it -- the answer is the subject.
		Imperative sentences (sentences that give a command or an order) differ from conventional sentences in that their subject, which is always "you," is understood rather than expressed.
		Be careful with sentences that begin with "there" plus a form of the verb "to be." In such sentences, "there" is not the subject; it merely signals that the true subject will soon follow.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/subjpred.html (427 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sentence
		sentence is absolutory, if it acquits the accused; condemnatory, if it declares him guilty; declaratory, if it assert that the accused committed a crime, the penalty of which is incurred ipso facto.
		sentence is pronounced during the course of a trial to settle some incidental point arising.
		sentence must be definitive, unconditional, given by the judge in court, in the presence of the parties concerned or their agents, in writing or dictated to the clerk to be inserted in the minutes of the trial; it must be in keeping with the charge or complaint, stating, if condemnatory, the
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13720b.htm (220 words)

	Comparative Sentences
		Pollard's life sentence is also disproportionate even when compared to the sentences of those who committed far more serious offences by spying for enemy nations.
		The median sentence for this offence is 2 to 4 years.
		This chart shows that Pollard's life sentence is far harsher than most of the sentences received by those who spied for enemies, and thereby committed much more serious offences and treason.
	www.jonathanpollard.org /sentences.htm (279 words)

	Sentence - LoveToKnow 1911
		The sentences inflicted by the courts of various countries vary according to the gravity of the offence (see Criminal Law; also Capital Punishment; and, for the "indeterminate" sentence, Recidivism).
		A cumulative sentence is the sum total of consecutive sentences passed in respect of each distinct offence of which an accused person has been found guilty on several counts of an indictment.
		A sentence, in the case of trials before a court of assize, commences to run from the first day of the sitting of the court, but in that of courts of quarter sessions from the time the sentence is pronounced.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sentence (242 words)

	Sentence Problems
		Sentences (That is, strings of words that look like sentences) fail to convey a unit of complete thought when they omit one of these elements or when they confuse the message with too many elements and not enough cues to help the reader sort through them.
		This correct sentence consists of a main clause, the subject of which is "I" and the verb of which is "vow." The introductory clause is made dependent by the subordinating conjunction "when." This clause modifies the main clause.
		This fragment follows the pattern of a sentence beginning with a conjunctive adverb such as "however." It is correct to write "However, some husbands resist at first." It is important to distinguish between the function of subordinating conjunctions and that of conjunctive adverbs.
	www.meredith.edu /grammar/sentence.htm (4796 words)

	SENTENCE - LoveToKnow Article on SENTENCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Concurrent sentences are those which run from the same date in respect of convictions on various indictments.
		A cumulative sentence is the sum total of consecutive sentences passed in respect of each distinct offence of which an accused person has been found guilty on several counts of an indictment.
		A sentence, in the case of trials before a court of assize, commences to run from the first day of the sitting of the court, but in that of courts of quarter sessions from the time the sentence is pronounced.
	74.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SE/SENTENCE.htm (523 words)

	Sentence (linguistics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In linguistics, a sentence is a unit of language, characterised in most languages by the presence of a finite verb.
		Traditionally, each sentence is regarded as having a subject, an object and a verb, even if one of these is implied.
		Major sentence is a regular sentence; it has a subject (grammar) and a predicate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sentence_(linguistics) (313 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: sentence @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SENTENCE [sentence] in criminal law, punishment that a court orders, imposed on a person convicted of criminal activity.
		Sentences typically consist of fines, corporal punishment, imprisonment for varying periods including life, or capital punishment, and sometimes combine two or more elements.
		In indeterminate sentencing, a minimum and maximum term is set, and good behavior may allow a convict to be released on parole any time after the minimum term has been served.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:sentence&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (403 words)

	Composition. Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. Elements of Style
		He may make the meaning of the topic sentence clearer by restating it in other forms, by defining its terms, by denying the converse, by giving illustrations or specific instances; he may establish it by proofs; or he may develop it by showing its implications and consequences.
		The subject of a sentence and the principal verb should not, as a rule, be separated by a phrase or clause that can be transferred to the beginning.
		The principle that the proper place for what is to be made most prominent is the end applies equally to the words of a sentence, to the sentences of a paragraph, and to the paragraphs of a composition.
	www.bartleby.com /141/strunk5.html (4130 words)

	Sample Questions: Sentence Completions
		Sentence completion questions measure your ability to use a variety of cues provided by syntax and grammar to recognize the overall meaning of a sentence.
		Consider each answer choice carefully and decide which completes the sentence in a way that gives the sentence a logically satisfying meaning and allows it to be read as a stylistically integrated whole.
		Sentence completion questions provide a context within which to analyze how words relate to and combine with one another to form a meaningful unit of discourse.
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	Sentence Completion & Analogy
		Successfully solving the sentence completion section of the GRE is primarily a matter of perceiving the relationships within the sentence as indicated by the presence of equivalents, analogies, parallel sets, contraries and lexical groups.
		The "although" tells us that this is a contrast sentence, so the description of Irina in a large group of people in the first part of the sentence should be different than how she acts when she is with her friends and family.
		We are told that she has a "magnanimous nature." Since the first part of the sentence must be a restatement of this idea, we know that we are looking for a word to fit in the blank that is synonymous with magnanimous, such as generous.
	www.all-mba.com /gre-guidec2a.html (3975 words)

	Sentence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sentence, derived from Latin sententia (perception, in the subjective sense of how one feels reality is), has several meanings:
		Open sentence (a term that mathematics teachers attempted to introduce, but not used by mathematicians)
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sentence (107 words)

	Sentence items in SuperMemo \| Antimoon.com
		The sentence has at least one "interesting" word or phrase (where "interesting" means "at least a little difficult or challenging for you").
		Perhaps a tense or preposition in the sentence is a little surprising and you're not sure if you'd get it right if you were writing the sentence yourself.
		On the other hand, sentence items involve reading real English sentences, which is an excellent, natural way to learn new words — not just their meanings, but also their usage.
	www.antimoon.com /how/usingsm-makeitems-sentence.htm (2026 words)

	Sentence Variety
		A sentence is a group of words containing a subject and predicate.
		The cleft sentence usually uses it as the main subject with a to be verb; the real information in the sentence, oddly enough, follows in the predicate and then in a dependent clause beginning with a dependent word (usually who, which, or that).
		Cleft sentences are useful for putting stress in a sentence exactly where you want it, but they should be used sparingly, reserved for special occasions — like birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and the annual return of the buzzards to Hinckley, Ohio.
	grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/sentences.htm (2617 words)

	Sentence Fragments
		Sentence fragments, unless artfully used, suggest that your thinking is fragmented, because you're only presenting a piece of a complete thought.
		A sentence is a unit that has a subject, a verb, and words to complete the thought.
		One way to recognize sentence fragments is to learn which words often signal phrases or incomplete thoughts: although, because, especially, even, except, for example, if, including, instead of, so that, since, such as, that, which, who, and when.
	www.esc.edu /esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/3cc42a422514347a8525671d0049f395/1c0530ce5d3ba917852569f5005e8e34?OpenDocument (329 words)

	Sentence Outlines
		With a sentence outline you can easily judge how long the manuscript will be and modify it to keep the essential material within the prescribed length.
		Each sentence must be a sentence -- that is, it has a subject ("each sentence"), a verb ("must be"), and a complement ("a sentence").
		The sentence should be as specific as possible so that the main points/features of the paragraph are clear.
	www.physics.ohio-state.edu /~wilkins/writing/Assign/so/sent_outline.html (446 words)

	2.6a - Sentence Fragments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Therefore, a verbal cannot be used as the verb element in a sentence.
		The second sentence does not contain a verb, and thus is a fragment (it is also missing a subject!).
		This is a subordinate clause since it is introduced by the subordinating conjunction "because." The clause is a fragment because it is not attached to an independent or main clause.
	www.ucalgary.ca /UofC/eduweb/grammar/course/sentence/2_6a.htm (259 words)

	Supporting English Acquisition
		The "topic sentence" is the sentence in which the main idea of the paragraph is stated.
		The topic sentence generally is composed of two parts: (a) the topic itself and (b) the controlling idea.
		From this single sentence the reader knows that the topic of the paragraph is the SLR camera and that the paragraph will discuss mastering the basics of using this camera.
	www.rit.edu /~seawww/paragraphstructure/pgs02tpsnt.html (535 words)

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		A sentence is ordered by the judge, based on the verdict of the jury (or the judge's decision if there is no jury) within the possible punishments set by state law (or federal law in convictions for a federal crime).
		Popularly, "sentence" refers to the jail or prison time ordered after conviction, as in "his sentence was 10 years in state prison." Technically, a sentence includes all fines, community service, restitution or other punishment, or terms of probation.
		For misdemeanors (lesser crimes) the maximum sentence is usually one year in county jail, but for felonies (major crimes) the sentence can range from a year to the death penalty for murder in most states.
	dictionary.law.com /definition2.asp?selected=1917&bold=\|\|\|\| (186 words)

	ComputerBasedTest.com - TOEFL English Sentence Structure Grammar Basics - Insight, summary, Tip, Tips, English grammar, ...
		So are sentences formed by words, the words are the bones and they are put together in different ways to form sentences.
		In sentences written in passive voice, the subject receives the action expressed in the verb; the subject is acted upon.
		Sentence Fragments: A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence that does not include both noun and verb.
	www.computerbasedtest.com /toefl_gr_sentence.html (1425 words)

	sentence - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		A court judgment, especially a judicial decision of the punishment to be inflicted on one adjudged guilty.
		Meaning "punishment imposed by a court" is from c.1300; that of "grammatically complete statement" is attested from 1447, from notion of "meaning," then "meaning expressed in words." The verb meaning "to pass judgment" is recorded from c.1400.
		: a sentence that is the presumed punishment for an offense and is subject to the upward or downward adjustment of its severity depending on aggravating and mitigating factors
	dictionary.reference.com /browse/sentence (686 words)

	Sentence Outlines
		With a sentence outline you can easily judge how long the manuscript will be and modify it to keep the essential material within the prescribed length.
		Each sentence must be a sentence -- that is, it has a subject ("each sentence"), a verb ("must be"), and a complement ("a sentence").
		The sentence should be as specific as possible so that the main points/features of the paragraph are clear.
	physics.ohio-state.edu /~wilkins/writing/Assign/so/sent_outline.html (446 words)

	English Pronunciation: Sentence Stress (EnglishClub.com)
		Sentence stress is the music of spoken English.
		Like word stress, sentence stress can help you to understand spoken English, especially when spoken fast.
		Sentence stress is accent on certain words within a sentence.
	www.englishclub.com /pronunciation/sentence-stress.htm (341 words)

	Deferred Sentence - Colorado Springs Criminal Defense Attorney
		The sole issue is whether the defendant complied with all conditions of the deferred sentence, or whether he / she violated or otherwise failed to comply.
		Deferred sentence is similar to "one bite out of the apple." When you take a second bite and find half a worm in the apple, you know where the other half is. Comply with the terms of your deferred sentence and file proof with the court.
		In determining whether a deferred sentence is a "conviction," the key factor to be considered is the legislative intent behind the use of the word in the statute involved.
	www.gustafsonlaw.com /Crim-Sent-Deferred_Sentence.htm (2736 words)

	sentence
		[10] This sentence altogether is difficult to construe, and Mr.
		It seems clear that only one person is spoken of as assisting the travellers, and his name, as appears a few sentence s farther on, was Foo Kung-sun.
		There seems to be a sort of fatality in my mind leading me to put at first my statement or proposition in a wrong or awkward form.
	www.cooldictionary.com /words/sentence.word (543 words)

	Structured Propositions
		Intuitively, given that a sentence expresses a structured proposition, the proposition will have parts or constituents that are the semantic values of words or subsentential complex linguistic expressions occurring in the sentence; and the proposition will have a structure similar to the structure of the sentence.
		Thus the intension of a sentence can be seen as the primary bearer of truth and falsity at a world: the sentence has the truth value it has at the world in virtue of its intension mapping that world to that truth value.
		If the syntactic structures of sentences and the semantic values of words occurring in them are reflected in the structures and constituents of propositions they express, sentences with different syntactic structures and containing words with different semantic values, whether true in all the same worlds or not, may express different propositions.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/propositions-structured (9712 words)

	CNN.com - Plavsic: Lengthy sentence demanded - Dec. 18, 2002
		In a dramatic statement to the court on Tuesday, Plavsic accepted responsibility for atrocities against Muslims and Croats and asked the judges for a sentence that would fair to both her and the to thousands of war victims.
		Defence lawyer Robert Pavich said such a sentence could "only be described as a life sentence" and recommended she serve eight years at most.
		Judges gave no date for announcing the sentence, but said Plavsic could be provisionally released -- as she has been for months -- before returning to The Hague to hear her penalty for her role in a conflict that left 200,000 dead or missing.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/12/18/court.plavsic (527 words)

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