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This document discusses different patterns for constructing sentences with series. It identifies patterns for series without conjunctions, with variations like "or" and "and", balanced pairs, introductory and internal appositives or modifiers in dashes or parentheses, single or paired appositives, and dependent clauses in pairs or series. Examples are provided to illustrate each pattern type.

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Sentence Patterns 4-8

This document discusses different patterns for constructing sentences with series. It identifies patterns for series without conjunctions, with variations like "or" and "and", balanced pairs, introductory and internal appositives or modifiers in dashes or parentheses, single or paired appositives, and dependent clauses in pairs or series. Examples are provided to illustrate each pattern type.

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Sentence Patterns

Sentences with Series


Patterns IV, V, VI, VII and VIII
Series Without a
Conjunction
A series in any place in the sentence
A, B, C

Example – The United States has


government of the people, by the
people, and for the people.
A Series With a
Variation
A or B or C (in any place in the sentence)

A and B and C (in any place in the sentence)

Example – Even though he is smart, I have


never seen Keith angry or annoyed or
frustrated.
A Series of Balanced
Pairs
• A and B , C and D , E and F .

Example – The textbook clearly showed


the difference between prose and
poetry, connotation and denotation,
deduction and induction.
An Introductory Series
of Appositives
Appositive, appositive, appositive – summary word SV

Examples
The depressed, the stressed, the lonely, the
fearful – all have trouble coping with problems.
Bull riding, camel racing, roping – these events
mean “rodeo” to many people; they mean money to
the cowboys.
An Internal Series of
Appositives or Modifiers
(enclosed by a pair of dashes or
parentheses)
S (appositive, appositive, appositive) V
S (modifier, modifier, modifier) V

The basic writing skills (good vocabulary, knowledge of


grammar, sense of style) can be learned by almost everyone.
The much despised predators – mountain lions, timber wolves,
and grizzly bears – have been shot, trapped, and poisoned
relentlessly for so long that they have nearly vanished from
their old haunts.
He learned the necessary qualities for good political life –
guile, ruthlessness, and garrulity – by carefully studying his
father’s life.
A Variation: A Single
Appositive or a Pair
S (appositive) V .
S - appositive - V .
S , appositive, V .

Examples
Many people (especially ecologists) say we need to do
something about global warming.
The sudden burst of light – a camera flash – startled me.
My latest desire, to go to Europe this summer, will have to
wait until I get more money.
Dependent Clauses in a
Pair or in a Series
If…, if…, if…, then S V .
When…, when…, when…, S V .
S V that…, that…, that… .

Examples
If he had the money, if he had the time, if he had
a companion, he would take that trip around the
world.
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can play great games on a computer.

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