DSE English Must Know Sentence Structure Grammar
Simple Sentences: Simple Isn't as Simple Does A simple sentence has one independent clause. A simple sentence has one independent clause. That means it has one subject and one verb—although either or both can be compound. In addition, a simple sentence can have adjectives and adverbs. What a simple sentence can't have is another independent clause or any subordinate clauses. For example: Americans eat more bananas than they eat any other fruit. one subject, one verb David Letterman and Jay Leno host talk shows. compound subject, one verb My son toasts and butters his bagel. one subject, compound verb Don't shun the simple sentence—it's no simpleton. The simple sentence served Ernest Hemingway well; with its help, macho man Ernie snagged a Nobel Prize in Literature. In the following excerpt from The Sun Also Rises , Hemingway uses the simple sentence to convey powerful...