Basic Sentence Parts, Phrase Configurations
Simple subject and predicate Understood subject (for commands, directives) Questions Compound predicate Compound subject and predicate Three subjects Direct object Compound direct objects Three direct objects Compound predicate with direct objects Compound predicate with one direct object Indirect object Compound indirect objects Reflexive pronoun Intensive pronoun Predicate noun Objective Complement Appositive Direct address Interjection Adjective Compound adjectives Predicate adjective Compound predicate adjectives Comparative adjective Adverb Adverbs modifying other adverbs	Compound adverbs Prepositional phrase Prepositional phrase modifying another prepositional phrase Preposition with compound objects Prepositional phrase modifying an adverb Prepositional phrase as subjective complement Participle Participial phrase Gerund as subject Gerund phrase acting as object Gerund phrase as object of a preposition Infinitive as noun (subject & predicate) Infinitive acting as adjective Infinitive acting as adverb Infinitive as direct object Infinitive phrase as object of preposition Infinitive phrase as objective complement Infinitive phrase as appositive Causative verb Expletive construction (there is/are) Absolute Construction Correlative Conjunction Passive Verbs	Return to Guide to Grammar and Writing

Sentence Types, Various Clauses

COMPOUND SENTENCE 1. Compound Sentence COMPLEX SENTENCES 1. Adjective clause introduced by an adverb 2. Adjective clause introduced by a relative pronoun as subject 3. Adjective clause introduced by a relative pronoun as direct object. 4. Adjective clause modifying a direct object 5. Adjective clause modifying the object of a preposition 6. Adjective clause modifying the sentence subject 7. Adverb clause modifying the verb 8. Noun clause acting as subject 9. Noun clause acting as the the object of a preposition 10. Noun clause acting as a predicate noun 11. Noun clause acting as the object of the sentence COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE 1. Compound-Complex Sentence

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