Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Assignment 8 - "Bryan's Hunt" Sentence A

"A perfect day among many perfect days and the last thought he had before slipping into sleep was that he was in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time in his life." (Pg. 25)

4 comments:

Zhiling Zeng said...

This sentence has one independent clause and two dependent clauses. The independent clause in this sentence is “A perfect day among many perfect days and the last thought…was.” The common noun “thought” functions as the subject and “was” functions as the verb in this independent clause. The first dependent clause in this sentence is “he had before slipping into sleep.” The pronoun “he” functions as the subject and “had” functions as the verb in this dependent clause. The second dependent clause in this sentence is “that he was in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time in his life.” The pronoun “he” functions as the subject and “was” functions as the verb in this dependent clause. The subordinator in this sentence is “that.” Therefore, this sentence is a complex sentence.

Sentenceguy said...

What does "Assigement" mean?

chinyin said...

This sentence is complex because it has one independent clause and two dependent clauses. The independent clause is “A perfect day among many perfect days and the last thought …was” and the subject-verb combination is “the last thought” and “was.” The first dependent clause is “he had before slipping into sleep” and the subject-verb combination is “he” and “had.” The second dependent clause, “that he was in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time in his life,” has subject-verb combination is “he” and “was.” “that,” which is omit between “thought” and “he. ” is subordinator.

Cha said...

In this sentence, there is one independent clause and two dependent clauses, so this is complex type. The independent clause is “A perfect day among many perfect days and the last thought ~was.” The first dependent clause is “he had before slipping into sleep” and the second one is “that he was in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time in his life.”