Friday, September 26, 2008

Sentence patterns ( SP4, SP5)

SP4: A series of balanced pairs

Ex: «God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger» Heraclitus

Ex: «Michael Clayton» is a story of money and power, passion and obsession, love and hate, good and evil.


SP5: Introductory series of appositives, with dash -- and summarizing subject. ( Each, all, these, what, many, etc.)

Ex: The Mona Lisa, Michaleangelo's David, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel-- such are the wonders of Renaissance Italy.




Ex: Ham and eggs, coffee and fruit, toast and jam -- all are typical canadian breakfasts.

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