Friday, October 31, 2008

Sentence Pattern 8, 9

S.P.8: Repetition of a key term using a dash -- or a comma , (using a phrase)


Ex: We all inhabit a mysterious world -- the inner world, the world of the mind.

Ex: In '' the lottery'' Jackson mocks community worship of outdated customs, customs that have no meaning, customs that are uncivilized and barbaric.

Ex: The cuban hurricane was devastating -- devastating for the people, devastating for the animals and the land.





S.P.9: Emphatic appositive at the end after a colon :



-----appositive-----
Ex: Metro thieves have a common target: the wallets or purses of old people.


Ex: The country elected (the obvious choice) ( a westerner) ( an unpopular man in Quebec) as PM: Stephan Harper.

Ex: I love to eat dessert: cheesecake, particularly after dinner. OR After dinner, I love to eat dessert: cheesecake.

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