{ Word--_Wealthy_ men rule.
+Adjective+ { Phrase--Men _of wealth_ rule.
{ Clause--Men _who are wealthy_ rule.
+Possessive+--The _man's_ energy was great.
{ Word--The poet, _Lowell_, was the author.
+Appositive+ { Clause--The fact, _that you came_, pleases me.
{ The soldiers, _wounded and dying_, were
+Participle+ { left on the field
+Infinitive+--A plan _to end the war_ was discussed.
+461.+
THE PREDICATE
+The simple+ { _Verb_--The man _came_.
+predicate+ { _Verb phrase_--The man _has been coming_ daily.
{ +Predicate Complement+--The man was a _hero_.
A COMPLETE { +Direct Object+--The man brought the _book_.
PREDICATE { +The Indirect Object+--The man brought _me_ the book.
_equals a verb {
or verb phrase { {_Word_--The man works _rapidly_.
and_ { +Adverb+ { _Phrase_--The man works _in the factory_.
{ +Modifiers+ { _Clause_--The man works _whenever he
{ can_.
{ _Words_--The man works hard.
SIMPLE SENTENCES { _Phrases_--The man _on your right_ works _in the
CONTAIN ONLY { factory._
{ _Words_, The man works steadily
+Complex sentences+ { _Phrases_ in the factory _whenever
+contain+ { and there is work_.
{ _Dependent clauses._
+Compound sentences contain+ two or more principal clauses, as:
_The sun rises_ and _the day dawns_.
+462.+ Take the simple subjects and simple predicates in Exercise 5, and
build up sentences; first, by adding a word, then a phrase and then a
clause to modify the subject; then add a word and a phrase and a clause
to modify the predicate.
So long as you have only words and phrases you have simple sentences.
When you add a dependent clause you have a complex sentence. When you
unite two independent clauses in one sentence, then you have a compound
sentence, and the connecting word will always be a co-ordinate
conjunction. These will be readily distinguished for there are only a
few co-ordinate conjunctions.
Go back to the lesson on co-ordinate conjunctions and find out what
these are, and whenever you find two clauses connected by these
co-ordinate conjunctions you know that you have a compound sentence.
Remember that each clause must contain a subject and predicate of its
own. When you have two words connected by these co-ordinate conjunctions
you do not have a clause. Each clause must contain a subject and a
predicate of its own.
+463.+ Here is an example of a sentence built up from a simple subject
and a simple predicate: