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CHAPTER III THE SENTENCE（第1页）

CHAPTERIIITHESENTENCE

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&enassemblageofwedastoveyadeterminatesense，inotherwords，toexpressapletethoughtoridea。Nomatterhowshort，itmustefiniteverbaeheaoftheverb。

"Birdsfly?""Fishswim?""Menwalk?"—aresentences。

&encealarts，somethiahingsaidaboutit。Thewordorwordsindigokenaboutformwhatiscalledthesubjedthewordorwordsindigwhatissaidaboutitformwhatiscalledthepredicate。

Ien，birds，fishahesubjects，whilefly，swimandredicates。

&hreekiences，simple，poundandplex。

Thesimplesentenceexpressesasiandsistsofoae，as，"Manismortal。"

Apouesoftwoormoresimplesentencesofequalimportasofwhichareeitherexpressedoruood，as，"Themenworkihewomenworkinthehousehold，"or"Themenworkihewomeninthehousehold"or"Themenandwomenworkinthefieldsandinthehousehold。"

Aplexsesoftwoormoresimplesentenbioheothertopleteitsmeaning?as?"Wheurns，Ishallgoonmyva。"Herethewords，"wheurns"aredepeherestoftheseheirmeaning。

Aclauseisaseparatepartofaplexse;wheurns"iexample。

Aphrasesistsoftwoormorewordswithoutafiniteverb。

Withoutafiniteverbweanythingoridea，thereforeweosentence。

Infinitivesandparticipleswhicharetheisoftheverbotbepredicates。"Ilooki"iseisnotapleteaexpressed。Whenwehearsuexpressionas&qualo，"wewaitforsomethiobeadded，somethingmoreaffirmedaboutthedog，whetherhebitorbarkedorfelldeadorwasrunover。

Thusiheremustbeafiolimitthesubject。

&heverbistrais，wheionothappenwithoutaffeethihiediscalledtheobject。

Thusin"killedAbel"theaofthekilliedAbel。Ihascaughtamouse，"mouseistheobjectoftheg。