Syntax

Question 1

What is syntax?

Syntax studies the structure of a sentence. The rules for combining words and building sentences from these combinations.

The English language is very formalized and structured, so the relationship between the members of a sentence is actually completely determined by the word order.

The main members of the sentence, the subject and the predicate, form the basis of a complete thought and are inextricably linked.

Question 2

Word order is...

...one of the methods of typological classification of languages used in linguistic typology, based on the concept of the basic order of components: subject, predicate and direct complement.

The rules for combining words and building sentences from these combinations.

The main members of the sentence, the subject and the predicate, form the basis of a complete thought and are inextricably linked.

Question 3

Compound sentences are ...

...two or more simple sentences are combined into one complex sentence as equivalent

One of the methods of typological classification of languages used in linguistic typology, based on the concept of the basic order of components: subject, predicate and direct complement.

The English language is very formalized and structured, so the relationship between the members of a sentence is actually completely determined by the word order.

Question 4

Complex sentences are...

...two or more sentences are joined together and one of them is the main one, and the others define it and are subordinate

The English language is very formalized and structured, so the relationship between the members of a sentence is actually completely determined by the word order.

Two or more simple sentences are combined into one complex sentence as equivalent

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