Sentence Structure: Basic and Extended Patterns

Sentence Structure: Basic and Extended Patterns Sentence patterns are the foundation of clear academic writing. If your sentence structure is weak, even strong ideas can become unclear. At VGS level, you should control simple, compound, and complex patterns and vary structure deliberately for rhythm, emphasis, and…

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Sentence Structure: Basic and Extended Patterns

Sentence patterns are the foundation of clear academic writing. If your sentence structure is weak, even strong ideas can become unclear. At VGS level, you should control simple, compound, and complex patterns and vary structure deliberately for rhythm, emphasis, and coherence.

1. Core sentence types

  • Simple: one independent clause.
  • Compound: two independent clauses joined with coordination (and, but, so, yet).
  • Complex:

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