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LEARNING
TO WRITE IN ENGLISH: Sentences
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Understanding Unusual Sentences
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Imperative sentences (sentences that give a command or an
order) differ from conventional sentences in that their subject,
which is always "you," is understood rather than expressed.
Stand on your head. ("You" is understood before "stand.")
Be careful with sentences that begin with "there" plus a form of the verb "to be." In such sentences, "there" is not the subject; it merely signals that the true subject will soon follow.
There were three stray kittens cowering under our porch
steps this morning.
If you ask who? or what? before the verb ("were cowering"), the answer is "three stray kittens," the correct subject.
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