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They can be used to join together two clauses in a sentence. However, the clauses need to make sense on their own. For example: I had a terrible cold. I still went to work. You can add the ...

As we read, we naturally make predictions (guesses) about things like what is going to happen next or what does this word mean. We use clues in what we have already read to make these predictions.

The five patterns illustrated below provide the basis for all other sentence structures: that is, other kinds of sentences are transformations of these basic patterns. Though the above sentences are ...