The English sentence has two main patterns. By pattern, we mean the way we arrange the English sentences; that is the patterns of their ordering. The two patterns are the Basic and the Non-Basic Patterns. Let us consider these two patterns closely…

The Basic Simple Sentence Pattern
In this pattern, the subject is always the first structural element and the predicator immediately comes after it. That is, we have the Subject-Predicator (S-P) structure. Any sentence that does not follow this pattern is simply a non-basic sentence. In other words, any alternative to the subject-predicator structure or pattern results into non-basic pattern. Let us see some examples:
• The man ate a delicious meal. [S/P/C]
• I was in the class. [S/P/A]
• The man ate the food hungrily. [S/P/C/A]
• Many people attended the show. [S/P/C]
• We travelled in the business class. [S/P/A]

The Non-Basic Simple Sentence Pattern
This, by structure, involves modifications of the basic simple sentence pattern. In other words, in the non-basic pattern of the simple sentence, the Subject-Predicator (S-P) structure is slightly or wholly affected by the arrangement of syntactic elements. There are various forms by which this is done. Let us see them…

Forms of the Non-Basic Simple Sentence Pattern...

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