Although many people use the terms phrase, sentence, and period synonymously, they have distinct concepts:
- Phrase: linguistic statement that has a complete meaning.
- Prayer: utterance that contains a verb or verbal phrase and that may not have a complete meaning.
- Time course: utterance that contains one or more sentences with complete meaning.
What is phrase?
A phrase is any linguistic utterance that has a complete meaning and ends with a punctuated pause.
It is not necessary to have a verb for the formation of a sentence when what has been uttered has a complete meaning.
Sentence Examples:
- Silence!
- And now Jose?
- Rained.
- I do not know what to say ...
Sentences are marked by intonation that, in writing, occur using punctuation marks. Without punctuation, words are just loose words.
Sentence Types
- declarative phrases: the sender of the message finds something in an affirmative or negative way. Examples: The course ends this year (affirmative); The course does not end this year negative).
- interrogative phrases: the sender of the message asks about something directly or indirectly. Examples: — Do you want to eat? (direct question); I wonder if you want to eat (indirect question).
- Exclamatory phrases: the sender of the message expresses emotion, surprise. Examples: How beautiful!; Oh dear!
- imperative phrases: the sender of the message issues an order, advice or request, either in an affirmative or negative way. Examples: Make lunch (affirmative); Don't make lunch (negative).
- Optional phrases: the sender of the message expresses the desire about something. Example: May God accompany you!; Best wishes in this new phase.
Read too: Phrase and Punctuation Types
What is prayer?
Prayer is the utterance that is organized around a verb or from a verbal phrase. They may or may not have full meaning.
examples of prayer:
- We're done, finally!
- They took everything.
- It's likely.
- We are going ...
types of prayer
Depending on the syntactic relationship established, clauses are classified in two ways:
- coordinated prayers: are independent clauses where there is no syntactic relationship between them and, therefore, have a complete meaning. Example: We went to Congress and presented the article. (Prayer 1: We went to Congress; Prayer 2: we present the article.).
- Subordinate clauses: are dependent clauses where one is subordinate to the other and, therefore, alone they do not have a complete meaning. Example: It is possible that Juliana does not take the test. (Prayer 1: It is possible; Prayer 2: that Juliana does not take the test.).
the essential terms of prayer
The clauses are structured around a subject and a predicate, which is why they are called essential clause terms.
The subject is the element of the clause about which something is declared, while predicate is the declaration made about the subject.
Example: Students honored the teacher.
Subject: The students
Predicate: honored the teacher.
There are other terms that complete the meaning of others (terms that are part of the clause) and terms present in the prayer that could be removed from it without affecting its meaning (accessory terms of the prayer).
Read too:
Prayer: Types and Examples
Essential Terms of the Prayer
What is period?
Period is a phrase organized into one or more clauses. The period can be simple or compound.
Period Types
1. Single Period
The simple period is formed by only one sentence grouped around a single verb or a single verbal phrase. When this occurs, the period is called absolute prayer.
Simple period examples:
- We are happy with the results.
- Missing just a few days.
- Maybe I go.
2. Compound Period
The compound period is made up of more than one prayer. In this case, the number of sentences is subject to the number of verbs or verbal utterances.
Compound Period Examples:
- Knife like me I asked.
- No know if have courage.
- Started to scream while he was passing.
Read too:
Simple and Composite Period
Exercises on sentence, prayer and period
