Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Dart Typedef
In Dart, the typedef is used to generate an alias for function type that we can use it as type annotation for declaring variables and return types of that function type. An alias of function type can be used as type annotation in variable declaration or function return type. A typedef stores the type information…
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Dart Exceptions
Dart Exceptions are the run-time error. It is raised when the program gets execution. The program doesn’t report the error at compile time when the program runs internally and if Dart compiler found something not appropriate. Then, it reports run-time error and the execution of program is terminated abnormally. This type of error is called…
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Functionally, sentences are of mainly four types:
Functionally, sentences are of mainly four types: Declarative sentence Imperative sentence Interrogative sentence, and Exclamatory sentence Declarative sentence: An assertive sentence (declarative sentence) simply expresses an opinion/feeling, or makes a statement, or describes things. In other words, it declares something. This type of sentence ends with a period (i.e., a full-stop). Examples: I want to be a good cricketer.…
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Compound-complex sentence
A compound-complex sentence (or complex–compound sentence) is a mixture of the features of compound and complex sentences in one sentence. So, it must contain at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Example: I know that you always wanted to become a writer, but I always wanted to become a doctor. (Here, one dependent clause is followed by a…
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Complex sentence
A complex sentence also has more than one clause but of one them must be an independent clause and the other/others must be (a) dependent clause(es). There are also some particular connectors for the clauses of a complex sentence to be connected. Example: I know that you always wanted to be a writer. (Here, a dependent clause is followed by…
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Compound sentence
A compound sentence must have more than one independent clause with no dependent clauses. Some specific conjunctions, punctuation, or both are used to join together these clauses. Example: I always wanted to become a writer, and she wanted to become a doctor. (Two independent clauses – two verbs)
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Simple sentence
A simple sentence must have a single clause (a single verb) which is independent, and it cannot take another clause. Example: I always wanted to become a writer. (One clause – one verb)
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Types of Sentences
Structurally, sentences are of four types: Simple sentence Compound sentence Complex sentence, and Compound-complex sentence.
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Sentence: Definition
A sentence is the largest unit of any language. In English, it begins with a capital letter and ends with a full-stop, or a question mark, or an exclamation mark. The sentence is generally defined as a word or a group of words that expresses a thorough idea by giving a statement/order, or asking a question, or exclaiming. Example: He is a good boy…
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Word : Example
Example : ‘love’, ‘cricket’, ‘sky’ etc. “[A word is the] smallest unit of grammar that can stand alone as a complete utterance, separated by spaces in written language and potentially by pauses in speech.”(David Crystal, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge University Press, 2003) Morphology, a branch of linguistics, studies the formation of words. The branch of linguistics that studies the…
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