Sentence Variety #10

1. HE BENT TOWARDS HIM - Independent Clause - no dependent marker - Type I
2. [HE] MADE RAPID CROSSES IN THE AIR - Independent Clause - no dependent marker - Type V

Compound Sentence

• We argue this is a compound sentence primarily because the two clauses are different Sentence Types. While one marker for coordinated independent clauses is a comma preceding the coordinating conjunction, this sentence displays a fairly common construction; and even though an alternative analysis would argue that this is a SIMPLE SENTENCE with a compound main verb phrase (BENT and MADE) and an implied subject, the fact that the two clauses are different Types makes the more effective argument a COMPOUND SENTENCE.
• CATCHING is a present participle phrase - not a Main Verb Phrase
• CROSSES is a nominal - not a Main Verb Phrase

Sentence Variety #21

1. ALTHOUGH THIS DETAIL HAS NO CONNECTION - Dependent Clause - ALTHOUGH is the dependent marker
2. WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO RELATE - Dependent Clause - WHAT is the dependent marker
3. IT WILL NOT BE SUPERFLUOUS - Independent Clause - no dependent marker
4. WHICH HAD BEEN IN CIRCULATION - Dependent Clause - WHICH is the dependent marker
5. WHEN HE ARRIVED - Dependent Clause - WHEN is the dependent marker

Complex Sentence

• This sentence has one independent clause and four dependent clauses.
• FOR THE SAKE, OF EXACTNESS, and IN ALL POINTS are prepositional phrases
• TO MENTION is an infinitive phrase

Punctuation #3

3 Punctuation Rules

1. Rule 2 - Semicolon that separates two independent clauses
2. Rule 4 - Comma precedes the coordinating conjunction NOR
3. Rule 1 - Final Period

• For the clause that follows the coordinating conjunction, the subject and verb are flipped, but this is still an independent clause (Rule 4).
• OCCUPIED is a restrictive past participle phrase - no punctuation (see Rule 7A)
• THAT HE BECAME A HUSBAND is a restrictive adjectival relative clause (modifying DECLINE) - no punctuation (see Rule 5A or Rule 7A)

Punctuation #9

3 Punctuation Rules

1. Rule 9 - Only two items, but still a series
2. Rule 4 - Commas separate non-restrictive phrase - WITH A STUBBORN COUNTENANCE
3. Rule 1 - Final Period
• In some ways, this is a poorly punctuated sentence. There is a coordinating conjunction (AND) without a clear connection, mostly because the comma separates STUBBORN COUNTENANCE from STALWART LIMBS. This comma is part of a set of paired commas which create a non-restrictive phrase. Is STALWART LIMBS part of that prepositional phrase? What makes it even more difficult to analyze is the restrictive adjectival phrase (SET OUT TO ADVANTAGE) only refers to LIMBS.
• An alternative analysis might be that the comma before WITH is Rule 6 - a concluding phrase. But that still doesn't explain the comma preceding AND, unless the author was using that comma to slow the reader down and focus the reader's attention on the clothes that the farmer was wearing.