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Identify the short simple sentences and fragments in the following passage from Shopping
Chapter 7, Problem EXERCISE 3(choose chapter or problem)
Identify the short simple sentences and fragments in the following passage from "Shopping and Other Spiritual Adventures in America Today" by Phyllis Rose. Discuss their effect.
Someone told me about a Soviet émigré who practices English by declaiming, at random, sentences that catch his fancy. One of his favorites is, "Fifty percent off all items today only." Refugees from Communist countries appreciate our supermarkets and discount department stores for the wonders they are. An Eastern European scientist visiting Middletown wept when she first saw the meat counter at Waldbaums. On the other hand, before her year in America was up, her pleasure turned sour. She wanted everything she saw. Her approach to consumer goods was insufficiently abstract, too materialistic. We Americans are beyond a simple, possessive materialism. We're used to abundance and the possibility of possessing things. The things, and the possibility of possessing them, will still be there next week, next year. So today we can walk the aisles calmly.
It is a misunderstanding of the American retail store to think we go there necessarily to buy. Some of us shop. There's a difference. Shopping has many purposes, the least interesting of which is to acquire new articles. We shop to cheer ourselves up. We shop to practice decision-making. We shop to be useful and productive members of our class and society. We shop to remind ourselves how much is available to us. We shop to remind ourselves how much is to be striven for. We shop to assert our superiority to the material objects that spread themselves before us.
Shoppings functions as a form of therapy is widely appreciated. You don’t really need, let’s say, another sweater. You need the feeling of power that comes with buying or not buying it. You need the feeling that someone wants something you have even if it's just your money. To get the benefit of shopping, you needn't actually purchase the sweater, any more than you have to marry every man you flirt with. In fact, window-shopping, like flirting, can be more rewarding, the same high without the distressing commitment, the material encumbrance. The purest form of shopping is provided by garage sales. A connoisseur goes out with no goal in mind, open to whatever may come his or her way, secure that it will cost very little. Minimum expense, maximum experience. Perfect shopping.
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QUESTION:
Identify the short simple sentences and fragments in the following passage from "Shopping and Other Spiritual Adventures in America Today" by Phyllis Rose. Discuss their effect.
Someone told me about a Soviet émigré who practices English by declaiming, at random, sentences that catch his fancy. One of his favorites is, "Fifty percent off all items today only." Refugees from Communist countries appreciate our supermarkets and discount department stores for the wonders they are. An Eastern European scientist visiting Middletown wept when she first saw the meat counter at Waldbaums. On the other hand, before her year in America was up, her pleasure turned sour. She wanted everything she saw. Her approach to consumer goods was insufficiently abstract, too materialistic. We Americans are beyond a simple, possessive materialism. We're used to abundance and the possibility of possessing things. The things, and the possibility of possessing them, will still be there next week, next year. So today we can walk the aisles calmly.
It is a misunderstanding of the American retail store to think we go there necessarily to buy. Some of us shop. There's a difference. Shopping has many purposes, the least interesting of which is to acquire new articles. We shop to cheer ourselves up. We shop to practice decision-making. We shop to be useful and productive members of our class and society. We shop to remind ourselves how much is available to us. We shop to remind ourselves how much is to be striven for. We shop to assert our superiority to the material objects that spread themselves before us.
Shoppings functions as a form of therapy is widely appreciated. You don’t really need, let’s say, another sweater. You need the feeling of power that comes with buying or not buying it. You need the feeling that someone wants something you have even if it's just your money. To get the benefit of shopping, you needn't actually purchase the sweater, any more than you have to marry every man you flirt with. In fact, window-shopping, like flirting, can be more rewarding, the same high without the distressing commitment, the material encumbrance. The purest form of shopping is provided by garage sales. A connoisseur goes out with no goal in mind, open to whatever may come his or her way, secure that it will cost very little. Minimum expense, maximum experience. Perfect shopping.
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Simple sentences are one of the types of sentences. They consist of basic elements which express a complete thought and meaning. Simple sentences have one independent clause. A simple sentence has the following:
One subject + One verb + One complete thought
Examples:
- Ishan opened the windows.
- I do not drink lemonade.
However, simple sentences can have a compound subject or a compound verb.
Examples:
- The bedsheet and the pillow cover need to be changed.
- Ali smiled and danced.
Sentence fragments refers to the incomplete sentences. They do not express a complete thought and are usually separated from the main clause with a period in between. They often lack subject, verb, and cannot stand alone.
Examples:
- Such as pancakes, pizza, and fries.
- Because her family has shifted to another city.
Sentence fragments are grammatically incorrect, and they need to be corrected with proper use of punctuation to make the sentence more readable.
- My brother can prepare many dishes such as pancakes, pizza, and fries.
- Nisha left the group because her family has shifted to another city.