Expanding the Basic Pattern - Coordination
The basic S V/C pattern can also be expanded by coordination . Whereas subordination ranks one element as more important than the other, coordination places elements on an equal footing. If the relationship of subordination is that of child to parent, the relationship of coordination is that of spouse to spouse. In a sentence it works like this: Esther types/letters. The subject can be expanded by adding a coordinate element: S V/C Lois and Esther type/letters. And coordination can also be used to expand the complement. S V/C Lois and Esther type/letters and memos. Or the verb. Lois and Esther type letters and memos but write-out short notes and signatures. Now each element has been compounded with a resulting structure that might be represented as follows: S V/C Lois and Esther type/letters and memos but write-out/short notes and signatures. This sentence has a compound subject, a compound verb, and two compound complements. In every case the compound elements are coordinate to e...