Category: Topics

A paragraph is a distinct section of a piece of writing, which comprises a group of sentences that come together to develop one main idea. In writing, a new paragraph is usually shown by the use of indentation, or a line space in the block format. You should always use the same method in a piece of writing. If there are five paragraphs, there are five main ideas. Topic Sentences The major idea of a paragraph is usually expressed in a topic sentence. The topic sentence is therefore the one in the paragraph that expresses the main idea. It may appear in any position in a paragraph, but it is usually best to make the topic sentence the introductory sentence Read more

In a structural description of modern English, the Systemic Grammar recognises five grammatical units. These are: the morpheme, the word, the phrase, the clause and the sentence. By this arrangement (from the smallest to the highest), it could be noted that the sentence is the highest in the hierarchy. This shows how important a sentence is in the structure of modem English. For this reason, this article will focus on the sentence—looking at its definition, types and functions. Definition of Sentence Although there could be several definitions of the sentence, the simplest form of definition is that it is the basic unit of expression which is made up of units such as a clause, a phrase, word and morpheme. Above Read more