SENTENCE CONTENT

1. Grammar

Definition

Grammar has been defined as rule that governs how words are structure in utterances and sentences to make meaning. Utterance is the basis of spoken language, while the sentence is the basis of written language.

Utterance is a stretch of speech between two periods of silence i. e. between opening and closing of mouth. It could be sound, a word, a phrase or even a sentence. But the sentence is an expression of a complete thought in words which could be message or a piece of information. It is the meaning of the sentence that counts above all the consideration.

The sentence is the basic unit of written communication; hence, we say the most important function of sentence is to communicate information. Thus, a sentence, which is a good syntactic combination, must be clear, exact and simple for easy comprehension. Through a careful syntactic combination of words, we arrive at a meaningful sentence, which conveys our views to other people.

Sentence has also been defined as the highest level in grammatical analysis since the grammar starts from word to phrase, clause and then sentence. This is what we call syntax, to give us syntactic arrangement – sentence.