There are around 20 top sentence patterns of English. Learning these patterns will teach you how to combine short, basic sentences into longer ones and so to express your ideas in a more elegant way.
PATTERN 1
Subject - Verb ; Subject - Verb
This pattern helps you join 2 short sentences that talk about similar ideas using a semicolon ( ; ).
EXAMPLES
Gloria, try on these jeans; they seem to be your size.
Some people dream of being something; others are awake and are.
PROFESSIONAL EXAMPLES
Study these examples to notice how this pattern is used to combine closely related ideas.
' He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened." Lao-tzu
' Sign up for our Family plan and you can share minutes with our one-rate plan; if you sign up now, you can take advantage of our special rate.' Ad for Nokia
Source : adapted from " The Art of Styling Sentences' by A. Longknife & K. D. Sullivan Find this book on Amazon
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