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 2
Subject - Verb - Direct Object or Subject Complement ; Subject - , ( in the place of the omitted verb ) - Direct Object or Subject Complement
This pattern can be used when you don't want to repeat the same verb in the second or third clause. To use it successfully, you have to develop your feeling whether the sentence sounds clear or not. If it does not, it might be not the right time to use this pattern.
EXAMPLES
His mother told him to rent a car; his sister, to pack the suitcase.
For many of us, the new math teacher was a savior; for others, a pain.
PROFESSIONAL EXAMPLES
'Thought is the blossom; language , the bud; action, the fruit.' Ralph Waldo Emerson
ALSO READ OUR POST ABOUT PATTERN 1
Source : adapted from " The Art of Styling Sentences' by A. Longknife & K. D. Sullivan Find this book on Amazon
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