The Science Of Scientific Writing Set H Location in Sentences Multi-part Sentences Exercise 1 Maps for Sentences Exercise 2 Simple Sentences Final Page .
OVERVIEW: The way to well-written science
PART I: Paragraphs and Sentences
SET A: Paragraphs: The Maps Behind Them
SET B: Paragraphs: Using Maps to Meet Readers' Expectations
SET C: Paragraphs with Something Extra: Points and Tails
SET D: The Generic Section: Expectations and Maps as Blueprints
SET E: Scientific Sections: The Methods and Results
SET F: Scientific Sections: The Discussion
SET G : Scientific Sections: The Introduction
SET H : Sentences
SET I : The Paper as a Whole
PART II: The Paper and its Sections
SET 1: Argument Parts
SET 2: Indicator Words
SET 4: Locating Arguments in Prose
SET 5: Rationale's Essay Planner
SET 6: Evidence in Arguments: Basis Boxes
Synthesis 1: Position-Early Paragraphs
Synthesis 2: Position-Final Paragraphs
Synthesis 3: Writing a Discussion I
Synthesis 4: Writing a Discussion II
The importance of location in simple sentences
Even in a simple sentence, consisting of a single, independent clause, the Familiar First principle comes into play. The early part of an English sentence is expected to provide context, and the final part, elaboration in the form of new information. Most importantly, the main form of contextualisation in English is usually of a specific type: the reader expects to be introduced to an early "subject" which the rest of the sentence will then be about (i.e. the elaboration). This contextual subject is nearly always also the grammatical subject of the sentence, for example, as in this sentence:
The electrophoresis was repeated three times.
The contextual and grammatical subject are: "The electrophoresis".
Several strategies exist for separating the two, the main one using an initial "As for.."
As for the electrophoresis, we repeated it three times
Here the contextual subject is still "the electrophoresis" but the grammatical subject of the main verb ("repeated") is "we".
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