A Grammar of Subordinate Structures in English One cannot help but be impressed by the scope and variety of natural sentence structures. Whereas some might have once thought that a language is learned by memorizing its sentences, it is now clear that this is not possible. All normal humans possess the ability to form entirely new sentences, sentences no one has ever heard, read, or uttered before. This, of course, is the creative aspect of language to which adherents of the generative-transformational school of linguistics have repeatedly called our attention.
From Pulitzer Prize–winning American historian Joseph J. Ellis, the unexpected story of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew.
Behind the Headlines - Pleasant Books in easy English - Stage 3
The books of this seris are intended for those who have left the age of fairy tales behind them, but require some reading material in easy English.
The vocabulary of stage 3 is limited to about 1,100 of the commonest words in English. At this stage the text may include all the tenses of the verb (Active and Passive) , with the exception of the Future Perfect, but constructions involving might are not used. All normal subordinate clauses are admitted, though long and complicated sentences are avoided.
