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from It was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences

by June Casagrande

sentence 5: Develop the habit of considering whether each sentence is itself an asset or a liability. (Casagrande, 2010, p. 135)

IND

Develop the habit of considering

subject: (You) (pronoun; understood but not stated)

verb: Develop

object: habit (common noun)

structure: SVO

DEP

whether each sentence is itself an asset or a liability

subordinator: whether

function: object of the gerund considering (IND)

DEP type: noun clause

subject: sentence (common noun)

verb: is

complement: asset...liability (common nouns)

structure: SVC

clause combination: 1+1

sentence type: X

Reference: Casagrande, J. (2010). It was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences. New York: Ten Speed Press.