Sentence: Essential Features

   
    ESSENTIAL   FEATURES   OF   A   SENTENCE :--
 

   1. Unity

   2. Priority

   3. Order

   1. UNITY ---
    

    * A sentence should have only one main thought.

    * The phrases and clauses used, should have a direct relation with the main thought.

    * All the unnecessary details should be avoided.
 
    * If a sentence contains more than one thought, it should be broken up into as many smaller units, as there are leading thoughts.
 
   Examples--

      Incorrect : He is an undoubted man of genius.

      correct   : He is a man of undoubted genius.

    2. PRIORITY---
    

      * All the ideas or thoughts are not equally important. Hence, emphasis should be laid on the good idea.

    Examples--

       Bad structure  : He is certainly laborious though not intelligent.

       Good structure : Though not intelligent, he is certainly laborious.

    3. ORDER---
     

      * Order means the art of arranging the words, phrases and clauses.

      * The things which are to be thought of together, must be closely associated together in expression.

     Example--

       Incorrect : I informed him, and he trusted it, that Sanjay Gandhi was dead.

       Correct   : I informed him that Sanjay Gandhi was dead, and he trusted it.

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