In response to Aram's inquiry, the following:

The list he provided is a start.  There seems to be one error, although it
might just be a semantic problem.  The third pattern should have a DO
instead of an OC following the IO.  Most obviously missing from the usual
list is the SC (subject complement).  Also, I break my SCs and OCs into two
patterns each:  AdjPh and NP.

Delahunty and Garvey add three more patterns.  The first of these is the
"Recipient/Benefactive" which is usually the transformed indirect object
pattern (e.g., John sent a cake to his mother).  The second is the
"Location" pattern which includes an adverbial in the predicate (e.g., He
threw the ball over the fence, or He put the ball down). I have problems
with this one.  It stretches the definition of complement too far into the
definition of modifier. Also, it gets mixed up in the discussion of particle
Vs preposition.  The third is "Passive."  Most grammarians (including me)
consider this a transformation rather than a basic pattern. To consider it a
basic sentence pattern adds unnecessary complication to the generative verb
formula.

I've seen other patterns, but they are usually variations on the above.

Jeff Glauner
Park University

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aram Mkrtychev" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 11:19 PM
Subject: Grammar Book + Patterns


> I have to tell you that very soon you will have a chance to get a book
> called "Syntax and Style," written by my grammar teacher Michael Kischner
> and Edith Wollin. I think that it is very good, easy-comprehendible, and
> detailed book. Don't accept the information above as a advertisement. In
> this book, the authors presenting 5 main sentence-patterns such are--
> S-IV.,S-TV-DO.,S-TV-IO-OC., S-TV-DO-OC. Is anyone can tell me if there are
> any other patterns exist in English language.
> Thank you all.
> Respectfully, Aram.