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SENTENCE UNITY
A sentence has
unity if it expresses
only one main
idea.

HOW TO ACHIEVE
SENTENCE UNITY?

 A verb in an
adverbial clause
generally agrees with
the tense of the verb
in the main clause.

EXAMPLE:
We finished our
work before we
watched “GGV”.

 The verb in the adjective
clause doesn’t need to
agree in the tense with the
verb in the main clause
when the two actions are
not necessarily related in
time of occurrence.

EXAMPLE:
Ms. Dragona, who
was my teacher in
elementary, is now in
Antarctica.

 The verb takes the
present tense of the
verb if the idea being
expressed is a
universal truth or a
relatively permanent
condition.

EXAMPLE:
The sun rises in
the east.

Use the tense
form of the word
that tells the time
of action one
wishes to express.

EXAMPLE:
He was in
Manila last
week, but now
he is in Baguio.

Avoid unnecessary
shifting from first
person to third
person or vice versa

EXAMPLE:
If the students pass
their project on time,
they will obtain a
good mark.

Consistent
Use of Persons
of pronouns

Shifting persons of
pronouns will destroy
unity. The pronouns
must agree with their
antecedents.

EXAMPLES:
Everybody is entitled
to his own opinion.
She is inviting us to
attend her celebration.

Consistent
Use of
Subject

Do not shift subject
in a sentence.

EXAMPLE:
Students stay up
late at night but the
projects are not
usually
accomplished.

Voice is the aspect
of a verb that tells
whether the subject
performs or receives
the action.

EXAMPLES:
Active
The department chair held a
meeting and discussed some
important matters for the upcoming
seminar.
Passive
An inspirational message is given.

Mood is an aspect of the
verb which indicates
whether the action or
condition is factual
(indicative) or contrary to
fact (subjunctive)

Consistent use
of Language

Use the same language
throughout the sentence.
Avoid the use of foreign
terms and phrases which
have not been
incorporated into the
language.

 It means putting ideas in
logical order showing
their relationship with one
another. The sentence
elements should be in
proper word order.

HOW TO ACHIEVE
COHERENCE IN
THE SENTENCE?

Avoid
misplaced and
dangling
modifier.

MISPLACED MODIFIER
a word or phrase that modifies the
wrong word.
Example:
Faulty: Listening to the radio, bits of
news are picked up by the
students.

DANGLING MODIFIER
A word that the verbal phrase
should logically modify is not the
sentence.
Example:
Faulty: To glean an information, the
channel is turned to “Magandang
Gabi Bayan”.

One-word
modifiers of nouns
are usually placed
before the nouns
they modify.

Phrase and clause
modifiers of nouns
are usually placed
immediately after the
words they modify.

EXAMPLES:
The child, playing with his
playmates, called his
nursemaid to bring them his
toys.
I met the man who painted
this exquisite artwork.

Phrase modifiers may be
placed at the beginning
of the sentence that the
noun or pronoun that
follows is the subject of
the word modified.

EXAMPLE:
Having been guilty
of the accusations,
he finds way for his
way out.

Two phrases or clauses
which are parallel in form
and which modify the
same word may be
placed either before or
after the word they
modify.

EXAMPLE:
She is studying hard
because she wants to
please her parents and
because she aims for
higher grades.

Having gone to
Baguio and having
visited some of its
places, I wished to
have a house in one of
those places.

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
it is time order,
the order in
which events
happen.

EXAMPLE:
Papier mache sculpture can be
made from a few items. First, cut
newspaper into one or two inch
strips. Then, dip the paper into a
mixture of water and white paste.
Finally, mold the strips over a box,
a hanger, or wadded newspaper.
The shape you create will soon
harden.

SPATIAL ORDER
one describes the
position of one part
or object in relation
to another.

 Entering city hall is like
traveling in a time machine.
Outside, the century old marble
steps and columns greet you
like an ancient caretaker. But
once inside the majestic doors,
you are met by clicking
typewriters and beeping
computers.

ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
One begins with the most
important details and end
with the least important
details. You can also begin
with the least important and
end with the most important.

Example:
Glenda Almo was more fortunate
than the motherless, fatherless, little
child scavenging for food on streets.
She had a father. She had a warm
house. - And she had a friend- her
grandmother. She was very old and
not strong, but she loved Glenda and
took care of her. Glenda’s father was
too busy to pay much attention to her,
but her grandmother was always
there when she needed her.

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