Main clause series
In grammar, a main sentence series (also short sentence series ) is a type of compound sentence in which main clauses with equal rights follow one another. The connection is thus the product of a secondary order or paratax of subsets. Each sub-clause of the series could also stand on its own and has the complete structure in front, sentence bracket and middle field like every main clause (see field model of the German sentence ).
Conjunctions (connecting words) that connect the main clauses with each other fall into the subgroup of "co-ordinating conjunctions". Unlike subordinate conjunctions, they stand outside the core clause (i.e. before the front-end).
The sentence series can represent a transition area between sentence and text . There are often alternative ways to structure the sequence using punctuation marks. Are main clauses linked by "and" or "or", it is usually not a comma , can but it used to the syntax to clarify ( comma rules # conjunctions ). A point between the same sentences, which formally would result in a text made up of several sentences, is often also possible. Example::
So haben wir es geplant und so haben wir es auch ausgeführt. So haben wir es geplant, und so haben wir es auch ausgeführt. So haben wir es geplant. Und so haben wir es auch ausgeführt.
Or even without using conjunctions (asyndetic):
So haben wir es geplant, so haben wir es ausgeführt. So haben wir es geplant. So haben wir es ausgeführt.
See also
- Sentence structure (as an opposite term)
Individual evidence
- ↑ from: Duden. The grammar. 8th edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2009. p. 1022
