Sentence Structure Mastery Book

Author: Wang Fuxiang (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2004-03-30
Features: This series is a collection of essential knowledge curated with expert insights and professional standards. Its strength lies in summarizing hundreds of typical rules in each volume, serving as a springboard to achieve a "one-to-ten" learning effect. Just as a ship at sea fears no waves when the helmsman is steady, this series aims to empower readers. The target audience includes high school and college students, as well as readers with a certain English foundation who wish to expand their knowledge.
When it comes to learners' English proficiency, two elements cannot be overlooked: vocabulary and phrases, as well as sentence structures. We emphasize the steady acquisition of these two aspects because vocabulary and phrases are like the flesh and blood of a person—they are the substantive content of the English language. Meanwhile, English sentence structures are akin to the skeleton of a human body, serving as the pillars that support the "flesh and blood" of language. In other words, the learning of vocabulary and phrases must proceed in tandem with the learning of sentence structures. Moreover, sentence structures are also crucial tools for conveying ideas and information. Whether you wish to express a concept, thought, or emotion, or convey a message, you cannot do so without the support of sentence structures. In fact, whether it is spoken language (Spoken language) or written language (Written language), sentence structures play their unique roles at all times. For this very reason, we have included sentence structures as a key component of the "Essential Learning Guide."
Next, let us discuss the organization and usage of this book. First, the entries we have carefully selected include both sentence structures supported by verbs (e.g., to stop doing something) and those supported by adjectives (e.g., to be keen on something). Each structure selected in this book is "open-ended," offering "expandability" for expressing ideas, concepts, and conveying information. Taking the structures "to be absorbed in" and "to keep abreast of (with)" as examples.
Second, sentence structures are not only the "framework" for expressing thoughts but also the "track" for mental activities. For the development of middle school students' thinking and expression, sentence structures play a significant role in guiding and directing their thought processes.
Lastly, it should be noted that although many students have a "superficial" understanding of certain sentence structures, many of the acquired structures still fail to be applied in practice. This requires university students to fundamentally grasp the scope of application for each sentence structure and strive to make them serve their own pragmatic needs as much as possible. We believe that with diligent and clever effort in both "essential learning" and "usage," everyone's English learning will undoubtedly make substantial progress.