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 === Sentence parts ===
-* since a sentence consists of a subject + verb
+* we can divide a sentence into two core parts:
-** we can divide a sentence into:
+** SUBJECT and PREDICATE
+* SUBJECT = the doer or perspective of the sentence
+* PREDICATE = the action or idea
 {| class="wikitable"
 !SUBJECT
-!VERB
+the doer or perspective
+!PREDICATE
+the action or idea
+|-
+|dog
+|bites
+|-
+|mailman
+|runs
+|}
+* additional information may be added using "modifiers" and "complements"
+* '''modifiers''' add important information but are not essential to a grammatically complete sentence
+** modifiers include articles
+*'''complements''' add information to the subject or verb
+{| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="3" |SUBJECT
+the doer or perspective
+! colspan="5" |PREDICATE
+the action or idea
+|-
+|''the''
+|''scared''
+|'''mailman'''
+|'''runs'''
+|''from''
+|''the''
+|''mean''
+|''dog''
+|-
+| colspan="8" |sentence core:
+|-
+|
+|
+|'''subject'''
+|'''verb'''
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+| colspan="8" |modifiers and complements:
+|-
+|''article''
+|''adjective''
+|
+|
+|''preposition''
+|''article''
+|adjective
+|object complement
+of the preposition
 |}
-* From there, additional information may be added using "modifiers"
-** modifiers add important information but are not essential to a grammatically complete sentence
-*** in other words, modifiers are not grammatically essential to a sentence