Saturday 5 December 2015

Typical one-clause sentences


Source of the text from the UTS Newsroom

The text below has typical one-clause sentences. 
THEME
Verb
NEW
The Australian Research Council's 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) evaluation
has shown
the continued increasing quality and excellence of UTS’s research

Two-thirds of UTS research

is currently classified
as ‘above world standard’ (ERA ranking 4) or ‘well above world standard’ (ERA ranking 5)
“UTS

has increased
the number of areas classified as ‘well above world standard’, the highest assessment in the broad areas of chemical sciences, environmental sciences, agricultural, veterinary sciences and economics, statistics, macromolecular and materials chemistry, physical chemistry, genetics, biomedical engineering, human movement and sports science and nursing.”
The data
informs
the government’s strategic research investment decision-making process.

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Notes: In most cases, verbs using within the typical one-clause sentences are relational in the NEW which expresses the most basic relationship of the identification of the THEME.
For example: 
THEME
Verb
NEW
Abortion 
is
the new civilian war dividing and killing America.