What are the three causes of sentence unity error.
Violations of unity in sentence construction
fall into three categories.
i.
Unrelated
ideas
ii.
Excessive
detail
iii.
Illogical
construction
Unrelated Ideas: Placing unrelated
ideas in a sentence is the most obious violation of unity. We can avoid
unrelated ideas error by
i.
Putting
unrelated ideas in separate sentences.
ii.
We can make
one of the ideas subordinate to the other.
iii.
Adding words that
show relationship.
Example:
Mr. Jordan is our sales managers
and he has a degree in law. A better arrangement is to put each in a separate
sentence. Mr. Jordan is our sales manager. He has a degree in law.
Excessive detail: Excessive detail
is another cause of back of unity. If the detail is important put it in a
separate sentence. This means using short sentence. Short sentence is
communicate better than, long sentence.
Example:
Excessive
Detail |
Improved |
The
decision was predicted on the assumption that on abundance of monetary fund
was forth coming. |
The
decision was based on the be life that there would be more money. |
Illogical Construction: Illogical
construction destroy sentence unity. These constructions result primarily from
illogical thinking. Illogical thinking is too complex for meaningful study.
Active and passive voice in the same sentence can violate unity.
Example:
Illogical
Construction |
Improved |
I
never knew an executive who was interested in helping workers who had got
into problems that caused them to worry. |
I
never knew an executive who was interested in helping worried workers with
their problems. |
My
education was completed in 2004 and then began work as a manager for home
department. |
I
completed my education 2004 and then began work as a manager for home
department. |
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