Sentence: In the meadow, we can build a snowman. ANALYSIS Source: traditional christmas song CEFR Level: B1 Organization: comma separating adverbial phrase Syntax: where? subject predicator (in present modal) object Speech: 2 nouns 2 verbs 1 preposition 2 determiners Phrase: 1 adverbial 1 verb 1 noun Clause: 1 independent Sentence Structure: simple    

Sentence: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go. Source: traditional Christmas song CEFR Level: B1 Organization: apostrophe for contraction combining it + is comma separating the independent clause from the adverbial clause Syntax: subject predicator in present progressive complement where? Speech: 2 nouns 5 verbs 1 adverb 2 pronouns 1 determiner…

Sentence: My plan is to go to the beach on Sunday morning. Source: FB CEFR Level: A2 Organization: NA Syntax: subject predicator (in present simple) complement when? Speech: 3 nouns 3 verbs 1 adjective 2 determiners 2 prepositions Phrase: 1 noun phrase 1 verb phrase 2 adverbial phrases Clause: 1 independent clause 1 dependent noun…

Sentence: Wherever one looks in the historical record, traces of cultural exchange can be discerned. ANALYSIS Source: ChatGPT CEFR Level: C1 Organization: starts with conjunction – thus sentence is fronted by dependent clause (inverted) comma after “record” separates dependent from independent clause Syntax: Where? (adverbial clause) subject predicator (in present modal, passive voice) Speech: 3…

Sentence: The historian warned that any attempt to simplify the narrative is going to distort the complex interplay of political and cultural forces at work.   ANALYSIS Source: ChatGPT CEFR Level: C1 Organization: subordinating conjunction between independent and noun clauses Syntax: subject predicator (in present simple) direct object (other sources list as a complement) Speech:…

ANALYSIS Sentence: I’m concerned that the rapid automation of essential services is going to redefine not only labor markets but also societal expectations of human expertise. NOTES Source: ChatGPT CEFR Level: C1 Organization: apostrophe joining “I” + “am” into contraction “that” as subordinating conjunction Syntax: subject predicator (in present simple) complement Speech: 5 nouns 5…

They’re launching the pilot program in the coming weeks, despite unresolved questions concerning its methodological rigor. ANALYSIS Sentence: They’re launching the pilot program in the coming weeks, despite unresolved questions concerning its methodological rigor. NOTES Source: ChatGPT CEFR Level: C2 Organization: apostrophe combining “They” + “are” into contraction comma adverbial phrase from rest of sentence…

ANALYSIS Sentence: Advanced AI systems will increasingly be expected to justify their reasoning processes in ways that are transparent and ethically defensible. NOTES Source ChatGPT CEFR Level: C2 Organization: NA Syntax: subject predicator (in future passive voice) How? #1 (“increasingly”) How? #2 Speech: 3 nouns 6 verbs 5 adjectives 2 adverbs Phrase: 2 noun phrases…

Sentence: Alone together at last, I told her how I thought that –in my unbiased opinion–the incidence of oxymorons in the English language had been growing smaller. NOTES Source: Brian Bilston, The Incidence of Oxymorons. 2022 CEFR Level: C2 Organization: 1 comma separating initial adverbial phrase from rest of sentence 2 subordinating conjunctions introducing 2…

In honor of Veterans’ Day.   ANALYSIS Sentence: I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom. NOTES Source:…