Agreement between subject and predicate

shows strong feeling. It uses an exclamation point. Brewton, John E. et al, 1962: 250 A sentence also can be classified based on its number and kinds of clauses. A clause is a group of some words that has a subject and predicate. Some clauses can be used alone as complete sentence, whereas others are used as a part of sentence. There are two kinds of clauses such as independent or principal clause and dependent or subordinate clause. Brewton, John E. et al, 1962: 250 An independent clause is a clause that shows a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence whereas a dependent clause is a clause that depends on the rest of the sentence for its meaning. Brewton, John E. et al, 1962: 251 A simple sentence is made up of one independent clause. A compound sentence is made up of two or more independent clause. The independent clauses in a compound sentence can be linked by and, but, or, or nor preceded by a comma. A complex sentence is made up of one independent clause and one or more dependent clause. A compound-complex sentence is made up of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Brewton, John E. et al, 1962: 251

i. Parallel structure

In owl.english.purdue.edu, parallel structure uses the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. It happens at the word, phrase, or clause level. To join parallel structures, the coordinating conjunction such as and or or are used. https:owl.english.purdue.eduowlresource62301, April 30, 2015 The use of conjunctions and, but, or, and nor are to connect words or phrases that have same grammatical function in a sentence and this use of conjunctions is called parallel structure. The examples are given such as: Susan raised and snapped her fingers. Verb + and + verb He is waving his arms and is shouting at us. Verb + and + verb Azar, Betty S. and Stacy A. Hagen, 2009: 91

i. Question

In a question, an auxiliary verb normally comes before the subject. For example: why are you laughing? In question, only the auxiliary verb that comes before the subject, not whole of the verb. For example: when was your reservation made? Swan, 1981: 474-475

C. Theoretical Framework

There are two main points to be analyzed in this thesis. The points are the grammatical features that are made by Martha and Ben in their utterances to the children and Martha’s and Ben’s reasons of speaking Standard and the Yorkshire