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ⅠShort sentence ⒈Definition:Short sentence refers to a sentence,either simple,compound or complex,that is not long in lengh. ⒉Functions:①Apparently short sentences can be used in formal style for terseness. e.g. The war then brought the Keynesian remedy with a rush.Expenditures doubled and redoubled.So did the deficit.Before the end of 1942, unemployment was minimal.In many places labor was scarce.(from Keynesian in the United States by John Galbraith) ②In everyday talk or ordinary statement(description)for clearness,esp.in tense situation to show quick succession of thoughts. e.g. “Does your mother know?” she said. “I didn’t come to see my mother,” he told her. “Who did you come to see?” she said. “You,” he said. “Why me?” she said. “Because I love you,” he said.(from Long Walk To Forever) ③A paragraph ending wih with a short sentence is more forceful. e.g. Still without speaking,the fat man licked his lips.His beady eyes,as if unbelieving,were focused upon her own.The silence hung.(from Blackmail by Arthur Hailey) Ⅱ Long sentence ⒈Definition:A long sentence refers to a sentence which is relatively long in length no mater whether it is complex,compound or simple. ⒉Function:to show one’s complicated mentalily or various kinds of relationship of different things. e.g. He wishes to destroy the Russian power because he hops that if he succeeds in this he will be able to bring back tha main strength of his Army and Air Force from the East and hurl it upon this island, which he knows he must conquer or suffer the penalty of his crime.(from Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R. by Winston S Churchill) Ⅲ Loose sentence ⒈Definition:A loose sentence is a sentence in which the main idea comes early,the subordinate ideas or modifiers following usually in a string. ⒉Function:This kind of sentence is easier to be understood for its important idea is in the first part,and is good for naturalness and clearness. e.g. …And we will reduce taxes,to recover the momentum of our ec