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Analysis and Synthesis of a Sentence

 


Analysis and Synthesis of a Sentence:

Analysis and synthesis are two important processes in a language. Analyse is 'to break'; whereas synthesize is 'to join'. So, analysis means the examination of elements or structure of the given contents; on the other hand, synthesis means the combination of elements, ideas and beliefs.

The analysis of a sentence helps in:

- parsing a sentence (parsing is identifying the parts of speech of the words of a sentence.)

- spotting error in a sentence

- interpretation of a particular part of a sentence

- classifying the sentence into simple, compound or complex category

The synthesis of a sentence helps in: 

- framing correct sentences of all types such as simple, compound or complex

- composing our ideas, opinion, reports

- writing essay, paragraph, letter, report

- developing fluency in language.

Analysis

When we analyse a sentence, we do the detailed examination of each and every part of a sentence/ a paragraph. At a time, we examine or try to understand a part of a sentence rather than the whole sentence. 

Let us analyse a sentence: He leads a happy life. 

In this sentence, 

'He' is a personal pronoun in third person singular number acting as a subject of this sentence.

'Leads' is the verb in this sentence. It is a main verb in singular form. 'Leads' is coming as a transitive verb here, as it takes an object after it.

'A' is an indefinite article. 'A' is a determinative adjective or determiner.

'Happy' is a descriptive adjective, and it is in positive degree.

'Life' is an abstract noun. 

'A happy life' is the object of this sentence.

This sentence is an example of a simple sentence.

Synthesis

When we synthesize, we combine words to form a sentence. Also, we combine simple sentences to form compound and complex sentences. 

Let us synthesize these three sentences:

1. We know. 2. He leads a happy life. 3. He is content.

Synthesis: We know that he leads a happy life because he is content.

[Note: 'that' and 'because' are conjunctions as they are used as link words.]

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