What are rows of homogeneous members? You will find the answer to the question posed in this article. In addition, we will tell you about what types such members of the sentence are divided into, as well as how they should be isolated.
General information
Rows of homogeneous members are those members of a sentence that are associated with the same word form, and also perform the same syntactic function. As a rule, such words are pronounced with enumeration intonation. Moreover, in the sentence they are located in contact (that is, one after the other), and also quite often allow any permutation. Although it is not always possible. After all, the first in such a series is usually called that which is primary from a chronological or logical point of view, or the most important for the speaker.
Key Features
Rows of homogeneous sentence members are characterized by the following features:
- They are the same members of the sentence.
- Such words have a coordinating connection between themselves, which is distinguished byintonation or coordinating unions.
- Homogeneous members depend on one word or subordinate it to themselves. In other words, they refer exactly the same to one (main or minor) member of the sentence.
- A number of homogeneous terms are pronounced with enumeration intonation. In the event that there are no unions between such words or they are repeated, they should be connected with connecting pauses.
Homogeneous members: examples in a sentence
To make it more clear to you what such members are, let's give a clear example: "Bottom, the surf was wide and measuredly rustling." In this passage, there are 2 circumstances (broadly and measuredly). They have a coordinative connection (using the union "and"), and also depend on the main member of the sentence (predicate) - noisy (that is, noisy "how?" Widely and measuredly).
What do they act as?
Homogeneous members act in the sentence both as main and as secondary members. Here are some examples:
- "Gardens, meadows, groves and fields stretched along both banks." Such a series of homogeneous members acts as a subject.
- "These are dim, then bright, the lights are on." These are homogeneous definitions.
- "Everyone began vying to praise the mind, courage, generosity of Anton." These are homogeneous additions.
- "The dog whined, lay down, stretched out its front paws and put its muzzle on them." These are homogeneous predicates.
- "The wind was hitting the sides of the boat more and more sharply, more insistently and stronger." This ishomogeneous circumstances.
Types of homogeneous members
Series of homogeneous members, examples of which are presented in this article, in a sentence can be both common and non-common. That is, such expressions can carry any explanatory words. Here is an example:
- "My horse jumped through the bushes, tore the bushes with his chest."
- "Everything stirred, sang, woke up, spoke, rustled."
What part of speech can be used?
A number of homogeneous members in a sentence can be expressed in one part of speech. Although not always this rule is mandatory for him. After all, the same member often appears in the form of different parts of speech. This is due to the fact that such words can have completely different morphological expressions. Let's give an example: "The horse moved slowly (in the form of an adverb), with dignity (in the form of a noun with a preposition), stamping its hooves (in the form of a participial phrase)".
One-dimensionality
All homogeneous members used in the sentence must denote one-dimensional phenomena in some respect. If you violate this rule, then the text will be perceived as an anomaly. Although often this method is deliberately used by some authors for stylistic purposes. Let's take a few sentences as an example:
- "Only Misha, winter and heating did not sleep."
- "When mother and frost allowed her to stick her nose out of the house, Masha went to wander around the yard alone."
Construction method
Homogeneous members are often lined up in a sentence in such a row, which represents unity in its meaning and structure. Here is an example: “Cucumbers, tomatoes, beets, potatoes, etc. grew in the garden.”
It should also be noted that in one sentence there may be more than one series of homogeneous members. Consider a good example: "The frost on the street grew stronger and pinched the face, ears, nose, hands." In this sentence, "strong and pinched" is one row, and "face, ears, nose, hands" is the second row.
"Exceptions" to the rules
Not all enumerations in this or that text are homogeneous. Indeed, in some cases, such combinations act as a single member of the sentence. To deal with such exceptions, here are some illustrative examples:
- Words or stable combinations that are accompanied by double conjunctions "and … and", as well as "neither … nor" are not homogeneous. For example: “neither fish nor meat”, “neither hearing nor spirit”, “neither light nor dawn”, “this way and that”, “and laughter and sin”, etc.
- Repetitive expressions in sentences are also not homogeneous. For example: “Spring was waiting, nature was waiting”, “Scarlet fragrant flowers run under her legs back, back.”
- If complicated simple verbal predicates are involved in the sentence, then they are not homogeneous. For example: I’ll go look, sit down and rest, I took it and did it, etc. This rule only applies if we are talking about a combination of 2 verbs that are in the same form, andalso act as a single predicate that has the meaning of an arbitrary or unexpected action and its purpose.
Homogeneous and heterogeneous definitions
If the members of the sentence act as a definition, then they can be both heterogeneous and homogeneous.
Homogeneous members of a sentence are expressions that refer to any defined word. That is, they are interconnected by a creative connection. In addition, they are pronounced with an enumeration intonation.
Homogeneous definitions in a particular sentence can characterize a phenomenon or an object from the same side (for example, by properties, material, color, etc.). In this case, commas should be placed between them. Here's a good example: "Violent, mighty, deafening rain poured down on the city."
As for heterogeneous definitions, they characterize an object from completely different sides. In such situations, there is no coordinating connection between the words. That is why they are pronounced without enumeration intonation. It should also be noted that no commas are placed between heterogeneous definitions. Let's give an example: "There were tall dense pine trees in a large clearing."
General words
Homogeneous members can carry generalizing words that occupy the following positions:
- Before or after homogeneous members. Let's give an example: “Everything should be fine in a person: both clothes andface, and thoughts, and soul”, “In the bushes, in the grass of the wild dog rose and dogwood, on the trees and in the vineyards, aphids have developed everywhere.”
- After a generalizing word, or rather before homogeneous members, there can be such words as “namely”, “somehow”, “for example”. They usually point to further enumeration. Let's give an example: "The game of hunters includes not only some birds, but also other animals, namely: wild boars, bears, wild goats, deer, hares."
- After homogeneous members, or rather before generalizing words, there may be expressions that have a total value (for example, “in one word”, “word”, etc.).
