Question

Most linguists agree on a total of______basic sentence patterns for the English language.

A.12
B.7
C.6

Answer 1

The answer is B. 7 I think

Answer 2

Most linguists agree on a total of seven basic sentence patterns for the English language.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to most linguists there are 7 basic patterns which are:

1. Subject + Verb

2. Subject + Verb + Object

3. Subject + Verb + Complement

4. Subject + Verb + Object + Object

5. Subject + Verb + Object + Complement

6. Subject + Verb + Adverbial

7. Subject + Verb + Object + Adverbial

These patterns are normally used in all general and basic communication sentences within simple syntaxis.