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- Subjective sentences
- Examples of subjective sentences
- Objective sentences
- Examples of objective sentences
A sentence is considered subjective when it expresses an opinion or feeling, that is to say, that in its formulation a point of view is manifested, and therefore a subjectivity. For example: The movie was too long and too boring.
Rather, a sentence is considered objective when it does not seek to convey the author's position on a topic, but rather intends to provide neutral and objective information on a topic. For example: The movie lasts two and a half hours.
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Subjective sentences
Subjectivity implies certain preferences, tastes, beliefs and feelings, from which different judgments are made.
The subjective nature of a sentence can be observed in the verb conjugation (in the first person) that directly denote a subject or certain adjectives that, because they are positive or negative, connote a point of view from which an object, situation or action is judged. For example: This house is very cozy for me.
- Positive adjectives. They denote a positive opinion. For example: good, beautiful, true, attractive, nice, funny, nice.
- Negative adjectives. They denote a negative opinion. For example: ugly, bad, doubtful, forced, boring, excessive, insufficient.
- See also: Subjective description
Examples of subjective sentences
- I don't think we will be on time.
- Laura seems prettier than Amalia.
- I like to wake up early.
- This news does not seem true.
- It's too dark.
- You are eating too much.
- That plate smells really good.
- That movie is boring.
- This place is suspicious to me.
- I like cats a lot, but dogs not so much.
- Juan is very attractive.
- It seems we have been waiting for hours.
- There is nothing more delicious than chocolate.
- It looks like you saw a ghost.
- We shouldn't spend more money.
- It looks like a fake.
- It is unbearably cold.
- It's too hot.
- It is a fun game.
- This perfume is very nice.
- We are very satisfied with your performance.
- Your excuse is very suspicious to me.
- He's too tall to date me.
- I find war movies disgusting.
- I would love to live in the country again.
- See also: Wishful prayers
Objective sentences
The objective sentences do not try to convey opinions of a subject but rather specific information that refers to objects. The intention is that this information is not modified by personal appreciations.
While the verb of the sentence may be in the first person, the most characteristic objective sentences are constructed in the third person and sometimes in the passive voice. For example: The suspects were sentenced to four years in prison.
- See also: Objective description
Examples of objective sentences
- The powers of the State are the executive power, the legislative power and the judicial power.
- The week has seven days.
- Milk contains calcium.
- The place was robbed at midnight.
- All viruses mutate over time.
- In the city there is a temperature of 27 degrees.
- Lemon is a citrus fruit.
- The woman frowned.
- The children were scared when they saw the clown.
- Mr. and Mrs. Rodríguez have five children.
- The city was founded in 1870.
- Customers waited for 20 minutes.
- Smoking is not allowed.
- Social makeup aims to beautify the face.
- The rate does not include transfers.
- Witnesses claim that the police arrived after the events.
- The task includes ten exercises.
- The movie lasts one hour and forty minutes.
- You consumed 1,800 calories.
- The sculpture was found not to be an original.
- The current population of Buenos Aires reaches 2.9 million people.
- Fig harvest time is fall.
- Almost 80% of the more than 1 billion smokers in the world live in low- or middle-income countries.
- Hominids are native to Africa, except for the orangutan that comes from Asia (specifically Borneo and Sumatra).
- The first to study terrestrial magnetism as a characteristic of the Earth was Carl Friedrich von Gauss, in the 19th century.
- See also: Declarative sentences
