Einsohn Examples*
A sentence fragment with bracketed modifiers of what might be a
core word
 [The gifted] copyeditor [whose principal virtues include a
command of spelling, punctuation, grammar, diction, and
usage as well as an ear for idiom.]
Is there a verb to go with “copyeditor”? (No.)
Why not “include”? (It’s part of a subordinate clause, which
begins with a comma and “whose.” Its subject is “virtues. )
How can we tell that “copyeditor” would have to be the core
subject? (When you subtract that subordinate clause, there’s
nothing left but “The gifted copyeditor,” which has no verb. That’s
why the original long series of words is only a sentence fragment.}
A complete sentence, including core subject, core verb, and core
object, with bracketed modifiers
 [The principal] virtues [of a gifted copyeditor] include [a]
command [of spelling, punctuation, grammar, diction, and
usage as well as an ear for idiom.]
*from p. 76
More Einsohn Examples*
Three separate sentences:
 He came home. He saw that the refrigerator was empty. He
conquered his craving for an anchovy pizza and ate three stale
crackers for dinner.
Three combined into one:
 When he came home, he saw that the refrigerator was empty,
which left him little choice but to conquer his craving for an
anchovy pizza and eat three stale crackers for dinner.
Core subjects, verbs, and objects in separate sentences:
 He [subject] came [verb] home [modifies verb].
 He [subject] saw [verb] that the refrigerator was empty
[dependent clause functioning as object of verb].
 He [subject] conquered [verb] his craving [object of
“conquered”] for an anchovy pizza [modifies object] and ate
[verb with same subject as “conquered”] three stale crackers
[object of “ate”] for dinner.
Core subject, verb, and object in new sentence combining three:
 When he came home, he [subject] saw [verb] that the
refrigerator was empty [object] , which left him little choice but
to conquer his craving for an anchovy pizza and eat three stale
crackers for dinner.
Dependent clauses in preceding sentence
 When he [subject] came [finite verb] home
 that the refrigerator [subject] was [finite verb] empty
 which [subject] left [finite verb] him little choice
Not clauses, just phrases (no subject)
 but to conquer his craving for an anchovy pizza
 and eat three stale crackers for dinner.
*from pp. 80-81