In Russian uniform for the members of the special offers abuts a group of words which is called generalizing.
What is generalizing words
generalized word - a word or combination of words that are generic concepts for words - homogeneous parts of the sentence.The proposal "on the table in a vase were different fruit: bright red apples, honey-yellow pear, blue-purple large plums and grapes with transparent pink berries", the word "fruit" can be considered as a generic for listed below homogeneous members - the names of speciesthese fruits.Or: "The bags of cement, bricks pile, a pile of sand and other building materials were neatly stacked against the wall."In this proposal, the phrase "building material" is generic for the listed objects of this building material.
role generalizing words with homogeneous parts of the sentence - to clarify the past, to concretize them.Through their use, the meaning of the whole sentence becomes more accurate and understandable.The proposal generalizing words are treated as members of the same proposal that uniform.For example, in the sentence "In the spring we returned to the distant cruise travelers: swift-winged swallows, power rooks, majestic storks," the phrase "cruise travelers" is the subject, as well as homogeneous terms, to which it relates.
generalized word, examples of which are cited above were pronounced nouns.In addition, they can act as a part of speech such as pronouns, adverbs: nobody, all these things, all, nothing, etc.
main cases punctuation when generalizing words
Depending on the location of the homogeneous terms of the proposal, there used punctuation such as a dash and colon.
- If generalizing words with homogeneous members are in the first place, they are separated by a colon: "The water was everywhere, boring rain drizzled with a gray sky, was filled by the collar under the trees, murmuring with drainpipes, gurgled loudly under their feet."
- When generalizing the word is in homogeneous terms of the offer, after, before it is put a dash 'notebooks, books, pencil box, a box of paints and a bundle of pencils - all his wealth school kids gladly laid out on the desk. "
- language found in type design: generalizing words - homogeneous terms - in other words in the sentence.In this case, after the words summarizing a colon, and after homogeneous terms - dash: "At any time of the year: in the winter cold and autumn mokryn in the spring thaw and summer drought - our whacky went barefoot."
- happens that after the homogeneous parts of the sentence is an introductory word or phrase (one word, word, therefore, in short), and then - to generalize.In this case, the dash is placed before the prologue, and after it a comma: "The bitter smell of fallen leaves in Dumke fires in the courts, in particular freshness of the evening air - in a word, is clearly felt in the whole approach of autumn."
- When homogeneous members are located in mid-sentence, and are clarifying the nature of the matter, highlighting the logically generalized word, then the proposal put two dashes: "Usually from neighboring villages - Ivanovka Gluschovki, Verhnevodya - peasants flocked to the fair in advance."
