Avoiding Run-On Sentences, Comma Splices, and Fragments
... be corrected by linking the fragment to an independent clause—one which comes before or after it and which makes sense within the paragraph. 1. Subordinating Conjunction and Relative Pronoun Fragments Example: While I was waiting for my car to be repaired. How to find this type of fragment: When pro ...
... be corrected by linking the fragment to an independent clause—one which comes before or after it and which makes sense within the paragraph. 1. Subordinating Conjunction and Relative Pronoun Fragments Example: While I was waiting for my car to be repaired. How to find this type of fragment: When pro ...
On Phrases and Clauses
... other components of the predicate cluster. • Once the court procedures were over, we were allowed to leave. • Although Maya was feeling terribly upset, she managed to keep a reassuring smile on her face for us to see. • The three kids took turns taking care of me: Don was there in the morning, Stu w ...
... other components of the predicate cluster. • Once the court procedures were over, we were allowed to leave. • Although Maya was feeling terribly upset, she managed to keep a reassuring smile on her face for us to see. • The three kids took turns taking care of me: Don was there in the morning, Stu w ...
What is a Possessive Pronoun?
... Select one of the following performance tasks to complete. The performance task must highlight personal, possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, reflexive, and indefinite pronouns. If you have your own idea, present it to your teacher for approval. Creativity is unlimited!!! ...
... Select one of the following performance tasks to complete. The performance task must highlight personal, possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, reflexive, and indefinite pronouns. If you have your own idea, present it to your teacher for approval. Creativity is unlimited!!! ...
AvoidingRun OnsCommaSplicesFragmentsJuly08
... *Note: This run-on sentence can also be corrected using a combination of the above strategies. I moved to the United States when I was young, so it was easy to learn English. (compound sentence) Because my parents were already here, they knew English. (complex sentence) ...
... *Note: This run-on sentence can also be corrected using a combination of the above strategies. I moved to the United States when I was young, so it was easy to learn English. (compound sentence) Because my parents were already here, they knew English. (complex sentence) ...
Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices and Fragments
... *Note: This run-on sentence can also be corrected using a combination of the above strategies. I moved to the United States when I was young, so it was easy to learn English. (compound sentence) Because my parents were already here, they knew English. (complex sentence) ...
... *Note: This run-on sentence can also be corrected using a combination of the above strategies. I moved to the United States when I was young, so it was easy to learn English. (compound sentence) Because my parents were already here, they knew English. (complex sentence) ...
Grace Theological Journal 9.2 (1988) 233
... a relative. Even the Nestle26 Greek text divides the passage into four sentences; after the opening one each begins with a relative. Another indication that the Greek relative serves as a connective is seen in an examination of the ways in which the NASB, which follows the Greek syntax more closely ...
... a relative. Even the Nestle26 Greek text divides the passage into four sentences; after the opening one each begins with a relative. Another indication that the Greek relative serves as a connective is seen in an examination of the ways in which the NASB, which follows the Greek syntax more closely ...
Boyer`s Relative Clauses in the Greek New Testament: A Statistical
... a relative. Even the Nestle26 Greek text divides the passage into four sentences; after the opening one each begins with a relative. Another indication that the Greek relative serves as a connective is seen in an examination of the ways in which the NASB, which follows the Greek syntax more closely ...
... a relative. Even the Nestle26 Greek text divides the passage into four sentences; after the opening one each begins with a relative. Another indication that the Greek relative serves as a connective is seen in an examination of the ways in which the NASB, which follows the Greek syntax more closely ...
The Complex Sentence. Adverbial Clauses
... (Take care crossing the street), a gerund with a prep. or a ger.phrase and clauses of place (You won’t recognize the house when you come next time) 3. The A.m. of condition is expressed by a noun or a pronoun preceded by the prepositions and conjunctions but for, except for, in case, by a participle ...
... (Take care crossing the street), a gerund with a prep. or a ger.phrase and clauses of place (You won’t recognize the house when you come next time) 3. The A.m. of condition is expressed by a noun or a pronoun preceded by the prepositions and conjunctions but for, except for, in case, by a participle ...
pronouns - Laing Middle School
... Subject: He read about Death Valley. Object: Julie asked him about the rocks. ...
... Subject: He read about Death Valley. Object: Julie asked him about the rocks. ...
Noun Clause - jeffrey scott longstaff
... Usually a “clause” is defined as having both a subject and a verb (predicate). Accordingly, the subjects of these sentences (below) are considered to be “noun phrases” because there is not any subject within the phrase. These noun phrases can also be subjects and objects of sentences: Whether to eat ...
... Usually a “clause” is defined as having both a subject and a verb (predicate). Accordingly, the subjects of these sentences (below) are considered to be “noun phrases” because there is not any subject within the phrase. These noun phrases can also be subjects and objects of sentences: Whether to eat ...
exercises - Routledge
... have seen both names on (P) the original manuscripts of four papers, but some scholars discount his evidence because (S) the original manuscripts have disappeared. Although (S) Mileva was certainly capable of understanding Einstein’s work and perhaps of collaborating with (P) him, the present eviden ...
... have seen both names on (P) the original manuscripts of four papers, but some scholars discount his evidence because (S) the original manuscripts have disappeared. Although (S) Mileva was certainly capable of understanding Einstein’s work and perhaps of collaborating with (P) him, the present eviden ...
What Is a Clause?
... should be to independent clauses. Rewrite the paragraph, connecting the dependent clauses to independent clauses. Most teenagers get an allowance. They can spend this money. However they choose. Some teens spend the money on clothing and other items that they need. Others spend their allowance carel ...
... should be to independent clauses. Rewrite the paragraph, connecting the dependent clauses to independent clauses. Most teenagers get an allowance. They can spend this money. However they choose. Some teens spend the money on clothing and other items that they need. Others spend their allowance carel ...
Pronouns Unit -Notes and Practice - chmsenglish6-8
... Check your usage by saying the sentence aloud with only the pronoun in it. Your ear will be your guide. Correct: The teacher helped me. Incorrect: The teacher helped I. In formal writing, use the subject pronoun after a linking verb when the pronoun identifies or renames the subject of a sentence. C ...
... Check your usage by saying the sentence aloud with only the pronoun in it. Your ear will be your guide. Correct: The teacher helped me. Incorrect: The teacher helped I. In formal writing, use the subject pronoun after a linking verb when the pronoun identifies or renames the subject of a sentence. C ...
LESSON 26: DEPENDENT CLAUSES (ADVERB)
... A clause is a group of words that does contain a subject and a verb. The cat meowed. Whenever the cat meowed Both of those examples are clauses. They both contain a subject (cat) and a verb (meowed). Did you notice anything funny about those two clauses? The first clause can stand alone as a complet ...
... A clause is a group of words that does contain a subject and a verb. The cat meowed. Whenever the cat meowed Both of those examples are clauses. They both contain a subject (cat) and a verb (meowed). Did you notice anything funny about those two clauses? The first clause can stand alone as a complet ...
An Interaction Grammar of Interrogative and Relative Clauses in
... some conditions. These conditions depend on various factors. • Interrogative and declarative marking: in French, relative clauses and interrogative clauses often use the same wh-words but they differ in the fact that the first ones are marked declaratively, whereas the second ones are marked interro ...
... some conditions. These conditions depend on various factors. • Interrogative and declarative marking: in French, relative clauses and interrogative clauses often use the same wh-words but they differ in the fact that the first ones are marked declaratively, whereas the second ones are marked interro ...
when to use the comma - East Penn School District
... **Appositives and appositive phrases are usually set off by commas [an appositive is a word, with or without modifiers, that follows a noun or pronoun and identifies or explains it.] Ex. Mrs. Williams, our English teacher, got her degree from the University of Massachusetts. **When an appositive is ...
... **Appositives and appositive phrases are usually set off by commas [an appositive is a word, with or without modifiers, that follows a noun or pronoun and identifies or explains it.] Ex. Mrs. Williams, our English teacher, got her degree from the University of Massachusetts. **When an appositive is ...
Index: Participial postmodification in NP
... In clauses introduced by a zero marker the marker of subordination is understood though not expressed. Contact clauses – type of restrictive relative clauses: The boy you saw is our book-keeper’s son. Zero marker may be the marker of subordination for the subordinating conjunction that: You know you ...
... In clauses introduced by a zero marker the marker of subordination is understood though not expressed. Contact clauses – type of restrictive relative clauses: The boy you saw is our book-keeper’s son. Zero marker may be the marker of subordination for the subordinating conjunction that: You know you ...
Pronouns
... depending on their person (first, second or third) and, usually, number (singular and plural). Sometimes, in the third person singular, they take different forms according to gender (he, she). They also take different forms depending on whether they stand for the subject or the object of the sentenc ...
... depending on their person (first, second or third) and, usually, number (singular and plural). Sometimes, in the third person singular, they take different forms according to gender (he, she). They also take different forms depending on whether they stand for the subject or the object of the sentenc ...
Final Exam
... 43- In the sentence "Many students enjoyed the concert", the noun phrase the concert functions as a/an: a. predicator complement b. subject attribute c. direct object d. indirect object 44- In the sentence "Last night,' they revealed who had done it", the function ‘direct object’ is realized by: a. ...
... 43- In the sentence "Many students enjoyed the concert", the noun phrase the concert functions as a/an: a. predicator complement b. subject attribute c. direct object d. indirect object 44- In the sentence "Last night,' they revealed who had done it", the function ‘direct object’ is realized by: a. ...
Sentence Types
... the punctuation (comma use) that is part of each sentence type. Review what a fragment, a run on and a comma splice is. Practice writing one sentence of each type. Check your sentences with ...
... the punctuation (comma use) that is part of each sentence type. Review what a fragment, a run on and a comma splice is. Practice writing one sentence of each type. Check your sentences with ...
Clauses - Gordon State College
... Otherwise, it’s something besides a verb (as in this case, where it’s an adjective). The same is true of past participles like “fallen.” To make the second phrase into a sentence, you’d have to say something like “the soldier has fallen.” ...
... Otherwise, it’s something besides a verb (as in this case, where it’s an adjective). The same is true of past participles like “fallen.” To make the second phrase into a sentence, you’d have to say something like “the soldier has fallen.” ...
Relativism
... • There is no right and wrong. Anyone’s truth is relative to himself. • Everyone should be tolerant; No one should view another’s actions as morally wrong. • There is no absolute truth or God. ...
... • There is no right and wrong. Anyone’s truth is relative to himself. • Everyone should be tolerant; No one should view another’s actions as morally wrong. • There is no absolute truth or God. ...
imageREAL Capture
... has to be held in the short-term memory while the 27 word insertion is processed. In the second main clause, the nexus between the subject and the verb is broken by those same 27 words, plus a further 11 in three prepositional phrase^.'^ Thus, the subject has to be held in the short-term memory whil ...
... has to be held in the short-term memory while the 27 word insertion is processed. In the second main clause, the nexus between the subject and the verb is broken by those same 27 words, plus a further 11 in three prepositional phrase^.'^ Thus, the subject has to be held in the short-term memory whil ...