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Nominals Rhetorical Grammar (7ed) Chapter 10--Choosing Nominals chart--page 140 Form Word noun verb adjective adverb Phrase noun phrase verb phrase o gerund o infinitive o participle prepositional phrase Clause independent clause (sentence) dependent clause o adverbial clause o adjectival clause o nominal clause Function Adverbial modifier of verb (time, location, manner, reason) Adjectival subject complement object complement modifier of noun Nominal subject subject complement direct object indirect object object complement object of preposition appositive Appositives (noun in "apposition"=adjacent structures filling the same position) appositives provide more information about the noun and rename the noun phrase My brother, Kirk, lives in Connecticut. An income tax lawyer, he handles the taxes for large veterinary clinics. Group Discussion (p. 193) The Colon (or Comma or Dash) use a colon to signal an appositive that renames the noun ("namely. . . .") Fornes will be teaching two new courses this fall: Writing in the Workplace and the Nonfiction Workshop. Fornes will be teaching two new courses this fall-- Writing in the Workplace and the Nonfiction Workshop. Fornes will be teaching two new courses this fall, Writing in the Workplace and the Nonfiction Workshop. Nominals Use a dash or comma when the appositive appears in the middle of the sentence. Fornes's two new courses-- Writing in the Workplace and the Nonfiction Workshop--promise to be exciting and rewarding. Fornes's two new courses, Writing in the Workplace and the Nonfiction Workshop, promise to be exciting and rewarding. Use a dash when the series has commas (more than two items) All of Fornes's classes this fall--College Composition, Critical Inquiry, and the Nonfiction Workshop--will be 75-minutes long. Regardless, colons and dashes need to be preceded by independent clauses. Fornes's two new courses are: Critical Inquiry and the Nonfiction Workshop. (wrong) Fornes's two new courses are as follows: Critical Inquiry and the Nonfiction Workshop. (kinda icky, compare emphasis to the first exampe above) Sentence appositives can add drama. The USCA Pacers were behind by 24 points before rallying to win. That comeback was amazing. The USCA Pacers were behind by 24 points before rallying to win--an amazing comeback. Joe bought a gas guzzler, a decision that surprised me. Exercise #33 (p. 184) Nominal Verb Phrases Gerunds/Infinitives Gerunds=the -ing form (progressive) of a verb without auxiliary (name actions--not persons, places or things--and can be replaced by it) Infinitives=the to + form a verb Both gerund and infinitive nominals can serve in any slot a noun phrase fills. (see above) o Jogging in the early morning is an activity I enjoy. (gerund phrase as subject) o To jog in the early morning is an activity I enjoy. (infinitive phrase as subject) When any phrase with a verb form opens a sentence, the subject of the verb must correspond to the subject of the sentence. It also requires a comma. Jogging in the early morning, a car almost ran me down. (dangling) Jogging in the early morning, I was almost struck by a car. page 188-89, Exercise #34 The best thing would be to tell the truth. To ignore the judge's order would be foolhardy. Nominals This invitation thwarted his latest plan, to buy up a controlling number of stocks. Raising the company's national profile was the new owner's long-term goal. I appreciate your proofreading this final version for me. Nominal Clauses that as the nominalizer Step 1--take a declarative sentence ("The final portfolio is due April 27.") Step 2--add that ("that the final portfolio is due April 27") Step 3--use it as a noun phrase "Fornes announced that the final portfolio is due April 27." "That the final portfolio is due April 27 should come as no surprise." interrogatives (question words) Fornes cannot understand how students misunderstood the due date. Why some students are afraid of the rain is a mystery. Ex 35, p. 191