Parts of Speech All words in the English language fall into eight groups. The eight parts of speech [Eight classes of words that have a particular form‚ function‚ and meaning; that is‚ verbs‚ nouns‚ adjectives‚ adverbs] are listed here. The function of a word determines its part of speech in that sentence. 1. Nouns (Person‚ thing‚ quality‚ place‚ idea) 2. Pronouns (I‚ you‚ he‚ she‚ it‚ we‚ they) 3. Verbs (think/thought/ had thought‚ change/changed/had changed‚ jump/jumped/had jumped
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is a sentence with two or more independent clauses joined by: O a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction (and‚ but‚ or‚ nor‚ for‚ yet‚ so): The dog barked‚ and the cat yowled. O a semicolon: The dog barked; the cat yowled. Important Definitions O Independent Clause: O A group of words that makes a complete statement. It can stand alone as a sentence O Coordinating Conjunction: O A word that is used with a comma to join two independent clauses. O FANBOYS O For‚ And‚ Nor‚ But‚ Or‚ Yet‚ So
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(I14005448) Chew Lian Yoke (I14005446) Ng Sheim Jie (I14005884) Submission Date:2/9/2014 Lecturer: Ms Kasturi Murugan Marks: /5 Avoiding Fragments A sentence fragment is a word‚ phrase‚ or dependent clause that is punctuated as a sentence‚ but the subject‚ verb‚ or both may be missing. Though sentence fragments may be used for effect in certain types of writing‚ fragments are generally not used in academic or professional writing. To avoiding fragments
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called an independent clause‚ contains a subject and a verb‚ and it expresses a complete thought. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for‚ and‚ nor‚ but‚ or‚ yet‚ so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences‚ coordinators are always preceded by a comma. A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence
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concepts. A clause is a word group containing a subject and a verb. The two types of clauses are independent and subordinate. An independent clause contains a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a complete sentence. A subordinate clause contains a subordinate conjunction in addition to a subject. A phrase is a group of words that do not contain both a subject and a verb. Three common sentence errors are the fragment‚ the comma-splice‚ and the run-on sentence. A fragment is a clause or subordinate
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SIMPLE SENTENCES 6 3.1.2 MULTIPLE SENTENCES 7 3.1.3 COMPOUND SENTENCES 8 3.1.4 COMPLEX SENTENCES 8 3.1.5 STATEMENTS 9 3.1.6 QUESTIONS 9 3.1.7 DIRECTIVES 9 3.1.8 EXCLAMATIONS 9 3.2 NON-SENTENTIAL HEADLINES 10 3.2.1 MINOR SENTENCES 10 3.2.2 NON-FINITE CLAUSES 11 3.2.3 PHRASES 11 3.2.3.1 NOUN PHRASES 12 3.2.3.2 ADJECTIVE PHRASES 13 3.2.3.3 ADVERB PHRASES 13 3.2.3.4 PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES 14 4. ELLIPSIS 15 4.1 MEDIAL ELLIPSIS 15 4.2 INITIAL ELLIPSIS 15 4.3 SITUATIONAL ELLIPSIS 16 4.4 STRUCTURAL ELLIPSIS 16
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which have these 3 components are called Independent Clauses. If a sentence is lacking in one of the 3 components‚ it is called a Dependent Clause. Independent clauses can stand on their own- they form their own sentences. Dependent clauses can ’t stand alone- they need to be joined to another clause. What is a Run On Sentence? A run on sentence is a sentence that has 2 or more clauses which are improperly joined. Independent and dependent clauses can be joined together to create compound sentences when
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also be referred to as an independent clause. It is referred to as "independent" because‚ while it might be part of a compound or complex sentence‚ it can also stand by itself as a complete sentence. Tip: If you use many simple sentences in an essay‚ you should consider revising some of the sentences into compound or complex sentences (explained below). 2. Compound Sentences A compound sentence refers to a sentence made up of two independent clauses (or complete sentences) connected to one
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University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Department of English and American Studies Grammar in Newspaper Headlines Bachelor Paper Author: Eva Prášková Supervisor: PhDr. Petra Huschová‚ Ph.D. 2009 Univerzita Pardubice Filozofická fakulta Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky Grammar in Newspaper Headlines Gramatika novinových titulkù Bakaláøská práce Autor: Eva Prášková Vedoucí: PhDr. Petra Huschová‚ Ph.D. 2009 Prohlašuji: Tuto práci jsem vypracovala samostatnì. Veškeré literární
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consists of one clause called Principal Clause. 2. Compound Sentence: A sentence which consists of two or more Principal Clauses (Co-ordinate Clauses) joined by conjunction(s) is called a Compound Sentence; as: a) I looked at Jenny and she smiled at me. b) Angila tried hard but failed in the examination. 1. To transform the simple sentence into a compound sentence: A simple sentence can be transformed into a compound sentence by enlarging phrase or word into a co-ordinate clause. Example-1: • He
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