Cedrick S. Maningas UC-31 Phrase A phrase is a group of words acting as a single part of speech and not containing both a subject and a verb. It is a part of a sentence‚ and does not express a complete thought. The phrases in the first two sentences of this page are italicized. The first sentence contains five phrases: "of words‚" "acting as a single part of speech‚" "as a single part‚" "of speech‚" and "not containing both a subject and a verb." Except for the phrase beginning with as
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INTRODUCTION English is one of the most important and most spoken languages in the world. It is the native language of more than 350 million people. Undoubtedly‚ the popularity of the language has termed English as the international language of business‚ education‚ science‚ technology‚ banking‚ computing‚ medicine‚ aviation‚ engineering‚ tourism‚ UN & NATO armed forces‚ Hollywood films and the best pop and rock music of the world. So‚ it is seemed to be the only language that truly links the
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An adjective clause (also known as adjectival or relative clause) is a subordinate clause used to modify a noun or a pronoun in the main clause. An adjective clause will meet three requirements: * First‚ it will contain a subject and verb. * Next‚ it will begin with a relative pronoun [who‚ whom‚ whose‚that‚ or which] or a relative adverb [when‚ where‚ or why]. * Finally‚ it will function as an adjective‚ answering the questionsWhat kind? How many? or Which one? The adjective clause
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CLAUSE A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. Some clauses are dependent: they can’t stand alone and need an independent clause‚ or sentence‚ to support them. These dependent clauses can be used in three ways: as adjectives‚ as adverbs and as nouns. This article focuses on noun clauses. NOUN CLAUSE A noun clause is a dependent clause that acts as a noun. Noun clauses most often begin with the subordinating conjunction that. Other words that may begin a noun clause are if
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1. Which of the following is a run-on sentence? A. The house was owned by the mayor. B. Mike joined the army‚ and he became more disciplined during the training. C. Karen’s uncle arrives tomorrow she wants to see him. D. We like to take a walk after dinner. 2. Which sentence uses correct parallel construction? A. The painter wore glasses‚ gloves‚ and boots. B. Most people enjoy ice cream and the plant grows. C. You can either talk to the manager about your problem or writing a letter
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1. Sentence Pattern 1 - Simple a. I find politics to be entertaining. b. I like to play football. c. I have a younger brother. d. I do not enjoy watching soccer. 2. Sentence Pattern 2 – Compound with comma and conjunction e. My parents bought me a new phone‚ but I have to pay for my service. f. My brother is in 7th grade‚ so he is taking pre-algebra. g. I looked for twenty minutes‚ yet I couldn’t find my sunglasses. 3. Sentence Pattern 3 –
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Name ______________________________ Period ______ Date _____________ Conjunctions Practice Worksheet A. Match the sentence halves to make a complete sentence. Draw lines between the two. |Both Peter |but we have enough money. | |Not only do we want to go |neither true nor realistic. | |Either Jack will have to work more hours
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Faculdade de Letras April 1999 English III Turmas 3 & 4 Continual Evaluation. THE GRAMMAR OF ADVERBIALS. Please refer to SGE (A Student’s Grammar) for full explanation of Adverbials. The relevant chapters are Chs 8‚ 14& 15. 1) What is an adverbial? An adverbial is a sentence or clause element ‚ although this is not always obvious. There are five main clause elements‚ S V C (subdivided into Subject Complement and Object Complement)‚ O (subdivided into Direct
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SENTENCES What is sentences? Sentence is a large unit of words that is grammatically complete and used to express exclamation‚ statement ‚and questions. A sentence must have a main clause or more than one main clause. There are as many clauses as there are finite verbs in a sentence. (The finite verb is the verb that changes with the person or number of the subject.) ; FORMS OF SENTENCES\ * Simple sentence: A sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clauses. Example: Ezra enjoyed
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verb וְכָתַב in a jussive sense. For example‚ the KJV translates the phrase as “let him write.” Those who advocate this position suggest that the phrase carries more than a permissive reading‚ and emphasizes an obligative understanding. In his syntactic analysis of Deuteronomy 24:1-4‚ Warren states that Moses gives God’s prescription
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