order to punctuate sentences correctly writers must understand certain rules and 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
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Drafts demonstrate multiple revisions and corrections that show some improvement | There are no drafts or drafts show little or no revision and/or correction. | 3 | B. Clearly focused thesis sentence | Thesis sentence is clear‚ effective‚ and creative. | Thesis sentence is effective. | Thesis sentence is attempted but is unclear or ineffective | The thesis is confusing or is not attempted. | | C. Accurate grouping of ideas into paragraphs | Ideas are grouped in sophisticated‚ effective
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the south windowsill. The compound verb "has thrived" is intransitive and takes no direct object in this sentence. The prepositional phrase "on the south windowsill" acts as an adverb describing where the plant thrives. The sound of the choir carried through the school hall. The verb "carried" is used intransitively in this sentence and takes no direct object. The prepositional phrase "through the school hall" acts as an adverb describing where the sound carried. The train from Gemas
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concept of ‘sentence’ A sentence is a sequence of words in a particular structural pattern (for example‚ S+V+O+A)‚ and regarded as primary because it comprises a minimum sense of unity and completeness. Sentences are best defined in terms of structure + meaning. I can easily walk that way back. She was feeling affectionate. She did it. *In the rain. Basic concepts in syntax 1. 2. 3. Sentences have parts‚ which may themselves have parts. (constituents) The parts of sentences belong
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Benignant Found Sentence “So did that benignant man speak to me of this life and of the life hereafter.” (p. 97) MLA Citation Northup‚ Solomon. Twelve Years A Slave. Penguin Books‚ 2013. Original Sentence The woman across the room looked at Shelly with an inviting and benignant smile. Language Skill Prepositional Phrase - across (preposition) the (modifier) room (noun) Pernicious Found Sentence “It will have a pernicious influence‚ and set them all running away.” (p. 98) MLA Citation Northup‚ Solomon
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Descriptive Linguistics Thesis Statement: Knowledge on phonology‚ morphology‚ syntax and semantics constitutes our understanding of linguistics. Linguistics is derived from the Latin root “lingua” which means tongue. It is the science of language‚ its origin‚ its structure‚ modification‚ etc. including phonetics‚ phonemics‚ morphology‚ syntax and semantics of language. I. Phonology Phonology is the science of speech sound or the sound system of language. It is also defined as the phonemics
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things to stick together. • A conjunction joins words‚ phrases‚ and sentences‚ which are called clauses. What is a Conjunction? • Conjunctions join two or more words. Example: I went to the store to buy eggs‚ milk‚ and bread. What is a Conjunction? • Conjunctions can join two prepositional phrases. Ex. I went skiing down the hill and past the trees. What is a Conjunction? • Conjunctions can connect two clauses or sentences. • When two sentences are joined‚ a comma MUST be placed before the conjunction
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the eight basic parts of speech in a sentence (noun‚ pronoun‚ verb‚ |MCAS #1 Reviewing the parts of speech worksheets and quiz | |adverb‚ adjective‚ conjunction‚ preposition‚ interjection) and correctly use |Learning the parts of speech by Lisa Kihn | |them in sentence construction. Identify subject and predicate of a sentence. |Mad Libs activity books
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purpose of capital letters and punctuation marks is simply to make reading easier. Without them‚ reading would be a constant puzzle; and we are all much too busy to work out puzzles every time we read. Notice how confusing the following sentence is when it is written without capital letters and punctuation marks: caesar entered on his head his helmet on his feet his sandals in his hand his sword on his forehead a frown and sat down Is the following an improvement? Caesar
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Word classes and phrases There are eight word classes‚ or parts of speech‚ that are distinguished in English: nouns‚ determiners‚ pronouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives‚ adverbs‚ prepositions‚ and conjunctions. (Determiners‚ traditionally classified along with adjectives‚ have not always been regarded as a separate part of speech.) Interjections are another word class‚ but these are not described here as they do not form part of the clause and sentence structure of the language.[1] Nouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives
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