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prepositional phrases - ANSWER a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object.
The object can be a noun or a verb.
The football players RAN DOWN THE FIELD. The students IN THE BAND.
Phrases do not contain their own subjects and verbs
wHAT IS the difference between Phrases and clauses? - ANSWER Clauses contain their
own subjects and versb but phrases do not
independent clause - ANSWER A clause that can stand alone as a sentence. "Jeff opened the
door, and the cat slipped out". "Jeff opened the door," can stand alone as its own sentence
dependent clause - ANSWER A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a
complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or
adverb
A comma never seperates a ______ FROM ITS _______ or a ______ from the rest of the
predicate - ANSWER Subject from its verb or a verb from the rest of the predicate
Predicate - ANSWER the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating
something about the subject (e.g., went home in John went home ).
Do not put a _______ after an expression that is seperated by a conjunction and another
expression - ANSWER Comma "rachel, bryan and tyler bough sandwiches." No comma
after tyler
, Do we place a comma after an ommited and? - ANSWER Yes. henry adores his speedy, shiny
bike.
Put a ____ before a coordinating conjunction that joins two independt clauses - ANSWER
COmma. "The polka-dot suit was sammie's fav, but she didnt wear it when she was feeling
shy. "
coordinating conjunction - ANSWER FANBOYS=for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Use a ______ to set apart a beginning dependent clause from the rest of a sentence - ANSWER
Comma. "When sammie feels shy, she doesn't wear her polka-dot suit."
When dealing w/ two indenpendnet clauses you can seperate the two by adding ... - ANSWER
", and" or "replace and w/ a semicolon:" or two separate sentences or change one of the
clauses to dependent (during, although, while)
When a name is part of a ______, dont use commas. - ANSWER Title. - "Professor paul
requested a meeting" or "Science teasher ms. paul won an award"
abbreviations, such as etc., e.g., are enclosed in _________. - ANSWER Commas. "Tyler pulled
out the sandwiches, drinks, doughn uts, etc., from the picnic basket."
appositive phrase - ANSWER A group of words that stands next to a noun or pronoun
and renames or adds information or details to it. Usually unneeded Information. "The
science teacher, Ms. Paul, Scheduled a meeting with her top students."
Appositive phrase examples - ANSWER - Her favorite teacher, Mrs. Book, assigned Moby Dick.
(Noun = Teacher; Appositive = Mrs. Book)
- Appleton, Mark's dad, owns an orchard. (Noun = Mr. Appleton; Appositive = Mark's dad)
- My childhood friend, Melody, loved music. (Noun = Friend; Appositive = Melody)
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