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* the answers follow set grammar, punctuation, and usage conventions | * the answers follow set grammar, punctuation, and usage conventions | ||
* therefore, identify the rules as you practice & apply them in your elimination strategies | * therefore, identify the rules as you practice & apply them in your elimination strategies | ||
* consider each possible answer and identify the RULES that govern its correctness or error | |||
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|is an Independent Clause IC | |||
|has a subject and verb and could be a sentence by itself | |||
|subject and verb cannot be separated by a single comma | |||
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|IC may contain multiple subjects and/or verbs and/or objects | |||
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|IC may contain a parenthetical phrase or | |||
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|multiple ICs are combined using comma + coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) | |||
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|is a Dependent Clause (DC) | |||
|has a subject and verb but cannot be a sentence by itself | |||
|introduced by subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, etc. | |||
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|combined to an IC by a comma (without a coordinating conjunction) | |||
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|introductory phrase | |||
|gives context to a sentence, usually as a prepositional phrase | |||
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|prepositional phrase | |||
|prepositional phrases are not subjects of a sentence | |||
|ignore the prepositional phrase | |||
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|Relative Clause (RC) | |||
|introduced by a | |||
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|Subordinate Clause (SC) | |||
|introduced by a subordinating conjunction, such as because, when, which, etc. | |||
|if following an IC, the subordinating conjunction "which" usually refers to the object of the prior IC | |||
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|parenthetical phrases | |||
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|Combining sentences | |||
|redundancy | |||
|repeats words or ideas already stated | |||
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|pronoun is redundant or unecssary | |||
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|creates a sun-on sentence | |||
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=== Difficulty level === | === Difficulty level === | ||