Grammar for high school admissions tests: Difference between revisions

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**** as the adjective "angry" here is the subject complement of "He"
**** as the adjective "angry" here is the subject complement of "He"


== Misc skills and assessment topics ==
== Misc concepts, skills & words ==
 
=== double negative ===
 
* look for negative words that create a "double" or redundant negative
* usually the first nagative will be hiddent in a contraction
** ''didn't, couldn't, won't,'' etc.
* ex.
** ''She coudn't find it no where'' <<incorrect double negative
** ''Janie didn't see nobody'' << incorrect double negative


=== either/or vs. neither/nor ===
=== either/or vs. neither/nor ===