List of word parts of speech & their grammar rules: Difference between revisions

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*** so it cannot combine two independent clauses
*** so it cannot combine two independent clauses
** to avoid using it as a coordinator, use it before the verb, as per
** to avoid using it as a coordinator, use it before the verb, as per
*** "It is not nice outside, rather it is rainy" <<  incorrect
*** incorrect:
*** "Rather than nice outside, it is rainy"
**** "It is not nice outside, rather it is rainy"  
*** "It is not nice outside; rather, it is rainy"
*** correct:
**** It is rainy rather than nice outside"
**** "Rather than nice outside, it is rainy"
**** "It is not nice outside; rather, it is rainy"
**** "The weather outside is rather rainy than nice"


== S-T-U ==
== S-T-U ==