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| | | rowspan="11" |'''Clause''' | ||
|independent clause (IC) | | rowspan="4" |independent clause (IC) | ||
|has a subject and verb and could be a sentence by itself | | rowspan="4" |has a subject and verb and could be a sentence by itself | ||
|subject and verb cannot be separated by a single comma | |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 | |IC may contain multiple subjects and/or verbs and/or objects | ||
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|IC may contain a parenthetical phrase or | |IC may contain a parenthetical phrase or | ||
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|multiple ICs are combined using comma + coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) | |multiple ICs are combined using comma + coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) | ||
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| | | rowspan="3" |dependent clause (DC) | ||
|dependent clause (DC) | |||
|has a subject and verb but cannot be a sentence by itself | |has a subject and verb but cannot be a sentence by itself | ||
|introduced by subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, etc. | |introduced by subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, etc. | ||
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|dependent clauses modify the IC or add information to it | |||
|DC types include subordinate (SC) and relative (RC) clauses | |||
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| | | rowspan="2" |subordinate clause SC | ||
|relative clause (RC) | | rowspan="2" |introduced by a subordinating conjunction, such as because, when, which, etc. | ||
|introduced by a relative pronoun, | |if following an IC, the subordinating conjunction "which" usually refers to the object of the prior IC | ||
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|make sure the SC is not next to another SC (i.e, 2 SC's in a row is usually incorrect) | |||
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| rowspan="2" |relative clause (RC) | |||
|introduced by a relative pronoun (that, which, who, whom, which) | |||
|relative clause has a subject (pronoun) & verb but is not an IC, as it serves to modify the IC | |relative clause has a subject (pronoun) & verb but is not an IC, as it serves to modify the IC | ||
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|requisite RC = no punctuation if the information is essential (requisite) | |||
|relative clauses may preceded (part of the subject) or follow the verb (part of the predicate) | |||
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|non-requisite RC = sparated from other sentence part by a comma (not essential) | |||
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| | | rowspan="10" |'''Phrase''' | ||
|prepositional phrase | | rowspan="2" |prepositional phrase | ||
|prepositional phrases are not subjects of a sentence | |prepositional phrases are not subjects of a sentence | ||
|preposition and noun = preposition phrase = modifies another noun | |preposition and noun = preposition phrase = modifies another noun | ||
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|when identifying the subject of the sentence, ignore the prepositional phrase | |when identifying the subject of the sentence, ignore the prepositional phrase | ||
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|introductory phrase | |introductory phrase | ||
|gives context to a sentence, usually as a prepositional phrase | |gives context to a sentence, usually as a prepositional phrase | ||
|not always separated from the subject by a comma, so be sure to identify/separate it from the subject | |||
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|participial phrase | |||
|verb acting as an adjective to modify another sentence part | |||
|distinguish the action verb/s from participle adjectives, which are sometimes next to one another | |||
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|present participle adjective = "- ing" | |||
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|past participle adjective = "-ed" or other simple past tense of the verb | |||
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| rowspan="3" |parenthetical phrases | |||
| rowspan="3" |sometimes called "interrupters", used to add information outside of sentence flow | |||
|marked by parentheses '''( ... )''' commas ''', ... ,''' or dashes '''--. .. --''' | |||
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|comma: identify if the comma is creating a list or acting parenthetically | |||
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|dash: identify if the dash is acting as a colon or parentheses | |||
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|tense | |||
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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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