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18 Cards in this Set
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Add commas where needed:
Todd enjoys singing in the shower but when asked to sing in public he always declines. |
Todd enjoys singing in the shower, but when asked to sing in public, he always declines.
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Explanation for commas in "Todd enjoys singing in the shower, but when asked to sing in public, he always declines."
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First, a comma is needed when connecting two independent clauses with a conjunction. Second, a comma is needed to separate introductory material (when asked to sing in public) from its main clause (he always declines).
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Add commas where needed:
I thoroughly enjoyed the show and I would encourage anyone to see it. |
"I thoroughly enjoyed the show, and I would encourage anyone to see it."
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Explain the commas in:
"I thoroughly enjoyed the show, and I would encourage anyone to see it." |
A comma is needed when connecting two independent clauses with a conjunction (and).
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Choose between a colon or semicolon:
My stubborn parents have left us no choice (:;) we're going to elope! |
My stubborn parents have left us no choice; we're going to elope!
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Explain the semicolon:
"My stubborn parents have left us no choice; we're going to elope!" |
Use a semicolon to join two related independent clauses
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Choose between a colon or semicolon:
Cake four is best for baking foods such as cakes and cookies (:;) its low gluten content makes for soft and light products. |
Cake flour is best for baking foods such as cakes and cookies; its low gluten content makes for soft and light products.
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Explain the semicolon:
Cake flour is best for baking foods such as cakes and cookies; its low gluten content makes for soft and light products. |
Use a semicolon to join two related, independent clauses.
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ONLY two uses for a colon
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"Time Travel: What's it all about?" Use a colon to join related clauses when one clause is dependent on, and helps to explain, the other.
Or to introduce a list. |
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Choose:
Each of the girl scouts (have, has) a collection of patches representing different services. |
Each of the girl scouts HAS a collection of patches representing different services.
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Why is HAS a better choice than "have" in this sentence?
Each of the girl scouts HAS a collection of patches representing different services. |
"Each of the girl scouts" refers to each individual Girl Scout, which makes the subject singular. Therefore, the verb must also be singular, which makes "has" the best choice.
(P.S. Notice the use of commas in what you just read! See the conjunction "which" linking clauses? |
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Best choice:
I rarely eat at that restaurant, because (it, they) (has, have) poor service. |
It has. The restaurant is a singular antecedent.
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Best choice:
The book was on the table, but now (it, the book) is gone. |
The book-- in order to avoid ambiguity between "the book" and "the table", restate the appropriate antecedent.
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Let's talk about what "antecedent" means, just to clarify
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"I did not see John because he wasn't there", "John" is the antecedent of the anaphor "he"; together "John" and "he" are called a coreference because they both refer to the same thing (in this case, a particular person).
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Leonardo da Vinci was an artist (that, who) created great art.
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Who-- use the relative pronoun "who" when referring to a person
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Everyone must at least try (his or her, their) hand at knitting.
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The indefinite pronoun everyone is singlular. (every one. helps to add a space for remembering this)
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Pick one:
"Coach Smith rewarded her team for working hard and going the distance during practice." Coach Smith rewarded the team for their hard work and for going the distance during practice. |
"Coach Smith rewarded her team for working hard and going the distance during practice."
The verbs "working" and "going" have the same form. This is correct parallelism. |
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Correct my faulty parallelism:
During the summer, I enjoy biking, rollerblading, and to swim laps in the pool. |
During the summer, I enjoy biking, rollerblading, and SWIMMING laps in the pool.
The -ing verbs must all have the same form in order to maintain parallelism. |
