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what are the steps for subject verb agreement questions
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1) find all prepositional phrases and bracket them
2) then find the verb 3) ask who or what about the verb to find the subject 4) say the subject and verb together to see if they agree |
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how can you tell if a question is asking for subject verb agreement?
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it will usually have a verb in the first word of the answers
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what is a modifier
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a word or a group of words that further describes a noun or pronoun in the sentence
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what are participles
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verbs that are used as adjectives
present: end in "ing" past" end in "ed "en" "t" |
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cooking a delicious feast, the guests were impressed wtih the chef
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example of misplaced particpal phrase
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what are adjective clauses introduced by
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who, whose, whom, which, that where, when or why
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the man loves to entertain the audience who is performing
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example of misplaced adjective clause because its not the audience whose perfoming
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what is an appositive
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a noun phrase that further describes another noun
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whats a helpful hint for appositives
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most begin with "the, a, or an"
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Mrs. Jones ran in the marathon on Sunday, the mother of six children
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misplaced appositive
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my hometown theater does not advertise as much as the city
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this is wrong becasue it is a faulty comparison.
it would be correct if it said as much as teh city's theater |
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paraellelism gropuings to memorize
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neither...nor
either...or both...and not only...but also between...and |
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in groups what's important about the second words
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they must also be gramatically the same
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