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14 Cards in this Set
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Adjective clauses provide additional detail about a noun. They are just |
Longer sequences of words. |
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An adjective clause will begin with one of the relative pronouns |
Who, whose, which, that, or where |
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To refer to people use the word |
Who, that |
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To refer to people when expressing possession |
Whose |
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To refer to things use the words |
Which, that |
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To refer to places use the word |
Where |
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Do not use commas to punctuate adjective clauses beginning with |
That |
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As for adjective clauses beginning with who or which sometimes they are punctuated with __________,and sometimes they are not |
Commas |
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If the adjective clause ________ or _______the meaning of the noun it refers back to, do not punctuate it with a comma |
Restricts, limits |
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If the adjective clause simply ___________, punctuate it with a comma |
Adds additional detail |
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An adjective clause can follow a preposition such as |
For, to, in, or of |
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Adjective clauses can help you control the ____________ of one idea over another |
Emphasis |
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When you present two ideas side by side, each within its own sentence, those two ideas tend to come across with |
Equal importance |
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If, however, you embed one idea within the other (via an adjective clause), you emphasize the idea |
Outside the adjective clause. Two ideas no longer carry equal weight. |
