6393-9 Ch06.F 4/24/01 9:31 AM Page 55 Chapter 6 PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES Chapter Check-In ❑ Recognizing phrases ❑ Identifying independent and subordinate clauses ❑ Understanding sentences lauses and phrases are the building blocks of sentences. A phrase is a Cgroup of words...
use of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. On the other hand, prescriptive grammarians lay out rules about what they believe to be the "correct"o incorrect"use of language. However, what should be noted is that in real communication, there is no strictly prescription of grammar as ...
COMPLEX 4. COMPOUND-COMPLEX SIMPLE SENTENCE one independent clause I like SpongeBob. COMPOUND 2 or more independent clauses I like SpongeBob, and I like Plankton. COMPOUND 2 or more independent clauses I like SpongeBob; I like Plankton. How do we punctuate compound sentences? 1) Semicolon 2)...
Omitting and would result in a comma splice (see Rules 3a and 3b of Commas). The four independent clauses could be recast as separate sentences, as a series of individual clauses using the present progressive tense (as below), or in other ways; it’s a matter of style. Roger is ...
Phrases and clauses encompass everything in a statement. Clauses are the heart of sentences, and phrases help the statements to be meaningful. If sentences are the foundations of a structure, phrases are the bricks. A phrase can always be included within a clause, but on the contrary a phr...
a clause: Phrase: Meows so loudly Clause: That cat meows so loudly Clauses contain phrases, and sentences contain clauses. So an easy way to visualize the three are: phrases < clauses < sentences. The term “phrase” is understood to mean two different things: a sentence component and...
clauses An adverb clause will meet three requirements: * First, it will contain a subject and verb. * You will also find a subordinate conjunction that keeps the clause from expressing a complete thought. * Finally, you will notice that the clause answers one of these three adverb questions...
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Sentences can be ___ into clauses and clauses into phrases. [ ] A. break up B. broken up C. broken down D. break down 答案 答案:B 结果五 题目 Sentences__can__be__broken___into__clauses,__and__clauses___phrases.A.up;down__ B.__down;up__ C.up;into__D.down;into 答...
Alternatively, noun + as opposed to + relative clause. #3: Whereas The grammar for ‘whereas’ is different. It must have a subject and verb both before and after it. The structure is subject + verb + whereas + subject + verb. It can divide independent clauses. The meaning is the ...