[scheduled:: 2025-01-08]
Sentences
Read BFLAN p. 2-7
Topics
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noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition
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clause
- Has a subject and verb
- independent clause can be a complete sentence
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dependent clause requres something from the rest of the sentence to make sense
- The crew could see the whale, which had surfaced only 50m behind them.
- Do you know the butcher who went to court on Saturday?
- I am not tidying the dishes unless Peter helps.
- The excellence of a gift lies in how appropriate it is rather than how valuable it is.
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noun clause
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verb clause
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adjective clause
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phrase
- Acts as a single part of speech
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simple, compound, complex, compound complex sentences
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coordinating conjunction
- connect independent clauses or other matching parts of speech (two instances of the same part of speech)
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subordinating conjunction
- connect independent to dependent clauses
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misplaced modifier
- word that modifies the wrong part of a sentence
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dangling modifier
- word that modifies something that's missing from the sentence
Readings and Examples
Good explanation of how to differentiate independent clauses and dependent clauses
- Using a comma and a coordinating conjunction, the conjunction can't make the second clause depend on information from the first one (otherwise it becomes a dependent clause)
FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Phrases and clauses
Phrases and clauses are both groups of words that work together in a sentence. The difference is that a clause has a subject and a verb—often, a clause could be a sentence if it were all by itself, and when it could be, we call it a main clause or an independent clause.
Independent Clause
An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause is a sentence.
Jim studied in the Sweet Shop for his chemistry quiz.
Dependent Clause
A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a sentence. Often a dependent clause is marked by a dependent marker word.
When Jim studied in the Sweet Shop for his chemistry quiz . . . (What happened when he studied? The thought is incomplete.)
Subordinate Clause
Subordinate clauses are just another name for Dependent Clauses. They get their name from the fact that they always start with a subordinating conjunction such as since, because, although, and while.
Media resources
- Youtube search for "parts of speech"
- Youtube search for "clause"
- Youtube search for "noun clause"
- Youtube search for "verb clause"
- Youtube search for "adjective clause"
- Youtube search for "phrase"
- Youtube search for "independent clause"
- Youtube search for "dependent clause"
- Youtube search for "simple, compound, complex sentences"
- Youtube search for "coordinating conjunction"
- Youtube search for "misplaced modifier"
- Youtube search for "dangling modifier"