- Sentences/ complete sentences/ independent clause
- Independent Clause
- Definition: a complete sentence
- Subject
- Verb
- “Complete thought”
- Can stand alone and make sense
- Grammar rules
- 1) Fragments (dependent clause) (cannot stand alone and make sense)
- After, although, as, as is, as though, because, before, except, if, since, though, unless, until, when, whose
- 2) Run-ons
- Fused
- Comma splice
- FANBOYS
- For, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so
- How to fix example:
- We went to the store ; I saw a kangaroo
- Punctuation Rules
- Oxford comma
- Use commas to set off appositives (a word, phrase, title, or degree used directly after another word or names to explain it.) (Sue, the girl next door, likes to draw.) Do not use commas to set off appositives that are identifying a person or thing by answering the question, Which one(s)? (My brother Tim is riding in the horse show.)
- Use a comma to set off two or more introductory prepositional phrases
- Example: In the late fall of 1991, Mr. Jordan was elected mayor
- Highlighted: prepositional phrases
- Commas in sentence structure
- Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction when writing a compound sentence
- Semicolons
- Use semicolons when writing compound sentences using a conjunctive adverb or transitional words or phrases. Some of the conjunctive adverbs are accordingly, also, besides, consequently, finally, furthermore, hence, however, instead, moreover, nethertheless, otherwise
- Use semicolons instead of commas between items in a series if the items themselves contain commas. (Next week the President will visit Norfolk, Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio, and San Antonio, Texas.)
- Periods and commas – “inside”
- Semicolons and colons – “” outside
- Apostrophes
- When two words join together
- Their / There / They’re
- Their: possessive form of they
- Their bed is at the end of the room
- There: indicates location (hint: think of “here and there”
- They’re: contraction for “they are”
- Example: They’re playing ball
- Principal / Principle
- Principal: adjective, most important; noun, a person who has authority
- Principle: a general or fundamental truth
- They have great principles
- Complement / Compliment
- Complement: noun, something that completes; verb, to complete
- James had 100% complement on the test
- Compliment: noun, praise; verb, to praise
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Brett Guillaume is attending his first year at Pima Community where he is interested in engineering. Although he has yet to declare a major, he's considering industrial or mechanical engineering. In high school, Brett took one year of automotive class and determined that he wants to focus on the design portion of cars, which lead him to taking engineering class for two years. From taking engineering classes in high school, Brett determined that he wanted to study engineering in college. In the future, Brett hopes to become an successful engineer. Brett spends his spare time hanging out with friend and mountain biking.
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