English Grammar
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kevinogara on May 23, 2010
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grammar, english, english grammar, clauses, punctuation
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11 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| clause |  a group of words with a subject, verb, and may or may not be a complete thought |
| independent clause (simple sentence) | subject, verb, can stand alone as a complete thought |
| dependent clause (subordinating clause) | subject, verb, cannot stand alone ex: If you want to watch a movie <--dependent (you must sit) <--independent |
| subordinating conjunction | after, before, since, whether, because, until, if, when, whenever |
| dependent clause+independent clause= | complex sentence |
| independent clause+independent clause= | compound sentence |
| punctuation | if the subordinating clause comes first, use a comma. No comma needed if the subordinating clause comes last. |
| verbals | "verb looking" word that is used as a noun, adjective, or adverb (not as a verb) |
| infinitive | to+verb (acts as an adverb) ex: to swim, to find, to sing, to jump, to run, to learn etc. *be careful not to confuse with a prepositional phrase |
| participle | verb+ing (present participle), verb+ed (past participle) used as an adjective ex: the singing dog, the pampered child *watch for irregular endings (ex: burnt) |
| gerund | verb+ing (acts as a noun) ex: eating is fun, i like eating |
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