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Indeed
conjunction that points back and elaborates on previous sentence
Nevertheless, However, Yet
-contrast previous sentence
-in spite of some action, a different result occured
When you have two verbs together
One has to be in regular form and the other has to end with -ing (ex:advocated the using of)
When you see a sentence beginning with a modifier
who or what does this descriptive phrase apply to?
has/have
began in past, continued to present, may continue in future
had
occurred before another event in the past
If you want to see if you wrote the correct preposition
substitute it into other sentences
FANBOYS
come after commas
comma splice
-the use of a comma to join two independent clauses
-can be fixed through a colon (:), semi-colon (;), or a transition word AFTER the comma (,and/but/etc.)
-never insert a transition word followed by a comma
semi-colon
-to join 2 closely related independent clauses in a signal sentence
-make sure they can stand alone + can be replaced by the word and
-avoid using a semi-colon with a conjunction !!
colon-implies that an explanation will follow, clarification of a previous statement -used in same way as a semi-colon is usedwhen there are two similar conjunctions in a sentencethis is an errorwhen you see words like however, therefore, moreover, consequently, nevertheless that start an independent clause in a sentence-make sure they are preceded by a semicolon -;nevertheless,Words like reason, because, since, and why are-redundant -shouldn't be used in the same sentence -try to replace with "that"When you see a concision, style, or word usage error-use language that is consistent with style (ex: if conversational style->conversational revision) -avoid wordiness and ambiguity (unclear references to ideas in the rest of the sentence, paragraph, or passage)Generally paragraphs follow the flow ofgeneral to specific to generalRead the whole sentence!!When you see commaslook at what refers to whatWhen asked whether to delete or add informationthink about whether it follows the focus of the paragraph or notIf there's a listmake sure each term is consistentIt's important to-look at 2-4 sentences before to answer a question -read the ENTIRE sentence + try to understand it