Grammar And Editing Flashcards
(25 cards)
Noun
Person, place or thing
Verb
Donates an action or state of being
Participles
Nonfinite verb which functions as an adjective or adverb
Past-ed, present-ing or infinitive e.g. to eat
To BOLDLY go = splitting the infinitive
Preposition
Relates to a position in space or time
On, under, before
Don’t finish sentences with them.
Hint- Which, that or who (can help with above)
Adjectives
Describes noun
E.g. massive
Interjection
Express emotion
Gasp!! Hey!! Bye!!
Define before
Develop
Old before
New
Clause
A sentence that stands by itself. A complete thought
Subject
Denotes who/what is the theme of the clause.
What is this about?
Usually the first noun in the clause
Verb
Donates the action in the clause.
Most obligatory of the elements
Object
Donates who or what has been impacted by the verb.
SVO
Subject verb object - active voice
90% of all sentences
OV (S)
Object voice (subject)
Or passive voice
Complement
Not acted on by the verb.
Usually an adjective
Adverbial
Typically expressing a place, time, or manner.
Or how often? Frequently
Where? Cardiff
When? July 1990
Most situational, can be move anywhere in the clause and creates flow!!
If used at the start add a coma. Twice, the …
SVO
Or SVC
Simple sentence
Good to start a paragraph/section with.
Dynamic and punchy- retoric device
Compound sentence
= Simple sentence + simple sentence
Where + = FANBOYS
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Theme
What is this about?
Top of every paragraph.
Rheme
What does the author think about the theme.
Editing ask yourself?
What is the point of doing this? What's the background? What's the structure? What are the key terms? What are the limitations?
Editing is it?
Short as possible?
Simple as possible?
Direct as possible?
Will the reader care?
Semi colon can?
Join two independent clauses or simple sentences
Needs a close like btw sentences
Don’t over uses them
Complex sentence
Uses dependent and independent clauses
Independent clauses can stand alone
Dependent come after a subordinating conjunction
E.g. if, when