Grammar general review Flashcards

(15 cards)

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If I have a group of words that is not express a complete thought that is a…

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Fragment

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Two sentences improperly jointed or connected

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Run-on

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3
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Ways to fix a run-on

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Period and capital letter

Semi colon and coordinate conjuction

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4
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Idea that everything in the sentence has one though

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Unity

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5
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Is it possible to have too much coordination in the sentence?

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Yes, excessive coordination, avoid it

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6
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“When everyone panic, the earthquake struck”

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Upside down subordination

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7
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Modifier does not have something to modify

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Dangling modifier

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8
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Modifier that you can move and everything would be okay

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Misplaced modifier

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9
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If something plural has to be singular and problems with I, He, It

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Pronoun reference problems

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10
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Problems that occur with omitting the article a, an, or the or omitting verbs, prepositions and conjunctions that is…

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Clear and logical construction

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Problem if I have several items in a series and two of them were gerunds and one of them an infinitive.

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Parallelism

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12
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Error with unnecessary shifts on the subject, the voice on the verb, tense

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Point of view

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13
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Saying what you want to say in the less words possible

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Concise

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14
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Stressing a certain part of a sentence

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Emphasis

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