Verbal Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Whenever I see Some experts’ ‘other ppl’

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Contra conclusion is coming next or just contra evidence

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Synonyms of ‘conclusion’

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Position, explanation, claim, contention, opinion, argument

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3
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Can prepositional phrase be subject?

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Vengeance ever ( prep phrase=preposition+noun after it)

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Any time you see prepositions (including,as,like,at,over toward, about, on)

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Next will be not much important - can’t contain subject or verb

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5
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When I see pronoun

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I say it’s antecedent instead!

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6
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Whe I see ‘that’ it ‘those’

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I oook for predecessor

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7
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Middle modifiers?

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They type of dependent clauses, they interrupt complete thought

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8
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Run on

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When sentence has 2 independent clauses and not connected properly

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9
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What can join independent clauses in run on?

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  1. (;)
  2. Comma+ fanboys (for, and,nor, but,,or,yet,so)
  3. (:)

When I have (;), comma+fanboys

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10
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Comma+however?

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Is not enough to separate independent clauses

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Comma+ ‘Ing’ + dependent clause

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Check that ‘ing’ action modifies entire action. Ing- verb should be the result of action I first part or happen at the same time as that action

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When I see Comma+but

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Is there independent clause before comma? If not, it’s incorrect

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DC+IC+CM?

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Is ok DC= Opening modifier

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14
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When I see statements on which I’m not sure

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I ask affirmative question ‘transition to what?’ ( only writing in Eng?-NO,

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15
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Discounting

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Weakening! Strongest evidence for discounting =weakening!

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16
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What is conclusion

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Often it’s solution for problem ( evidence)

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When I see helping verbs like ‘do’

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I replace it with its actual verb. Ex: recovering uranium maybe worthwhile to do ( recover) someday

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In BF, what is key

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I should look for key words before and after the BF sentence. ‘For one thing’= statement is used to justify the claim in preceding sentence. ‘ the following considerations’ after BF = support that boldface

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To allow X to do Y?

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True. Not ‘to allow that X be Y’

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Such that vs So that

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So that- description of Why something is to be done ; Such that - description of HOWsmth is to be done

21
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Rule for ‘unless’

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‘Unless’ part should not contain ‘will’ it can only have ‘present simple -is’
I will go fishing, unless it rains!

22
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According to some analysts

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Same as ‘analysts said’ this past simple

23
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Article ‘a’

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Shows that smth after it is countable

24
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Credit for vs credit with

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Credit for is used with bank related occasions. Credit with is way to go, ‘Credit to’ is not a thing at all!

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Credit for
"Credit + for" would only be valid if "credit" were used as a noun: "Amy received credit for her insightful presentation on the mating habits of Australian bowerbirds." "Credit + to" would only be valid if a noun follows. "Management gave credit to Dan for his indispensable contributions."
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'Reputation for' vs 'reputation of'
reputation for +NOUN ; reputation of_Verb phrase
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Morass of mediocrity
Болото посредственности
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Composed
Сдержанный
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Hunch
Предчувствие
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Shrewed guess
Проницательная догадка
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Fertile
Capable of developing hypothesis
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Haggling
Торговаться
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Polarized
To break up into opposing groupings
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Modestly
Not very large in size or amount
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Corollary
Smth that naturally follows
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Erode
To diminish or destroy by degrees