Conjunctions, connectives, and adverb clauses

1. Mcenroe ng

2.  has a complete subject and verb
 Can stand alone
 Is a complete thought
 Ex : independent clause
 Mcenroe is trying his best!
 He doesn’t seem to understand the problem well.
 Complex sentence: Mcenroe is trying his best, for he doesn’t
seem to understand the problem well.

3.  Has a subject and a verb
 Cannot stand alone
 Is an incomplete thought
Ex
 Even though she is sad (incomplete; cannot stand alone)
Complex: Jennis still looks very beautiful even though she is sad

4.  A type of dependent clause
 Starts with a subordinating conjunction
 Funcions as an adverb
 Ex
1) Before
2) Because
3) Although

5.  Ex
 My heart has broken into many pieces when Jennis rejected
my love for her (adverb clause)

7.  An adverb clause may come at the beginning of the sentence.
When it does, it is followed by a comma.
 It can also come at the end of a sentence. In most cases, no
comma is needed.

8.  Although it's not common, it is possible to have an adverb
clause in the middle of a sentence.
 When the adverb clause comes in the middle of a sentence,
we will need two commas, one before it and one after it.
 Jennis, although like to eat sushi, does not like to queue for
the food.

9.  When we use whereas and while to show direct contrast, as in
this sentence.
 There will be a comma if the adverb clause comes at the
beginning of the sentence, and if it comes at the end.
 So in both cases, a comma is necessary.
 This is always true with whereas.
 Mce loves to have fun and romantic moments, whereas Jennis
only like quiet environment.

10.  But this is only true with while when we use while to show
direct contrast, not when it is used to show a time
relationship.
 I like patting Jen head, while she doesn’t like it.
 We went out to have a dinner together while solving some
issues.

11.  To be a good writer and a good speaker in English, it's
important to connect our ideas.
 Which is why we use adverb clauses, and other connective
devices.

12. 1. Jen lacks skills in the kitchen
2. Mce is going to ask for her help
3. Mce doesn’t want Jen to feel bad
- Even though Jen lacks skillls in the Kitchen, Mce is going to
ask for her help because she doesn’t want to hurt her feelings.
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13.  Mce will not forgive Jen unless she Jen knows what she has
done wrong and apologies.
 Mce is a good cook, but Jen is not
 Although Mce is a good cook, Jen is not
- After is not a transition
- Mce put a tart in the oven. After that, the tart exploded.

14.  Mce will not forgive Jen unless she Jen knows what she has
done wrong and apologies.
 Mce is a good cook, but Jen is not
 Although Mce is a good cook, Jen is not
- After is not a transition
- Mce put a tart in the oven. After that, the tart exploded.

15.  Mce didn’t want Charon to help. Although, Charon wanted to
help.
 Mce didn’t want Charon to help. However, Charon wanted to
help. (use a transition)
 Mce didn’t want Charon to help although Charon wanted to
help.

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