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The document discusses sentence fragments and how to identify and repair them. It defines a complete sentence as having a subject, verb, and expressing a complete thought. Fragments are incomplete sentences that are missing one or more of these elements. They can be repaired by either attaching the fragment to a nearby complete sentence, or by adding missing words to make the fragment standalone. The document provides examples of fragments and how to identify them based on whether they contain a verb or subject. It also gives examples of how to repair fragments using attachment or addition.
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3. Sentences can be classified based on their function (assertive, interrogative, imperative, etc.) and structure (simple, complex, compound, complex). Phrases are groups of words that do not contain a subject-verb combination.
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1. The document discusses different types of verbals including infinitives, participles, and gerunds.
2. It provides examples of each verbal and explains how to identify them based on their use in sentences.
3. Key points include that verbals are verb forms used as other parts of speech, and each type has specific grammatical functions.
Verbals 3rd
1. The document discusses different types of verbals including infinitives, participles, and gerunds.
2. It provides examples of each verbal and explains how to identify them based on their use in sentences.
3. Key points include that verbals can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs, and each type has specific grammatical functions in sentences.
Syntax
This document discusses syntax and its key components. Syntax is the rules for how words combine to form sentences. It covers phrases like noun phrases, verb phrases, and prepositional phrases. It also discusses clauses such as independent clauses that can stand alone, subordinate clauses that cannot, and relative clauses that include a relative pronoun. Finally, it defines a sentence and describes the four types: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.
Clause, phrasse, sentence
clause is the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition.
phrase may be any group of words, often carrying a special idiomatic meaning.
is a group of words that are put together to mean something. A sentence is the basic unit of language which expresses a complete thought.
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- 8. Identifying Sentence Fragments Next--Ask yourself IS THERE A WORD GROUP THAT DOES NOT HAVE A COMPLETE THOUGHT? (often begins with because or when) YES IT’S A FRAGMENT NO IT’S A COMPLETE SENTENCE