Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - The supbject

... subject is called the simple subject. The seats on the bus are very comfortable. SIMPLE SUBJECT : seats The simple subject and the words that describe it are to- gether known as the complete subject. COMPLETE ... appear in other positions. PREDICATE AFTER THE SUBJECT : The parking lot S. P. PREDICATE BEFORE THE SUBJECT : the parking lot. P. S. PREDICATE PARTLY BEFORE AN...

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... regulations. Another way to make your writing flow is to avoid the and I, and we, and they habit. For instance, read the following sentence: They saw the laptop computer, and they borrowed it ... 1. Underline the prepositional phrase. Then, in the spaces at the right, en- ter the preposition and the object of the preposition. Sample: PREP. OBJ. OF PREP. I bough...

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... 1. There are thirty adjectives in the passage you have just read, not counting a, an, and the. List these adjectives in the order in which they occur, and indi- cate the words they modify. The ... Swift. EXERCISE 2. Altogether there are twenty-nine adverbs in the above passage. Adverbs 1–5 and the words they modify are shown as samples. List the remaining twenty-four adve...

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... him, the brush of feet. 2 Turning, he saw over the prostrate columns another figure; then, before he was aware, another was at hand on the right, under a trilithon, and another on the left. 3 The ... were at the time. 2. Topic of the first paragraph: the day of the accident. Suggestions for the Second Paragraph 1. Give further details (information). For example, if...

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... it means they are. You know (they’re, their) not happy. Note that they’re (they are) fits in with the rest of the sentence. 1. Do they have (they’re, their) uniforms? 2. By now (they’re, their) ... are the personal pronouns troublesome? Answer: Most of these pronouns change in form, depending on the way they are used in a sentence. On the other hand, the nouns that these pronouns...

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... fewer words. 1. the names of the grandchildren 2. the luggage belonging to the Englishmen 3. the salaries the men earned 4. the protests of the townspeople 5. the reasons given by the women NOUNS ... 1. Write the form indicated. Samples: the plural of window the singular of kittens 1. the singular of chairs 2. the plural of passenger 3. the singular of gloves 4...

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... but surely. The conjunction connects the and . 1. We were warm and comfortable. The conjunction connects the and . 2. The meal was delicious but cheap. The conjunction connects the and . 3. Jim ... 1. Underline the prepositional phrase. Then, in the spaces at the right, en- ter the preposition and the object of the preposition. Sample: PREP. OBJ. OF PREP. I...

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... Day (Note: The names of the seasons are not capitalized.) Titles Gone with the Wind, Better Homes and Gardens, The Night the Ghost Got In” (Note: Articles—a, an, the prepositions, and conjunctions ... word has more than one syllable and the accent is on the last syllable, the same rule applies as for a one-syllable word. commit + ed = committed (The accent is on t...

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... Neither the president nor the other officers (was, were) present at the lecture. 5. A good food for dogs (contain, contains) the right balance of vitamins and minerals. 6. Either the Denby brothers ... These are the bread -and- butter words, the key content words, the power words. Other kinds of words, called modi- fiers, add exactness and color to sentences. Notice th...

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... we they As objects: me him her us them Notice that these pronouns are paired. Your choice in a sentence would be between I and me, for example. I is the form used for the subject and me for the ... frantically looked for the tickets on the desk, in the desk drawer, and on the dresser. Some writers omit the comma before the and. This can be confusing in some se...

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