CHAPTER 3: SENTENCES AND FRAGMENTS Flashcards
An Independent Clause (“IC”) has three components:
Subject, Verb, and it forms a Complete Thought.
A Dependent Clause (“DC”) is…
MISSING one of these three components.
When a “DC” starts a sentence…
A comma must follow it: “DC, IC.”
Prepositional Phrases have three components, in this order…
(1) Preposition, (2) occasional word(s) in the middle, (3) Object
When a sentence starts with a prepositional phrase…
It should have a comma after.
To get Subject-Verb agreement right you must…
Cross out Prepositional Phrases and Nonessential Clauses between Subject and Verb.
“Many” may sound weird as a Subject, but it is correct. Same with “Some.”
“Many go there.” “Some have left.”
“IC, DC.” and “IC DC.” can both be correct
(When an IC comes first, the comma is optional and depends on the sentence – trust your ear to tell)
We separate items in a list with semicolons instead of commas when…
The list’s items each use commas within them
