Conventions of English

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

Person, Place, Thing, Idea.

James, Restaurant, car,

Question 2

Pronoun

Answer 2

Takes the place of a noun,

Him, her, them, there, it,

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

Word used to express action

eat, speak, go, threw, became, turned, left

Question 4

adjective

Answer 4

describes or modifies a noun,

red, big, sour, aloof, unlucky

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

Describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

She sang very quickly.

Quickly, is an adverb modifying the verb: sang
Very, is an adverb modifying the adverb: quickly

He had a sickly yellow hue.

He (pronoun) had (verb) sickly (adverb modifying the adjective, yellow.

Question 6

What is Grammatical Agreement?

Answer 6

The concept that words in a sentence must agree on number (Singular/Plural), Gender (feminine/Masculine) and person (First, second third). Agreement Errors appear in three different forms: SUBJECT-VERB, NOUN-PRONOUN, and PRONOUN-ANTECEDENT.

Question 7

Subject-Verb Agreement Errors

Answer 7

When the Subject and verb disagree in number (Singular/plural)
is(singular) are(Plural) Error)

Question 8

Noun-Pronoun Agreement Error

Answer 8

When the Noun which a pronoun is replacing is Singular or Plural, so must the pronoun
Correct: Steve is proud of his dog. (Sing to sing)
Incorrect: Steve is proud of their dog. (Sing to plural)
Correct: James and Taylor said their dog was big.
Incorrect: James and Taylor said his dog was big.

Question 9

Verb agreement

Answer 9

Verbs must agree on tense in any given sentence

Question 10

How to test Who vs Whom.

Answer 10

Who: Can it be replaced with He, she or They?
Whom: Can it be replaced with Him, her or Them?

Question 11

Dangling or misplaced modifyers

Answer 11

Watch out for sentences where the modifers are positions as to confuse what is being said.
Strolling all the beach, a wave suddenly drenched us. (Sounds like the wave is doing the strolling.)
Ann prepared a roast for the family that was served burned. (Sounds the like the family was served burned.

Question 12

When to use comma?

Answer 12

If a subtle pause sounds better, use a comma.
Also:
1. Before coordinating conjuctions (FANBOYS for,and, nor, but, or, yet, so) in a compound sentence (sentence made of two clauses.
2. list
3. To set aside nonessential clauses, phrases or additional info about proceeding noun.

Question 13

Coordinating Conjuction

Answer 13

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So (FANBOYS)

Question 14

semicolon

Answer 14

Two places

1. seperating elements of equal weight that are closely related and without coordinating conjuction
2. seperate items in a series which hold commas themselves.