Orthography & Grammar Flashcards
1
Q
What is orthography?
A
The writing system of a language
2
Q
Some orthographic conventions of English include:
A
Capitalising the personal pronoun, ending sentences with full stops
3
Q
“And” is a … conjunction
A
Coordinating
4
Q
“The doorbell rang and the dog ran” is a … sentence
A
Compound
5
Q
What are the two main functions of punctuation?
A
To establish prosody and to separate sentences into clear grammatical units
6
Q
A sentence with more than one clause can be referred to as a…
A
Multiclausal sentence
7
Q
The world order of a sentence is the …
A
Syntax
