Planet 2 Flashcards
Paralellism in a series…
Candidate expected to lose in south, win in west, and (to) dominate north.
Paralellism in common two part constructions…
“Both X and Y”; “Not only X, but also Y”; “Either X or Y”; “Neither X nor Y”; and “Just as X, so Y”…helpful to cover up the whole phrase and see if the sentence still makes sense.
Semicolon use…
Either to separate independent clauses (stand alone sentences), or to separate complex items in a list
For =
Because
Avoid comma splice errors
Insert semicolon when conjunction is absent
Whatever comes after either…
Must also come after or
If you start a sentence with a participial phrase (-ed, -ing)…
It must logically modify the noun that follows
When participial phrases come in the middle…
They modify the noun that they follow
When a participial phrase comes at the end…
It’s confusing, bc they can modify the subject of the clause even though they are very far from the modifier
Which clauses….
Are highly restrictive in use. They must modify the noun coming IMMEDIATELY before it
Probability of A =
of A outcomes / # of total outcomes
Probability of A or B =
Prob A + Prob B - Prob Both
Probability of A and B =
Prob A x Prob B
Mutually exclusive events…
Events than can never occur together. Prob yanks + prob sox WS = 0
Complementary events
One or the other must happen… Pa + Pb = 1
