SC Flashcards
Students or Tourists etc cannot ‘Increase’ or ‘Decrease’, what’s the right answer?
No of Students or No of Tourists
Dont move on from incorrect SC choice until…
You fully understand why they are incorrect. Take your time, so you are confident.
If a clause begins with a subordinate conjunction, its a subordinate clause and not a sentence
Type of subordinate conjunction are
“
Complex sentence structure using coordinating conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunctions are FANBOYS - For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Ways to Connect 2 Independent Clauses?
- Independent clause + “,” + “coordinating conjunctions(FANBOYS) + Independent
- Independent Clause + “;” + Independent Clause
How to use “:” ?
“Independent Clause” + “:” + anything
When an opening subordinate clause (starts with Although/because/so etc) is followed by comma, then what follows the comma?
An Independent clause
What is a Relative Clause
starts with that, which, who, whom, whose, where, when and follows a noun
How to use Relative Clause
starts with that, which, who, whom, whose, where, when and follows a noun and can be used only with a independent clause
What is a Noun Clause
A clause that plays the role of a noun, starts with that, which, who, whom, where, whether, what, why
either .. or, neither.. nor must subject-verb agreement?
the verb following must agree with the subject noun closest to it
anyone, anybody, someone, somebody, noone, nobody, nothing, one, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, somebody, someone, something, whatever are indefinite nouns. Are they singular or plural?
singular
Special rule for whoever - If whoever proceeds plural nouns then it is?
Plural verb
both, many, several, few are indefinite pronouns. are they singular or plural
plural
SANAMM - Some, Any, None, All, More, Most are Singular or Plural?
If they refer to singular noun -> singular verb; if they refer to plural noun -> plural verb
Some examples were words ending with “s” are singular
