Sentence Correction Flashcards

1
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Should

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SHOULD almost always indicates “moral obligation” NOT “likelihood”

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2
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Explained as

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Explained as is used when trying to connect or equate 2 things

e.x.: The doctors endless yawning can be explained by her lack of sleep
vs
A yawn van be explained as an involuntary reflex

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3
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Capable

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Capable of
Not
Capable to

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4
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Sentence core

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Consists of any independent clauses along w/some essential modifiers.

Nonessential modifiers are stripped out f sentence core

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5
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Conjunctions

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Words that help stick parts of sentences together
- Coordinating: glue 2 independent clauses (FANBOYS)
Subordinating: glue independent + modifier

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That

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When the word that appears just after a working verb, it acts as a “re-set”: a new subject verb-object structure will follow
Signals to the reader that more info is coming

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7
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Semicolon

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Connects 2 independent clauses

Connects 2 closely related statements

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8
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Modifier

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Provides addl. Info in a sentence

  • Nonessential: if removed, the core of sentencemakes sense
  • Essential: necessary to understand meaning of sentence
  • Opening: begins the sentence & set off from the rest by a comma

*Essential trumps nonessential

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9
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Where

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Used to modify a noun place such as area, site, country, or state

Cannot modify a “metaphorical” place such as condition, situation, case, circumstance, arrangement

Use “in Which”

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10
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Proof of/that

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Claim proof of something

Claim proof that something is true

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11
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Which

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When you use which, you must be referring to a noun

Use which only to refer to nouns – never to an entire clause

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Clause

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A set of words that contain a subject and a working verb

  • Independent: a complete stand-alone sentence
    Dependent: contains a verb, but cannot stand-alone
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13
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Is the underline very long? Very short?

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Very long = signal issues with sentence structure, meaning, modifiers and parallelism

Very short = may lead you to compare answers before reading the original sentence

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14
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Participle

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Present: end in -ing and can be used as a verb, a noun modifier, or a verb modifier. Indicates ongoing action.

Past: end in -ed and can be used as a verb or modifier. Indicates a completed action relative to the given time frame

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15
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When I see:

and

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I’ll think:

Parallelism: X and Y
X, Y, and Z

Could be: a list, a modifier, compound subject or verb, 2 independent clauses

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16
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Meaning Errors

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3 Major Categories:

  1. Choose your words
  2. Place your words
  3. Match your words
17
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SANAM Pronouns

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Some, Any, None, All, More/Most

Indefinite pronouns that can be either singular or plural. Look at the OF-phrase which usually follows the pronoun.

18
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A number of…

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Plural

19
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The number of…

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Singular