
Lesson on Independent Clauses
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English
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University
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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9 Slides • 5 Questions
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Clauses.
At the end of the day, Clauses mainly mean the core part of a sentence. Typically, the subject noun and a conjugated verb.
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Doesn't make sense as a separate sentence
Which I ate.
Dependent Clauses
Can function as a standalone sentence
I bought an ice cream.
Independent Clauses
Types of Clauses
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Semicolon(I Hate this)
Coordination
Subordination
End of Sentence
How to link clauses = punctuation
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End of sentence Punctuation
Simple way to link clauses. At the end of a sentence use the most appropriate end punctuation( ... , !!!, ???,)
The biggest thing to remember is that, this doesn't connect the sentences and only separates them.
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Subordination links an independent clause with a dependent clause through:
comma +
subordinating conjunction
Subordination
Coordination links 2 independent clauses into one sentence through:
comma +
coordination conjunction(FANBOYS)
Coordination
Coordination and Subordination
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Coordination uses a comma and a coordination conjunction to connect 2 independent clauses.
Coordination
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Subordination uses subordinating conjunctions to link an independent and dependent clauses together. Some subordinating conjunctions can link clauses without a comma, but only if the dependent clause comes second
Subordination
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Semicolon
Semicolons can be used to link two independent clauses without any conjunction. May have a conjunction if the writer decides but must include a comma afterward.
Alice was partying all night; she missed school the next day.
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Multiple Choice
It is tempting to glamorize the hunt for dinosaur ______ majority of fieldwork is characterized by a daily routine of heat, insects, and tedious labor.
fossils, the
fossils the
fossils but the
fossils, but the
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Multiple Choice
According to Naomi Nakayama of the University of Edinburgh, the reason seeds from a dying dandelion appear to float in the air while ______ is that their porous plumes enhance drag, allowing the seeds to stay airborne long enough for the wind to disperse them throughout the surrounding area.
falling,
falling:
falling;
falling
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Multiple Choice
Though Paul Revere is best known today for his "midnight ride" during the American _____ was famous in his own day as a prosperous silversmith and businessman.
Revolution; he
Revolution, but Revere
Revolution, he
Revolution he
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Multiple Choice
Detroit natives Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey have combined their two passions, Detroit and beekeeping, to improve the health of their city’s flowers and other vegetation. In 2017, the couple converted a vacant lot in the city into an ______ in the years that followed they acquired nine additional lots and established more than 35 hives.
apiary
apiary,
apiary and
apiary, and
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Multiple Choice
An element's atomic number is ______ the number of protons in its nucleus, the number electrons in its uncharged state, and approximately half of its atomic mass.Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
equal to:
equal to;
equal to,
equal to
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Clauses.
At the end of the day, Clauses mainly mean the core part of a sentence. Typically, the subject noun and a conjugated verb.
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