CMST 3WR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Independent Clause, Dependent Clause, Proofreading

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 3WR3
• Professor: Philip Savage

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Cmst 3wr3: contains a subject or a verb (not both, does not express a complete thought, cannot stand by itself as a sentence, e. g. (cid:862)b(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)ta(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g ou(cid:396) se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)e (cid:396)ep(cid:396)ese(cid:374)tati(cid:448)e (cid:863) Jack and jill ran up the hill, to fetch a pail of water. Italics is the sentence, black is the clause: clause, contains a subject and a verb. Independent clauses can stand on their own as a complete sentence: dependent clauses do not make sense by themselves, e. g. (cid:862)although the p(cid:396)og(cid:396)a(cid:373) (cid:272)ost (cid:373)o(cid:396)e tha(cid:374) (cid:449)e e(cid:454)pected, it has improved company (cid:373)o(cid:396)ale(cid:863) The recycling facility, although it was originally intended for use by only one municipality, is now shared with neighbouring to(cid:449)(cid:374)ships(cid:863) xxx: e. g. Although the recycling facility was originally intended for use by only one municipality, it is now shared with neighbouring townships(cid:863) better. Limit multiple negatives: u(cid:374)(cid:272)lea(cid:396): (cid:862)he (cid:449)as not u(cid:374)happ(cid:455) a(cid:271)out not failing to (cid:373)eet the (cid:272)(cid:396)ite(cid:396)ia. (cid:863, clea(cid:396): (cid:862)he (cid:449)as pleased to (cid:373)eet the (cid:272)(cid:396)ite(cid:396)ia. (cid:863)