ENGL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Independent Clause, Comma Splice, Vagueness

• School: Queen's University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 100
• Professor: Christopher J Fanning

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2 independent clauses can be put together with a period between the 2. Comma splice- 2 independent clauses put together with a period in between. E(cid:374)te(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)ith a su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t a(cid:374)d (cid:448)er(cid:271) (cid:271)ut (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t sta(cid:374)d alo(cid:374)e. 2 depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t (cid:272)lauses (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e put together with a comma to form a sentence (cid:862)although(cid:863) (cid:373)akes it a se(cid:374)te(cid:374)(cid:272)e a depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t o(cid:374)e. For, and, nor, but, or yet, so (fanboys) Makes an independent clause dependant (cid:862)(cid:449)hether, (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause, o(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) Dependant clauses that seem to be independent. If you (cid:272)a(cid:374) add the phrase (cid:862)(cid:271)y zo(cid:373)(cid:271)ies(cid:863) its passi(cid:448)e. (cid:862)it (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e see(cid:374), assu(cid:373)ed, thought that (cid:863) Pronouns must agree with the word they replace in gender + number. Antecedent the (cid:449)ord that (cid:862)he/she(cid:863) is repla(cid:272)i(cid:374)g. Can change sentence structure to eliminate pronoun use. It must be clear which pronoun matches with which antecedent. Subject and verb must be close together. Keep your ideas in writing clear and short. Its okay to start a sentence with because.