EN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Comma Splice, Terminal Punctuation, Preposition And Postposition
11 Dec 2017
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Clause = subject-verb combination phrase = a group of words with no subject or verb. Independent clause = clause that can stand alone as a sentence. Prepositional phrase = a preposition and a noun (object of the prep. ) Dependent clause = clause that can"t stand alone as a sentence. Coordinating conjunction: and, but, yet, or, nor, so, for. The following make noun dependent clauses: that, how, where, what, wherever, whatever, who, whom, whoever, when, whether, why. The following (also called relative pronouns) make adjective dependent clauses: that, which, who, whom, whose, when, where. They relate the ideas in two independent clauses separated by terminal punctuation (period or semicolon). Wrong: i like dogs, however, i don"t like cats. (a comma splice) Or: i like dogs; however, i don"t like cats. Notice: a conjunctive adverb can move around in the second sentence. Though is often used as a conjunctive adverb in informal writing, but although is never a conjunctive adverb.
