PUR 4100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Germanic Strong Verb, Independent Clause, The Lead

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Public Relations
• Course: PUR 4100
• Professor: Tracy Wright

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As writers it is paramount that we know the rules of grammar: grammatical errors can be fatal for writers, edit always, predicates and subjects. Or whom: pp: preposition followed by its object. Powerball jackpot: bad ex: after losing her job and having her car repossessed, although she was not a risk- taker and despite the fact the she purchased only a single ticket, lizzie hager won the. Weaker linking verb vs strong action verb: avoiding using dead constructions leads to simpler subject verb agreement, ex: there is a sale on smartphones. There are special discounts for students: vs: smartphones are on sale. How: don"t do this, too jumbled, focus on the most important word in the sentence, the verb, verb forms and functions. Chapter 4: power up with the verb: transitive verbs: this verb moves action from the subject to an object, transitive verbs are always followed by a do.