BUSA 250 Study Guide - Adjective, Dependent Clause, Independent Clause
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Section 2 in writers handbook: a sentence is an independent clause, a sentence has a subject and a predicate. Basic sentence patterns: subject + verb (pg. + objective complement (adjective or noun) (p. 61-62: there or it + linking verb (+complement) + object (p. 62-63) The cat was scared by the table. It eats students: the tiger, a carnivore, eats students, the tiger races across the lower field in pursuit of a cheerleader. It knocked aside students in its way a cheerleader: the tiger raced across lower field, knocking aside students in its way, in pursuit of. Absolute phrases: an absolute phrase has no grammatical link with what it modified, the chase ended. The cheerleader was eaten: the chase having ended, the cheerleader was eaten. Faulty parallelism: a major component of an inchoherent sentence (p. 127, tigers are cuddly, fierce, and like to eat baby otters verb phrase are in the same sentence. problem = adjectives and.
