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Grammar - Coggle Diagram
Grammar
Verbs and proposition
angry at or about
angry at someone. angry about the situation
made to or with or of or in
Made to: forced to do something, made with or of some food material
Laugh at or about
Laugh at somebody, laugh about a situation
dream of or about
dream of: you want dream about: when you're sleeping
shocked by
just...shocked by nothing special
sorry for or about
for: pity for someone About: for something
rude to
rude to... nothing special
Run-on sentences
Comma Splice
"Kelly likes to cook(A), she makes chicken every day(B)"
(A) is an independent clause that can stand by itself
(B) is an independent clause that can stand by itself
"Kelly likes to cook; she makes chicken everyday"
Fused sentence
two independent clauses written together without any punctuation or conjunction to separate them
fix this sentence is to insert the proper punctuation
Marry likes to eat; she eats a hamburger everyday.
Example
Marry likes to eat she eats a hamburger everyday.
Polysyndeton
use of excessive conjunctions to extend the length of the sentence. In this case, the word "and" is overused
fix: divide the statement into separate sentences with a bit of punctuation:
We went to the park and we ate dinner and we got ice cream and when it got dark we chased fireflies.
Independent clause and dependent clause
Independent
An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause is a sentence.
Marker words: also, consequently, furthermore, however, moreover, nevertheless, and therefore.
Dependent
A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a sentence. Often a dependent clause is marked by a dependent marker word.
Marker words: after, although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, in order to, since, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever, whether, and while.
So...that
Placing an adjective or adverb after so
Ex: The stars are so shiny, that enveloped the sky.
Such...that
Placing an adjective AND a noun after such
Ex: It was such a nice dream, that I can still remember it till now.