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- http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000187.htm Split Infinitives - Infinitives are normally made up
of two words--the word to followed by a verb in the present
tense. Some stylists say that to "split" the infinitives, that
is, to place a modifier between the to and the verb is bad grammar.
11/15/99
- http://www.ff.cc.mn.us/owl/grammar/clause.htm FFCC’s on-line Writing Lab: Clauses - Clauses contain
a subject and a verb. Clauses can be sentences alone, but can
also be part of another sentence. There are two types of clauses:
independent and dependent.
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- http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/indclause.htm Independent and Dependent Clauses - Grammar Handbook
Independent and Dependent Clauses A clause is a group of words
that includes a subject and a predicate. There are two types
of clauses: independent and dependent.
11/16/99
- http://pixel.cs.vt.edu./edu/fis/sentcomb.html Sentence Combining - Melissa N. "Boys and girls, I have
noticed in your writing that many of you are using short, choppy
sentences that could easily be combined into longer, more interesting
sentences.
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- http://cal.bemidji.msus.edu/wrc/Handouts/ROCSFused.html Run- Ons, Comma Splices, Fused Sentences - Original
from the Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab The above are
all names given to compound sentences that are not punctuated
correctly. The best way to avoid such errors is to punctuate
compound sentences correctly by using one or the other of thes
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- http://writing.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/fragment.html Sentence Fragments - Sentence Fragments And Complete
Sentences Writer's Web Topics Writing Center Fragments, or incomplete
sentences, occur quite frequently when we speak, so it's no
wonder sentence fragments are often found in formal writing.
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- http://www.ucfv.bc.ca/writing_centre/FRAGMENT.htm ELIMINATING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS - The goal of writing
is to communicate ideas to a reader. The sentence fragment is
an error that hinders the communication process, because it
can cloud your meaning.
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- http://jade.ccccd.edu/cobb/fragments.html FRAGMENTS, COMMA SPLICES, AND FUSED (RUN-ONS - Taken
from The Little, Brown Handbook A sentence fragment is part
of a sentence that is set off as if it were a whole sentence
by an initial capital letter and a final period or other end
punctuation.
11/16/99
- http://owl.ccd.cccoes.edu/owl/handouts/SenTyp_Exp.html SENTENCE TYPES - Simple Sentence A simple sentence expresses
one idea. It is built around one subject-verb (S-V) or subject-verb-object
(S-V-O) combination. The sentence may be a long one because
there may be other words which describe the S-V (-O).
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- http://www.odu.edu/~wts/endpnct.htm End Punctuation - End punctuation does as it says: it
comes at the end of sentences. Consisting of periods (.), question
marks (?), and exclamation points (!), you will always have
one of these marks at the end of each sentence.
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- http://maple.lemoyne.edu/HELP/DSR/DSR_COMMANDS/_PERIOD - Copyright Digital Equipment Corp. DSR normally adds
an extra space after any of the following punctuation marks
in your text: period (.), colon (:), question mark (?), and
exclamation point (!).
11/16/99
- http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/arch0327.htm OC. Punctuation - Punctuation (General Rules) As noted
in the Introduction, punctuation for the description of moving
image material is based on ISBD: Precede each area by a period,
space, dash, space (. --) unless the area begins a new paragraph.
11/16/99
- http://www.harper.cc.il.us/writ_ctr/exclaim.htm Harper’s Writing Center: Exclamation Point - The exclamation
point is used to mark an emphatic statement or command. Since
an exclamation point is used to mark a special effect of an
utterance, it should be used sparingly.
11/16/99
- http://www.utexas.edu/courses/sutherland/Punctuation.html Punctuation - Writers and editors vary in their use of
punctuation. Some prefer heavy or formal punctuation, lots of
commas and a few semicolons and colons. Others tend to be more
restrained, using punctuation marks more by rule than sound.
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- http://www.scc.spokane.cc.wa.us/eng_jstrever/Handouts/mechanics.htm Punctuation - Audiences require proper punctuation. While
many audiences will not know the terminology for subordinate
clause, they will probably have a sense of when something is
punctuated wrong.
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- http://www.wpdesign.com/park/editing/tips.htm The Write Expression- TIPS - Tips 1. Semicolon The mysteries
of the semicolon are profound; the most generally terrifying
of punctuation marks, as opposed to the innocuous comma, the
semicolon is used principally to separate related independent
clauses; that is, the semicolon separat
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- http://www.cas.usf.edu/JAC/pms/semicolon.html Punctuation Made Simple; Guide to The Semicolon - The
semicolon is another important tool you can use when you write.
There are two ways to use this punctuation mark: as a connector
between two sentences and as a supercomma.
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- http://www.niu.edu/english/wac/punctrls.html Six Basic Punctuation Rules - Punctuation marks the
structure of sentences, not the voice pauses or inflections.
After you learn the basic structures of complex sentences, punctuating
correctly becomes a matter of applying logical rules.
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- http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/arch0327.htm OC. Punctuation - Punctuation (General Rules) As noted
in the Introduction, punctuation for the description of moving
image material is based on ISBD: Precede each area by a period,
space, dash, space (. --) unless the area begins a new paragraph.
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- http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_spacing.htm Spacing and Punctuation - Space after punctuation as
follows: The APA now calls for one space to appear after all
punctuation marks. This is undoubtedly in response to the capabilities
of modern word-processing devices which are capable of determining
the correct aesthetic distanc
11/16/99
- http://www.crb.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/parentheses.html parentheses - The most common error in using parenthesis
marks (besides using them too much) is to forget to enclose
the parenthetical material with a final, closing parenthesis
mark.
11/16/99
- http://www.urich.edu/~writing/wweb/quotemrk.html Using Quotation Marks - To enclose a direct quote (a
person's exact words) but not indirect quotes: ex. John said,
"The ref made a good call that time." (Direct quote)
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- http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/quotatio.html Quotations - Quotations should be integrated grammatically
into your own text. They should support your ideas but not substitute
for your ideas. Here are some criteria for choosing to quote:
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- http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links/ESL/Idioms_and_Slang/
- TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFLESOL Links:- ESL: Idioms and
Slang - Part of the most comprehensive and best-maintained
list of links for students and teachers of English as a second
language.
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- http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/idioms/idiomdef.htm Idioms - Some Definitions on Idioms ‘A peculiarity of
phraseology approved by the usage of the language and often
having a signification other than its grammatical or logical
one.’
11/16/99
- http://www.urich.edu/~writing/wweb/cliche.html Avoiding Cliches in Writing - Avoiding Cliches in Writing
Writer's Web Topics Writing Center Can you identify the trite,
overused, and plain tired expressions in these 2 paragraphs?
11/16/99
- http://uwc-server.fac.utexas.edu/handouts/wordines.html Eliminating Wordiness - The wordy definition: The situation
of wordiness is one in which writers attempt to utilize several
words or extravagant words in the place of a few, well-chosen,
concise, and less ambiguous words.
11/16/99
- http://www.esc.edu/htmlpages/writer/steps.htm Steps in Writing - A series of steps, starting with
developing a research question and working thesis, will lead
you through writing a research paper. As you move through these
steps and actually create the research paper, you may find that
you can't move through all of the
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- http://karn.wright.edu/~sg-ysu/topic.html Selecting a Topic - If you are given the task of selecting
your own topic for a research paper, it's essential that you
spend time thinking about and researching possibilities and
options.
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- http://personal.centenary.edu/~karmes/thesis.html thesis - Importance of Thesis A. The thesis ties the
paper together and gives the reader something to go by when
they are reading your paper. It also let's them know what your
paper is about.
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- http://www.dissertation-thesis.com/ Dissertation Thesis Help - A personalized graduate student
service designed to assist with the dissertation or thesis in
all stages of the research process including making the topic
researchable, preparing the proposal, organizing the literature
review, methodology, procedures, an
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- http://www.oakwood-medical.com/fd.htm Final Draft Medical Word Processor - MediSoft's Final
Draft medical word processor is a simple word processor that
works well with other MediSoft products. Use Final Draft to
share data with MediSoft, merge-print documents and check their
spelling with the included medical dictionary. Final
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- http://aristotle.sils.umich.edu/teen/aplus/linksrevising.htm OWL handouts - OWL handouts Revising and Rewriting Note:
the links below take you further down on this page. Back to
Links for Writing Table of Contents How to proofread, edit and
revise
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- http://www-personal.umich.edu/~arcook/revise.htm Checklist for Revision - from Little, Brown Compact Handbook
(page 23). Purpose: What is the essay's purpose? Does that purpose
conform to the assignment? Is it consistent throughout the paper?
(See pp. 4-5)
11/14/99
- http://www.gms.ocps.k12.fl.us/student/english/nouns.html NOUNS - A noun can function in a sentence as a subject,
a direct object, an indirect object, a subject complement, an
object complement, an appositive, an adjective, or an adverb.
11/14/99
- http://www.southwestern.edu/~carlg/Latin_Web/gerunds.html Gerunds - Like the gerundive, the gerund is a cross between
a verb and another part of speech. Where the gerundive is a
verbal adjective, however, the gerund is a verbal noun, corresponding
to the English form ending in -ing.
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- http://gabiscott.com/bigdog/verbs.htm Verbs - A part of speech that expresses existence, action,
or occurrence. Remember question one for identifying subjects?
"What's going on (or being described)?" Answer that and you've
found your verb.
11/14/99
- http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/vanassch.htm Katrien Vanassche’s Linking Verbs - Definition: Linking
verbs or copular verbs link a subject to a complement. Linking
verbs MUST be followed by a complement in order to make the
sentence complete.
11/14/99
- http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/active.htm Active and Passive Voice - The voice of a verb tells
whether the subject of the sentence performs or receives the
action. In English there are two voices, passive and active.
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- http://www.english.upenn.edu/Writing/voicedoc.html Electronic Writing Advising FAQ- Active vs. Passive Voice
- FAQ: Active vs. Passive Voice Table of Contents What
is active voice? What is passive voice? Why do my instructors
tell me to write in the active voice?
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- http://www.touro.edu/esl/P_AVOICE.HTM PASSIVE VOICE AND ACTIVE VOICE - There are two grammatical
voices in English, the ACTIVE VOICE and the PASSIVE VOICE. In
the active voice, the subject of the sentence, which usually
appears at the beginning of the sentence, is performing the
action of the verb.
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- http://jade.ccccd.edu/cobb/passive.html PASSIVE AND ACTIVE - ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE Taken
from The Lively Art of Writing by Lucille Payne Vaughn Only
verbs have voice. A verb having a direct object is in the active
voice.
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- http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~nickym/ActivePassive.html Active Voice/ Passive Voice - Active Voice/ Passive
Voice What's the difference between these two sentences? Action
was taken against the protesters. Government troops took action
against the protesters.
11/14/99
- http://www.uvsc.edu/uvnet/ Transitive and Intransitive Verbs - Transitive verbs
have a direct object, or a receiver of the action. Ex: Jeanene
saw Adam at the store. (Adam is the direct object of transitive
verb saw.
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- http://www.uvsc.edu/uvnet/
Verbals - It looks like a verb, but is it? The three
types of verbals are PARTICIPLES, GERUNDS, and INFINITIVES.
(-ing or -ed ending) A word that looks like a verb but is used
as an ADJECTIVE.
11/14/99
- http://www.thechristian.org/LrnGreek/subj-detail-outline.htm Outline of Subjective Mood - Seeing the Subjunctive Mood
in Context (used in Main and Subordinate Clauses) Introduction
to Subjunctive Mood This is not meant to be an exhaustive list
of all the uses of the subjunctive mood.
11/15/99
- http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/pronoundef.htm Pronouns Defined - Grammar Handbook Pronouns Defined
Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns. Personal Pronouns
are the most commonly used pronouns. Singular personal pronouns:
I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it Plural personal pronouns:
we, us, you, they, them Examp
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- http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/pronoun.html Pronouns - Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun Personal
pronouns can be used as subject or object in a sentence or clause.
They have two forms: You ask her. b.
11/15/99
- http://www.bus.orst.edu/faculty/shawd/tutorial/modification.htm Modification - Modification means to change or add to
the meaning of something. Adjectives, adverbs, nouns, phrases,
and clauses all act as modifiers. They give more information
or describe other words in a sentence.
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- http://www.ff.cc.mn.us/owl/grammar/modifier.htm FFCC’S On-line Writing Lab: Modifiers - Modifiers get
their name from the fact that they modify the meaning of another
word, phrase, or sentence. The idea of modifying something probably
is more common than you think.
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- http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/link/dict/section-E.html
Guide-to- Links: E - *** Guide-to-Links *** E E is used
for verb-modifying adverbs which precede the verb: +---E---+
| | he apparently is not coming In this entry we provide a general
discussion of adverbs.
Comparative
and Superlative Degrees of Adjectives and Adverbs
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- http://www.zianet.com/jkline/adjadv.htm Instructional Systems Independent Study: Traditional Grammar
Course - Unit I Parts of Speech Continued: Adjectives and
Adverbs An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
The word "modifies" literally means "changes." Adjectives clarify
and qualify a noun.
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http://www.silvermnt.com/AGNT/prep.htm The Analysis of Prepositions - Prepositions are an uncontroversial
lot. When a preposition is not followed by a noun or noun phrase,
it is instead an adverb, which usually relates to the verb.
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- http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/language/preposit.html The Russian Prepositions:Introduction - Russian prepositions
extend and specify the meanings of the case system. For that
reason, while cases may appear without prepositions, prepositions
are always accompanied by a case.
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- http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/help/grammar_help/prepositions.html Prepositions - Ruth's Help There are some verbs that
are not followed by a preposition, although the corresponding
noun is followed by one, e.g., Discuss something BUT Have a
discussion _about_ something.
11/15/99
- http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/bryson.htm Linda Bryson’s List of English Conjunctions - ENGLISH
CONJUNCTIONS By Linda Bryson LISTS: EXAMPLES: LINKS TO OTHER
INTERESTING WEBSITES A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF CONJUNCTIONS A conjunction
is a word that links words, phrases, or clauses.
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- http://www.ff.cc.mn.us/owl/grammar/conjunc.htm FFCC’s Online- line Writing Lab: Conjunctions - Conjunctions
are one of the 8 parts of speech. Conjunctions connect words
and phrases. Conjunctions are not considered part of the words
or phrases they connect.
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- http://www.gms.ocps.k12.fl.us/student/english/conjunctions.html Conjunctions - Conjunctions are words that are used to
link words, phrases, and clauses. Coordinating conjunctions
are used to joins individual words, phrases, and independent
clauses.
11/15/99
- http://www.ff.cc.mn.us/owl/grammar/inter.htm FFCC’s On-line Writing Lab: Interjections - Interjections
are one of the 8 parts of speech. Interjections interrupt the
normal flow of a sentence. Interjections contribute to the meaning
of a sentence, but are often mistakingly seen as separate from
the sentence.
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- http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/subjects.htm Subjects and Predicates - Grammar Handbook Subjects
and Predicates In English, every sentence has two essential
parts: a complete subject and a complete predicate. Subjects
The complete subject is the simple subject (a noun or a pronoun)
plus any words or group of words modifying