Grammar Bootcamp

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Grammar Bootcamp

• Construction with Clauses

ENGL 123 Q3 Fall 2009
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Construction with Clauses

• Every sentence must contain at least one
• independent clause
• After the review had been conducted, he left
  the naval service and
• devoted himself to his inventions.

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Construction with Clauses

• Every sentence must contain at least one
• independent clause
• INDEPENDENT CLAUSES CANNOT CO-EXIST IN A
• SENTENCE UNLESS
• All but one are subordinated by the addition
  of a subordinating conjunction
• Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy
  enough to be true.
• Niels Bohr

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Construction with Clauses

• Every sentence must contain at least one
• independent clause
• INDEPENDENT CLAUSES CANNOT CO-EXIST IN A
• SENTENCE UNLESS
• All but one are subordinated by the addition
  of a subordinating conjunction
• OR
• They are separated by a semi-colon
• I believe in getting into hot water it
  keeps you clean.
• G. K. Chesterton

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Construction with Clauses

• Every sentence must contain at least one
• independent clause
• There is no limit on how many clauses can go
  into
• a sentence

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Construction with Clauses

• Every sentence must contain at least one
• independent clause
• There is no limit on how many clauses can go
  into
• a sentence
• Clauses can be split by single words, phrases
  or
• other clauses

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Construction with Clauses

• Every sentence must contain at least one
• independent clause
• There is no limit on how many clauses can go
  into
• a sentence
• Clauses can be split by single words, phrases
  or
• other clauses
• Every purchase made on credit adds to the
  overall debt load.
• Every purchase made on credit, however, adds
  to the overall
• debt load.

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Construction with Clauses

• Every sentence must contain at least one
• independent clause
• There is no limit on how many clauses can go
  into
• a sentence
• Clauses can be split by single words, phrases
  or
• other clauses
• Every purchase made on credit adds to the
  overall debt load.
• Every purchase made on credit, however, adds
  to the overall
• debt load.
• Every purchase made on credit, no matter how
  necessary, adds
• to the overall debt load.

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Construction with Clauses

• Every sentence must contain at least one
• independent clause
• There is no limit on how many clauses can go
  into
• a sentence
• Clauses can be split by single words, phrases
  or
• other clauses
• Every purchase made on credit adds to the
  overall debt load.
• Every purchase made on credit, however, adds
  to the overall
• debt load.
• Every purchase made on credit, no matter how
  necessary, adds
• to the overall debt load.
• Every purchase made on credit adds, and keeps
  on adding, to the overall debt load.

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• Punctuations main job is to identify clauses