Grammar I
This has a subject and a verb and is a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
This section of the sentence is an independent clause:
I quickly put the card away when my sister walked into the room.
I quickly put the card away
Morally right
What is ethical?
This has a subject and a verb and is NOT a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
This section of the sentence is a dependent clause:
Nowadays, whenever I want to see my friends, we have to connect online.
whenever I want to see my friends
dissented or descended?
Excitedly, the mob of students ________ the stairs at the end of the school day.
descended
Adding a subordinating conjunction to the beginning of a clause creates one of these.
What is a dependent clause?
This section of the sentence is a phrase:
I was excited to run into Penelope, my long-lost friend.
my long-lost friend
What is blight?
This is a group of words that does not have a subject and a verb and cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a phrase?
This section of the sentence is a phrase:
San Diego, a city close to the Mexican border, is completely different than Seattle.
a city close the Mexican border
stricken
What is powerfully affected by disease, trouble, sorrow, etc.?
This is the error you create when you leave a dependent clause or a phrase by itself.
What is a sentence fragment?
This section of the sentence is an independent clause:
The contraption, some sort of rectangular electronic device, must be the key to this whole mystery.
The contraption must be the key to this whole mystery.
The opposite of harmony.
What is discord?