Phrases
Pol Granch, the singer from spain, has a new album.
What is an appositive phrase?
plentiful and abundant
What is profuse?
Separates three or more dependent clauses in a series.
What is comma rule 5?
Esoteric
What is "understood by few'?
noun + modifiers
What is a noun phrase?
impossible to subdue or defeat
What is indomitable?
Where does the comma go?
Paul cooked the pasta Sandy cleaned the room and Nancy made the table.
What is pasta? What is room?
Perfunctory
What is "done with little interest or care"?
The cat jumped over the fence when he chased the squirrel.
What is a prepositional phrase?
open to change, addition and correction
What is amenable?
This rule separates three or more short independent clauses in a series.
What is comma rule 4?
Melancholy
What is "dread, sad and pensive"?
present or past participial + object/modifiers
What is a participle phrase?
extremly serious and dreadful
The turtle earlier this afternoon crawled under the table.
What is turtle? What is afternoon?
Extol
What is "praise enthusiastically"?
related words that cannot stand alone
What is a phrase?
departure from the normal or expected; usually negative
What is aberration?
The comma preceding the "and" in a series
What is the Oxford comma?
Assuage
What is "relieve/ appease; make an unpleasent feeling less intese"?