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Essential vs Non Essential
Relative Pronouns
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A subject and verb that CANNOT stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is a "dependent clause."
100
Mason skidding to a stop, GRIPPING THE WHEEL IN PANIC. The capitalized words are a ________.
What is "a phrase"?
100
Because I said so.
What is a "fragment".
100
The students, WHO GREW UP IN CHICAGO, never realized what country life was like.
What is 'Non Essential'.
100
Used to replace a subject:
What is "who"?
200
A subordinating conjunction that can link up an independent clause and a dependent clause.
What is an "AAWWUBBIISS"?
200
"Mason went to the store and bought a carton of eggs." What is the subject and the verb(s) in this sentence?
What is "Mason, went, and bought.?
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The students knew the quiz would be a hard one, because Freemyer kept on reminding them to study.
What is "no comma when AAWWUBISSS is in the middle".
200
All of the students who got trashed at the dance got expelled.
What is 'essential'?
200
Used to replace animals.
What is "that or which"
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A group of words without its own subject and verb.
What is a "phrase"?
300
"Because Mason gave up social media, he was a lot happier and less stressed." Which word is the "subordinating conjunction"?
What is "Because"?
300
Tired and hungry. Freemyer went home after conferences.
What is "a fragment."
300
"People whom are given a lot should give a lot." Why is this an essential relative clause?
What is "No commas AND taking out 'whom are given a lot' changes the sentence's meaning from 'a certain group should be generous' to 'a people should be generous', which wasn't the original intent.
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Never used in NE relative clauses:
What is "that"?
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A word that replaces Proper Noun you aren't, for example, repeating someone's name a lot of times.
What is a "pronoun"?
400
Mason took the ball from Freemyer, who never played football before, and kicked him off of the team. Which kind of relative clause is in this sentence?
What is "Non Essential Relative Clause"?
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Pretending to not to notice the student's phone Freemyer taught a long lesson on relative clauses.
What is "missing comma after the phrase"?
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"Only the Freemyers who can get work off are going to celebrate Abe's 1st birthday, which is going to be a fun time." Essential or Non essential?
What is "both: E = who can get work off and NE = which is going to be a fun time."
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When you use "who" vs "whom".
What is "replacing a "subject" vs an "object", respectively.
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A dependent clause beginning with "who, whom, whose, that, or which".
What is a "relative clause"?
500
"Only people who have talked to Mason really know him." Why is this an essential relative clause?
What is "There are no commas AND/OR you removing 'who have talked to Mason' ruins the meaning of the sentence.
500
The rose, that Freemyer pressed between the pages of a dictionary, was preserved after all these years.
What is "NEVER use 'that' in a non essential relative clause'?
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"People who don't practice grammar make mistakes in their writing, which causes them to look uneducated and can cost them a job down the line." Explain the difference between the two relative clauses in the sentence.
What is "The essential clause tells the kind of people who make mistakes: those WHO DON'T PRACTICE GRAMMAR; the sentence requires the clause to make sense. The non essential clause adds info to the sentence--the result of making common mistakes--but this could be omitted without ruining the sentence.
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"Never ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Explain why "whom" is used and not "who".
What is "Nouns in the object position of the sentence are always replaced with WHOM. In this case, the bell is the SUBJECT, tolls is the VERB (action), and 'thee' is the OBJECT receiving the action of the bell.