101 Jennifer Kim

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test 3

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apposotive
Mrs. Dubose, our neighbor, is nice.
* restating of the person

full sentence in beginning, cannot just ad anything after comma, not a regular sentence, but a phrase or something

in this = unclear and AWKWARD

, for = works like a "because"

singular:singular, plural:plural

do not repeat; "why use four words to explain one thing?" - question 7

is there a word in the sentence that is the antecedent of the word "it"? - question 7

Poem's ; word with 's cannot be antecedent

cannot have an adjective as an antecedent of a pronoun

don't be too wordy - number 8; simplest way = use APPOSOTIVE! right answer: C

directed by george wolfe, mbring in da noise... = apposotives to musical

whether = choise between two things

if--then, not if betweene this or that

cannot say people which, which is for objects
* people who, or people that

you can ignore propositional phrases

most some all = sing or plural depending on what youre talking about

how to do is the typical form, not how doing something

cant use both more AND ____er

what is clear or not clear is an idea

question 19 - what HAS NOT?

proper way = to come in contacth WITH somebody

when you have a pronoun you need to look for the antecedent

every pronoun must match its antecedent

check the verb!

when your skin is sensitive, it must be sensitive TO something, not sensitive TO BE something; sensitive to be criticized --> sensitive to criticism

problem 26 - subject of sentence: number = the number: singular, a number: plural

ask yourself what is the antecedent of the word "it" in the sentence?

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NOTES :]

- subject verb agreement
- prepositional phrases cant be subjects
- so--that always together
- paralellism rules
- more and er at the same time is ILLEGAL!
- more used for longer words
- general rule: one or two sylable words = "er", three or more = more
- on the SAT, the choice for "I" is ALWAYS RIGHT, not "me"
- you dont determine ABOUT anything but you determime something, etc.
- dont use IF in a wheter a or b situation
- IF is only used in an if--then statement
- pronouns have antecedents
- having been reached --> having reached the mountain
- after having, put subject
- in whether situation, use OR
- dont seperate run ons with comma unnless you put and
- ways to se[erate runons = ; ,and(howver) ,adj/adv
- so goes with that
- dnt use so as a conjunction
- dangling modifier = unclear who modification goes to
- , and if new subject and verb
- familiar + to makes sense
- that is msingular
- words like fish are singular and plural
- than cant be subject; inside prep phrase
- prepositional phrase and words in it cant be subjects
- it's = it is
- more/less frequently makes sense
- gerund = ing form as a noun
- either both gerund or both infinitive
- eliminate unneccesary words
- appositive (ex. Mr. Kim, our teacher, is a teacher.)
- had --- was
- keep same tense throughout sentence, paragraph, essay, etc.
- something is a threat TO someone, not OF someone
- you take pride IN something not OF something
- avoid mismatches
- dont be fooled by gerunds
- never EVER for WE but for US, because it is a preposition
- neither --- NOR; either --- OR
- subject could come after IS sometimes





He is not better at cooking than I.