PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Subject-Verb agreement:Subjects agree with their verbs in number. (Singular or Plural)
Example:
The butterfly is colorful.
The friends are together.
Apostrophes:Show possesion
If one owner: 's
That is my one son's coin collection.
If more than one owners: s'
That is my sons' coin collection.
Extra Information has commas or dashes around it
The guy in the red sweater, my dad, is flipping pancakes.
Pronoun
It must be clear what the pronoun refers to.
Must agree in number and gender with its antecedent.
Get rid of the names around the pronoun.
Think of something identical that you do understand.
Contractions
Always say both words: it's, you've,they've,we've,he's, they're
Impact: Contractions are less formal
Semicolons,colons, and dashes
Semicolon ; = breaks apart two full sentences
Colon : = Examples to follow
Hyphen or Dash - = A comma or a colon
Contractions
Always say both words: They are, It is, We have,ect.
Contractions are less formal
Semicolons, colons, and dashes
; separates two full sentences
: Examples to follow
- a comma or a colon
A descriptive clause modifies only what immediately comes before and after:
Driving home after dark, he proceeded cautiously
Non-words
Irregardless
funner
where at
its'
could of
preventative
Voice cannot change within a sentence:
One will find that the library is a great place of you/one to learn
Comparing multiple things:
When comparing two things; use -er, more, or less.
When comparing three or more things: use -est, most, or least
