ADAM LEHECHKA

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

HOW TO PUT TWO FULL SENTENCES TOGETHER

• Full sentence; full sentence
• Full sentence, and full sentence

DISCRIPTIVE CLAUSE MODIFIES ONLY WHAT IMMEDIATELY COMES BEFORE OR AFTER

APOSTOPHES SHOW POSSESSION

• If one owner's
• If more than one owners'

CONTRACTIONS

• Always say both words
• Ex. It's, you've, he's
• Impact contractions are less formal

SEMICOLONS, COLONS, AND DASHES

• Semi-colon; ,and (bracketed by two full sentences)
• Colon: example(s) to follow (a full sentence precedes the colon)
• Hyphen or dash- a comma or a colon

IRREGULAR VERBS

• Today I present tense
• Yesterday I past tense
• For years I have perfect tense
• Perfect = Past Perfect

PRONOUNS

• Must be clear what the pronoun refers to
• Must agree in number and gender
• Get rid of the names around the pronoun

VOICE

COMPARING MULTIPLE THINGS

• Comparing two things use -er, more, or less
• Comparing three or more things use -est, most or least