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| How is an adj clause like an adv clause? |
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Definition
1. It begins with a special word
2. It is a dependent clause and can never stand alone as its own sentence. |
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| What is the special word that starts the adj clause called? |
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Definition
| The special word that starts and adj clause is a relative pronoun |
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Term
Define: relative pronoun
Name 5 relative pronouns? |
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Definition
| It is a type of pronoun that relates one group of words to another. Five relative pronouns: that, which, who, whom, whose. |
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Term
| What are the 2 jobs done by adj clause? |
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Definition
| Pronouns do a double job: 1. they start the clause; 2. They act as subject of clause. |
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Term
| How is the adj clause like an adj? |
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Definition
| Because an adj clause acts like and adj, it modifies a noun/pronoun in an independent clause. |
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Term
| What relative pronouns are used to describe people in an adj clause in a sentence? |
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Definition
| When using adj clause in sentnece, use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, to describe people. |
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| Which relative pronouns do you use to describe everything else? |
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Definition
| Use "that and which" to describe all else. |
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Term
| What is the difference between non-essential and essential? |
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Definition
1. Non-Esesential sentence uses commas
2. Essential does't use any commas |
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Term
| How do you use commas to punctuate an adj clause? |
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Definition
| When punctuating an adj clause, surround it with commas, or set it off with comma, when it describes proper noun or something one of a kind. |
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| What is the comma rule for adj clause that describes a common noun? |
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Definition
| If the adj clause decsribes a common noun it is not set off with commas. |
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Term
| What is the function of adj clause in an independent clause? |
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Definition
| An adj clause usually interupts an independent clause or comes at the end of it. |
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