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Voice

Pertains to who or what serves as the subject in the clause.

Active Voice

The subject of a clause is most often the agent or doer of some action.

Passive Voice

The subject of a clause is the receiver or undergoer of the action.

Fragments

Incomplete sentences.

Participial Fragment

A fragment beginning with a participle.

Prepositional Fragment

A fragment beginning with a preposition.

Noun Fragment

A fragment using a noun phrase without a verb.

Verb Fragment

A fragment lacking a subject.

Gerund Fragment

A fragment using a gerund phrase without a subject.

Infinitive Fragment

A fragment using an infinitive phrase without a subject.

Run-on Sentence

Two or more sentences capitalized and punctuated as if they were one.

Fused Sentence

Two or more sentences joined with no punctuation.

Comma Splice

Two or more sentences separated only by commas.

Faulty Parallelism

Occurs when elements in a list are not of the same grammatical form.

Misplaced Modifier

A modifier placed too far from the modified word.

Squinting Modifier

A modifier that appears to modify two words at once.

Dangling Modifier

A modifier that seems to modify the wrong word or no word at all.

Dangling Infinitive Phrase

An infinitive phrase that doesn't logically modify the subject.

Dangling Elliptical Clause

An elliptical clause that doesn't logically modify the subject.

Dangling Adverb Clause

An adverb clause that doesn't logically modify the subject.

Active Clause

Gives more information in fewer words.

Active Verb

Makes writing livelier and more vivid.

Modifier

A word or phrase that describes another part of a sentence.

Parallelism

Elements in a list or series need to be of the same grammatical form.

Clause

A group of words containing a subject and a verb.

Phrase

A group of related words that does not contain a subject and a verb.

Participle

a verb form that acts like an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun

adjectives, modifying nouns

usually words that end in -ing, ics, ed, d

could be removed or moved from the sentence without changing its meaning.

Preposition

a word that connects nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases to other words in a sentence, indicating a relationship of time, place, direction, or other relationships

keyword: position - in, on, at, under, over

Gerund

a verb form that ends in -ing and functions as a noun in a sentence.

-ing (the word could be replaced with something, it, this or that)

It can represent an action, state, or condition occurring.

Infinitive

basic form of a verb

action words :))

Subject

The noun or pronoun that performs the action in a sentence.

Verb

A word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being.

Pronoun

A word that replaces a noun.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

Adjective

A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

Preposition

A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in the sentence.

Agent

The doer of an action.

Receiver

The one who receives the action.

Repaired Fragment

A fragment that has been corrected.

Conjunction

A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.

Semicolon

A punctuation mark (;) used to separate related independent clauses.

Capitalization

Writing a letter as a capital letter.

Punctuation

The use of symbols such as commas, periods, and semicolons to clarify meaning.

Sentence

A set of words that contains a subject and a verb, which expresses a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation.

Elliptical Clause

A clause in which some words have been left out but are understood.

Adverb Clause

A group of words that acts as an adverb.

Technical Writing

A style of writing that focuses on conveying information for technical or business purposes.

Active Voice

The lifeguard saved the child. -voice

Passive Voice

The child was saved (by the lifeguard). -voice

participial fragment

Angered by the injustice of the remark -sentence or fragment

prepositional fragment

With his hand in the cookie jar -sentence or fragment

noun fragment

A hurricane with fierce winds and rain -sentence or fragment

verb fragment

Will be at the rehearsal today -sentence or fragment

prepositional fragment

On the kitchen table -sentence or fragment

participial fragment

Found under the desk -sentence or fragment

gerund fragment

Reading stories to children -sentence or fragment

infinitive fragment

To see the job done well -sentence or fragment

run-on sentence

I want to study genetics it is a developing science -sentence or fragment

fused sentence

The team pushed forward for the last yard they were inches short -sentence or fragment

comma splice

Only one package arrived in the mail, the other items never came

Punctuation mark

The sale was in full swing in the store, people crowded the aisles - how could this be corrected?

commas and conjunctions

The wrapping paper needed cutting we could not locate the scissors - how could this be corrected?

semicolon

Our zoo has acquired many rare animals, for example it now has a pair of pandas - how could this be corrected?

rewrite

The horse show began late, someone had misplaced the registration forms

parallelism

He was a greedy, conniving, shifty politician

misplaced modifier

A man fell over a rock running in a race

squinting modifier

She heard upon her arrival that Lee had resigned

Casting the play, a fine group of actors was chosen carefully

Example of dangling participial phrase.

dangling infinitive phrase

To go to the game, seats must be reserved

dangling elliptical clause.

While watching game, another goal was made

dangling adverb clause.

When she was ninety years old, Mrs. Smith’s granddaughter arranged a surprised party

Drop the pronoun

A possible technique for repairing fragments.

Add to nearby sentence

A possible technique for repairing fragments.

Add missing sentence parts

A method to repair a fragment

Clauses

have a subject, verb and predicate

Phrases

Does not contain a subject and verb

Simple sentence

Contains one independent clause

Compound sentence

Contains two independent clauses

Complex sentence

Contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

Compound-complex sentence

Contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

Predicate

Part of the sentence that contains the verb and says something about the subject

Active Voice

Subject performs the action

Passive Voice

Subject receives the action

Linking Verbs

Verbs that connect the subject to a noun or adjective that describes or renames the subject

Helping Verbs

Verbs that help the main verb express action or a state of being

Adverbial Clause

A clause that functions as an adverb in a sentence

Nominal Clause

A clause that functions as a noun in a sentence

Relative Clause

A clause that modifies a noun or pronoun

Infinitives

A verb form that typically begins with to and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb

Gerunds

A verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun

Participles

A verb form that can function as an adjective or a noun

Appositive

A noun or noun phrase that renames or identifies another noun or pronoun beside it

Direct object

A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb

Indirect object

A noun or pronoun that precedes the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done

Subject complement

A noun or adjective that follows a linking verb and describes or renames the subject

Object complement

A noun or adjective that follows the direct object and describes or renames the direct object

Transitive verb

A verb that takes a direct object

Intransitive verb

A verb that does not take a direct object

Action verb

A verb that expresses physical or mental action