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Agreement: Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors finally (reunite/reunites) two sets of twin brothers.
reunites
Review: What are the two ways to correct excessive coordination?
division and subordination
Agreement: Everyone participating in the contest presented (his/their) identification and music to the judges.
his
Agreement: Adoniram Judson is one of the missionaries who (inspire/inspires) those who read of their lives.
inspire
Review: A sentence with two independent clauses and one dependent clause is what kind of sentence?
compound-complex
Agreement: Each of the players arrived with (their/his) own glove.
his
Agreement: These two hours (has/have) certainly been spent profitably.
have
Review: Any word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun or noun equivalent is a ?
substantive
Agreement: This is one of the ships that (was/were) damaged in the battle.
were
Review: The phrase in parenthesis in the sentence "(All joking put aside), we want you to come with us" is an example of what?
nominative absolute
Dictionary: schwa
(upside down e) unaccented vowel
Dictionary: run-on entries
additional forms of the entry word
Review: A phrase or elliptical clause that does not have a word in the sentence that it can sensibly modify is a what?
dangling modifier
Agreement: Neither the nurses nor the doctor (have/has) been assigned yet for the emergency room.
has
Agreement: Pickwick Papers (is/are) a novel written by Charles Dickens.
is
Dictionary: breve
short vowel
Dictionary: macron
(-) long vowel
Agreement: Neither the quarterback nor the guards (is/are) able to play today.
are
Two thirds of the milk (was/were) still in the glass.
was
Dictionary: Slang
usage label
Dictionary: etymology
history of the word
Dictionary: Archaic
time label
Dictionary: idiom
expression whose meaning cannot be derived from the individual words in the expression.
Diagram: What kind of a sentence is this? Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but they that deal truly are his delight.
compound
Review: Making an independent clause into a dependent clause to form a complex sentence is called what?
subordination
