The primary power in knowing your grammar, punctuation, and spelling is to enable you to cut through the crap and get to the point.
Critical thinking is all about sifting through the divisive and often unproductive information out there in the internetosphere and locating the most authentic and trustworthy facts we can find.
And that, starts at the single Lego block building level: sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling.
Memorize the "crap indicators" in order to access this kind of literary power.
Critical thinking is all about sifting through the divisive and often unproductive information out there in the internetosphere and locating the most authentic and trustworthy facts we can find.
And that, starts at the single Lego block building level: sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling.
Memorize the "crap indicators" in order to access this kind of literary power.
So note the seven conjunctions in the above chart. FANBOYS. These are the ONLY seven conjunctions that constitute the indication that a whole new clause is in the same sentence. But the ONLY time these general conjunctions actually indicate a new independent clause is when there is a COMMA right in front of it. Like. . . .
- The roses are revolting, for the thorns are agitating them.
- Shamus is going to college, and he also has a full-time job.
- Denise does not like cake, nor does she like ice cream.
- The company is well-known, but it is not known in a good way.
- You can always take the bus, or you can try walking to school.
- They always seem hungry, yet I feed them constantly.
- We must keep trying, so we can live a fully-realized life.
"Crap" indicators that you need to memorize in order to successfully find the main (independent) clause subject(s) and predicate(s).
- Prepositions warn you that everything after to the object noun is "crap" and can be crossed out. . . .
- Dependent-words warn you that everything to the end of the clause (incorrectly known as a sentence idea) is "crap" and can be crossed out. . . .
- Three remaining generalized indicators for dependent clauses that are also known by formal names: "present participles", "past participles", and "appositives", but are better recognized as . . . .
Pronouns - Their/they're/there important.
The beauty of pronouns is that they're so deep. Subjective pronouns stand their ground as the most important part of a sentence even though they appear so generic and universally used and abused and ignored.
However, if you just pay attention to pronouns and always check what their antecedents actually are, you will always be at least three steps ahead of the game we call competitive society.
* What the heck am I talking about? Okay so pronouns always refer to nouns. Subjective pronouns refer to the nouns that are the subjects of sentences, and objective pronouns refer to the nouns that are the objects (less important nouns) of sentences.
Another generalized way (since there are always exceptions to the rules) to look at it is: (1) Subjective pronouns (just like their antecedent subjects) generally go BEFORE the predicate (also known as predicates), whereas (2) Objective pronouns generally go AFTER the predicate. Like. . . .
* Notice "she" replaces Jodie. Also that "she" and "Jodie" are the subjects of the sentence that come BEFORE the verbs (also known as predicates) "flinched" and "directed.
* Notice "It" here is the subjective pronoun and "was" is the predicate verb.
* Notice "they" is the subjective pronoun, "gave" is the predicate verb, and "her" is the objective pronoun. Notice how the objective pronoun comes AFTER the predicate verb.
However, if you just pay attention to pronouns and always check what their antecedents actually are, you will always be at least three steps ahead of the game we call competitive society.
* What the heck am I talking about? Okay so pronouns always refer to nouns. Subjective pronouns refer to the nouns that are the subjects of sentences, and objective pronouns refer to the nouns that are the objects (less important nouns) of sentences.
Another generalized way (since there are always exceptions to the rules) to look at it is: (1) Subjective pronouns (just like their antecedent subjects) generally go BEFORE the predicate (also known as predicates), whereas (2) Objective pronouns generally go AFTER the predicate. Like. . . .
- Jodie directed the entire team with confidence; she never flinched even when team members grumbled.
* Notice "she" replaces Jodie. Also that "she" and "Jodie" are the subjects of the sentence that come BEFORE the verbs (also known as predicates) "flinched" and "directed.
- It was very shocking that she was chosen as the leader of the team since most of the board disliked her so much.
* Notice "It" here is the subjective pronoun and "was" is the predicate verb.
- Although they gave her hell, in the end, they had to admit that she deserved all the awards that she eventually won.
* Notice "they" is the subjective pronoun, "gave" is the predicate verb, and "her" is the objective pronoun. Notice how the objective pronoun comes AFTER the predicate verb.
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