2017-11-16 Grammar: parallellism, sentence connectors

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 30 part B - Fix sentences 1-5 to be parallel.
1 Tom enjoys swimming and skating.
2 He wore a green suede jacket, a flowered shirt, and multicolored platform shoes.
3 At 16, I was wild, outspoken, and uncaring. (adj, adj, and adj)
4 The work was difficult and dangerous. (adjective and adjective)
5 Like many women, she had several roles: wife, mother, student, and worker.
6 When the teacher left the room, I talked loudly, fought with my classmates, threw paper airplanes, and even climbed on the desks.
7 When I disobeyed, my parents punished me:
  I couldn’t go out, I couldn’t talk on the telephone, and I couldn’t have company.
	I couldn’t go out, talk on the telephone, or have company.
  no going out, not talking on the telephone, and no having company.
	no going out, talking on the telephone, or having company.
8 Slowly, easily, and soundlessly, the dancers moved offstage.
9 The drums pounded, throbbed, rose, and fell.
10 Good writing must be honest, fresh, and precise.
   Good writing must have honesty, freshness, and precision.
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(not A) and (not B) = not (A or B) = neither A nor B [if there are just those two things]
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rise - rose - risen
raise - raised - raised
fall - fell - fallen
feel - felt - felt
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Handout p. 194 - Problems with sentence connectors.
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Some sentence adverbs are the same words as adverbs of manner:
He clearly needs more practice. (sentence connector: It’s clear that he needs more practice.)
He can see clearly now that he has glasses. (adverb of manner: His vision is clear now.)
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p. 195 exercise 7 - Break these sentences apart with correct punctuation and sentence connectors (if necessary).
1 I still often feel homesick. In addition, I miss my family.
  I still often feel homesick. I also miss my family.
2 Everything was strange. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the new experience.
3 The differences weren’t interesting; they were boring.
4 I learned that every person has this kind of experience, and it can’t be avoided.
  I learned that every person has this kind of experience. It can’t be avoided.
5 This was good advice. As a result, my culture shock became less. In spite of this, I still miss my life in Indonesia.
  ...became less, but in spite of this, I still…
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Between independent clauses I need
- a semicolon ;
- a period .
- a comma , AND a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
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Homework: read p. 196 and do p. 197 exercise 9