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this sentence is an example of:
To succeed in school, John works hard and studies |
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| -ing verb as an adjective |
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| The whirling wind frightened us |
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| introductory adverb clause |
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| subordinating conjunction + subject + verb before commas |
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| when I swim, I feel relaxed |
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| introductory adverb clause |
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| calm and confident, the team entered the cave |
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| two or more adj. at the beginning |
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| on the top of the hill, the goat grazed |
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| two or more prep. phrases at the beginning |
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| silently, the clouds drifted by us |
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adverb at the beginnin
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| introductory participial phrase |
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| walking down the street, they found a wallet |
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| introductory participial phrase |
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| thrilled by victory, the athlete celebrated |
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| introductory participial phrase |
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subject + relative pronoun + verb before comma
(who, whom, whose, which, that) |
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| John, who lives next door, sings in the choir |
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two complete sentences joined by a conjuction
boysfan: but, or, yet, so, for, and, nor |
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| The girl was shy, but she smiled kindly |
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| explains the noun before it; no verb |
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| Betty, my lazy Persian cat, sleeps all day long |
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