Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections

Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections

Define the following words: of, to, & for. You can't!

Prepositions: Can you define them? Objects, nouns, must always follow preps to complete the prepositional phrase. Recall my cheesy dog and house illustration!

The dog is under / in / above / outside of / next to ...etc. the dog house.

1. S. S.

IC. IC.

2. S; s.

IC; ic.

3. S, [absonfy] s. IC, [and, but, so, or, nor, for, yet] ic.

4. S; [AC], s.

IC; [however, furthermore, moreover, hence...etc.], ic.

0 S, s!

NEVER join two independent clauses with merely just a comma! Doing

so creates a run-on with a comma splice.

Conjunctions: join / connect things; **Coordinating: connect words of equal importance; they are especially important because they along with a comma are used to join TWO independent clauses together. REMEMBER: absonfy!

Correlative: word PAIRS that join words or groups of words. Both...and either...or neither...nor not only...but also whether...or

**Subordinating: introduce subordinate (dependent) clauses--clauses that can't stand

alone as sentences.

The band waited (while the director checked the lighting).

IC

DC

(Although music videos are short), they are expensive to produce.

DC

IC

**Conjunctive adverbs (CA or AC): used to express relationships between IND. CLAUSES!

(Because it was so unseasonably warm and sunny this weekend), I wanted to play golf; however,

DC

IC

I had too much grading to do.

IC

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