Exercise 33: Because/Because of
- It was difficult to deliver the letter because the sender had written the weong address on the envelove.
- We decide to leave early because the party was boring.
- Rescue attempt were temporarily halted because of the bad weather.
- They visitedtheir friends often because they enjoy their company.
- Paul cannoot got to the football game because of his grades.
- Marcella was awarded a scholarship because of her superior scolastic ability.
- Nobody ventured outdoors because of the hurricane warming.
- We plant to spend our vacation in the mauntains because the air is purer there.
- We have to drive arround the bay because the bridge was destroye in the storm.
- The chickens have died because of the intense heat.
Exercise 34: So/Such
- The sun shone so brightly that Maria had to put on her sunglasses.
- Dean was such a powerfull swimmer that the always won the races.
- There were such few student registered that the class was cancelled.
- We had such wonderfull memories of that place that we decided to return.
- We had so good a time at the party that we hated to leave.
- The benefit was so great a success that the promoters decide to repeat it.
- It was such a nice daythat we decided to go to the beach.
- Jane looked so sick that the nurse told her to go home.
- Those were so difficult assigments that we spent two weeks finishing them.
- Ray called such an early hour that we weren't awake yet.
- The book looked so interesting that he decided to read it.
- He worked so carefully that it took him a long time to complete the project.
- We stayed in the sun for such a long time that we became sunbumed.
- There were so many people on the bus that we decided to walk.
- The program was such entertaining that nobody wanted to miss it.
CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions are words used as joiners.
Different kinds of conjunctions join different kinds of grammatical structures.
The following are the kinds of conjunctions:
A. COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS (FANBOYS)
words to words, phrases to phrases, clauses to clauses.
Coordinating conjunctions usually form looser connections than other conjunctions do.
Coordinating conjunctions go in between items joined, not at the beginning or end.
Punctuation with coordinating conjunctions:
When a coordinating conjunction joins two words, phrases, or subordinate clauses, no comma should be placed before the conjunction.
A coordinating conjunction joining three or more words, phrases, or subordinate clauses creates a series and requires commas between the elements.
A coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses creates a compound sentence and requires a comma before the coordinating conjunction
B. CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
These pairs of conjunctions require equal (parallel) structures after each one
C. CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
These conjunctions join independent clauses together.
The following are frequently used conjunctive adverbs:
D. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
These words are commonly used as subordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions also join two clauses together, but in doing so, they make one clause dependent (or "subordinate") upon the other.
A subordinating conjunction may appear at a sentence beginning or between two clauses in a sentence.
A subordinate conjunction usually provides a tighter connection between clauses than a coordinating conjunctions does.
Conjunctions are words used as joiners.
Different kinds of conjunctions join different kinds of grammatical structures.
The following are the kinds of conjunctions:
A. COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS (FANBOYS)
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Coordinating
conjunctions join equals to one another:words to words, phrases to phrases, clauses to clauses.
Coordinating conjunctions usually form looser connections than other conjunctions do.
Coordinating conjunctions go in between items joined, not at the beginning or end.
Punctuation with coordinating conjunctions:
When a coordinating conjunction joins two words, phrases, or subordinate clauses, no comma should be placed before the conjunction.
A coordinating conjunction joining three or more words, phrases, or subordinate clauses creates a series and requires commas between the elements.
A coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses creates a compound sentence and requires a comma before the coordinating conjunction
B. CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
either. . .or |
both. . . and |
neither. . . nor |
not only. . .
but also |
These pairs of conjunctions require equal (parallel) structures after each one
C. CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
These conjunctions join independent clauses together.
The following are frequently used conjunctive adverbs:
after all |
in addition |
next |
also |
incidentally |
nonetheless |
as a result |
indeed |
on the contrary |
besides |
in fact |
on the other hand |
consequently |
in other words |
otherwise |
finally |
instead |
still |
for example |
likewise |
then |
furthermore |
meanwhile |
therefore |
hence |
moreover |
thus |
however |
nevertheless |
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Punctuation: |
Place a semicolon before the conjunctive adverb
and a comma after the
conjunctive adverb. |
D. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
These words are commonly used as subordinating conjunctions
after |
in order (that) |
unless |
although |
insofar as |
until |
as |
in that |
when |
as far as |
lest |
whenever |
as soon as |
no matter how |
where |
as if |
now that |
wherever |
as though |
once |
whether |
because |
provided (that) |
while |
before |
since |
why |
even if |
so that |
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even though |
supposing (that) |
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how |
than |
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if |
that |
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inasmuch as |
though |
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in case (that) |
till |
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Subordinating conjunctions also join two clauses together, but in doing so, they make one clause dependent (or "subordinate") upon the other.
A subordinating conjunction may appear at a sentence beginning or between two clauses in a sentence.
A subordinate conjunction usually provides a tighter connection between clauses than a coordinating conjunctions does.
Loose: | It is raining, so we have an umbrella. |
Tight: | Because it is raining, we have an umbrella. |
Punctuation Note:
When the dependent clause is placed first in a
sentence,
use a comma between the two clauses.
When the independent clause is placed first and
the dependent clause
second, do not separate the two clauses with a comma.
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reference : http://www.towson.edu/ows/conjunctions.htm |