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 * The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer tonight**

NP: The Charleston Cougars

Articles: the

Common Nouns:

Proper Nouns: Charleston Cougars

Adj: Charleston

VP: Are playing the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer tonight

Verbs: are playing

Adv: tonight

PP: in soccer tonight

Prepositions: in

Article:

Nouns: soccer, tonight

DO (if any exist): The Cary Rail Hawks

Noun: Cary Ray Hawks

Article: the

IC: The Charleston Cougars are playing the Carly Rail Hawks

DC: in soccer tonight

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex)

complex

Sentence Correctly Punctuated:

The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawks, in soccer tonight.

**We really should be going now she said.**

NP: We

Articles:

Common Nouns:

Proper Nouns: We

Adj:

VP: Really should be going now she said

Verbs: be, said

Adv: should, really

PP: should be going now

Prepositions: now

Article:

Nouns: going

DO (if any exist):

Noun:

Article:

IC: We really should be going now she said.

DC:

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex)

Simple

Sentence Correctly Punctuated:

“We really should be going now,” she said.

**I received an incomplete on my homework because I forgot to write my name on it.**

NP: my name on it

Articles:

Common Nouns: name, it

Proper Nouns: my

Adj: my

VP: I received an incomplete on my homework because I forgot to write

Verbs: received, forgot, write

Adv:

PP: on my homework

Prepositions: on

Article:

Nouns: my, homework

DO (if any exist): I

Noun: I

Article:

IC: I received an incomplete on my homework, I forgot to write my name on it

DC:

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex)

Compound

Sentence Correctly Punctuated:

I received an “incomplete” on my homework, because I forgot to write my name on it.

October 8, 2012

1. Compound Sentence: A compound sentence contains more than one clause. Formula: IC+IC=compound sentence Example: I have been eating for an hour, my stomach is starting to hurt.
 * Two IC (Independant Clauses)
 * First has a subject (I) + verb (eating)
 * Second has a subject (stomach) + verb (is)
 * Each can stand alone as a sentence.

2. Complex Sentence: A sentence that contains a subordinate clause or clauses. Formula: IC+DC=complex sentence or DC+DC=complex sentence Example: Although I watched the video a hundred times before, it was funny.
 * Two DC (dependent clause)
 * First phrase has subject (I) + verb (watched)
 * Second phrase has a subject (it) + verb (was)
 * Although both sentences do have a subject and a verb, they cannot stand alone because they would not make sense.

3. Compound Complex Sentence: A sentence that contains either at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause, or tow dependent clauses and one independent clause.

Formula: IC+DC+DC or IC+IC+DC
Example: I went to the grocery store and I began screaming for help when I noticed a herd of wild zebras.
 * Two IC (independant clause) + One DC (dependent clause)
 * The first clause has a subject (I) + verb (went)
 * The second has a subject (I) + verb (began)
 * The third clause has a subject (I) + verb (noticed)
 * The first two clauses can stand alone as sentences, but the last clause cannot stand alone as "when I noticed a herd of wild zebras" does not make sense on its own.

October 11, 2012

Heretics (Non-Believers)
The Violent (The Killers) The Fraudulent (Corruption is Everywhere)

October 15, 2012

1. I received a letter of acceptance from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and I ate twenty tubs of ice cream to celebrate the news.
 * Compound sentence formula= IC+IC
 * Two independent clauses
 * first has a subject (I)+verb (received)
 * second clause has a subject (I) + verb (ate)
 * Both can stand alone as a sentence.

2. I bought my friend chocolate covered strawberries because she enjoys them.
 * Complex sentence formula= IC+DC or DC+DC
 * An independent clause and a dependent clause
 * first clause has a subject (I) + verb (bought)
 * second clause has a subject (she) + verb (enjoys)
 * The first can stand alone as a sentence (IC), but the second clause would not make sense if it stood alone

3. Differences between commas and semicolons:
 * 1) Commas can be used to connect thoughts that may not have an obvious connection, while semicolons connect similar thoughts.
 * 2) Commas are used to give the reader a slight pause and semi-colons give a much greater pause.
 * 3) When two independent clauses are connected by //but, or, yet, for,// or //not//, a comma would be used. When two independent clauses are connected by a semi colon, they can be turned into compound and complex sentences within the sentence.

Examples of using a comma:
 * 1) I went to the chocolate factory and bought Hershey's, Reese's, Snickers, and Kit-Kat chocolate bars for my pet unicorn.
 * A comma was used to organize and separate the types of chocolate in the list.
 * 1) I was supposed to bake a cake this afternoon, but I decided to watch Spongebob instead.
 * I used a comma because the conjunction, //but,// was used to separate the clauses.

Example of using a semicolon in a sentence:
 * 1) I had never been a great cook; so, asking me to make the main dish for the party was not the best idea.
 * //So// is a conjunctive adverb, and it turns the independent clauses into a compound sentence within the sentence.