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Tom Loves Erica, and She Loves Him
Tom Loves Erica, and She Loves Him
CLAUSES
A clause is a group of words containing a
subject and a verb. Some clauses can stand
alone as a sentence (independent clause).
Many sentences in English have more than
one clause. *Tom loves Erica, and she loves him
We must check:
1. Every subject has a verb and every verb
has a subject.
2. Various clauses in the sentence are
correctly joined.
USE COORDINATE CONNECTORS CORRECTLY
When you have two clauses in a sentence, you must
connect the clauses correctly by using : and, but, or, nor,
so, yet, for, because , a comma (,),etc.
Ex:
Tom is singing and Paul is dancing
Tom is tall, but Paul is short.
Tom must write the letter, or Paul will do it
Tom is tired, yet he is not going to sleep
The word “whoever” serves two functions (subject “is” and the
connector that joins the two clauses)
The woman is filling the glass that she put on the table.
The glass that she put on the table contains milk
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