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The Tongue Untied

A Guide to Grammar, Punctuation and Style

  • Parts of Speech
    • Adjectives
      • Descriptive
      • Limiting
      • Predicate Adjective
      • Participles
    • Adverbs
    • Conjunctions
      • Coordinating Conjunctions
      • Subordinating Conjunctions
      • Correlative Conjunctions
      • Conjunctive Adverbs
      • Conjunctions vs Prepositions
    • Nouns
      • Subjects
      • Objects
        • Direct Object
        • Indirect Object
        • Obj. of the Preposition
        • Obj. of the Verbal
      • Predicate Nominative
      • Gerunds
    • Prepositions
    • Pronouns
      • Personal
      • Relative
      • Indefinite
      • Demonstrative
      • Interrogative
      • Reflexive
    • Verbs
      • Verb Parts
        • Lexical
        • Auxilliary
      • Verb Types
        • Transitive
        • Intransitive
        • Linking
    • Verbals
      • Gerunds
      • Participles
      • Infinitives
  • The Sentence
    • Clauses
      • Clauses, Independent
      • Clauses, Dependent
    • Phrases
      • Prepositional
      • Participial
      • Gerund Phrase
      • Appositives
  • Case
    • Nominative-Subjective
    • Objective
    • Possessive
    • Possessive Nouns
  • Agreement
    • Always Plural
    • Always Singular
    • Singular or Plural — It Depends
    • Antecedents
  • Punctuation
    • Apostrophe
    • Commas
    • Colon
    • Dash
    • Hyphens
    • semicolon
    • Quotation Mark
  • Writing/Editing
    • Accuracy
    • Clarity
    • Conciseness
    • Misplaced Modifiers
    • Small Things That Matter
    • Spelling/Word Choice
  • Practice

Prepositions vs. Conjunctions

July 28, 2013 by TheTongueUntied 1 Comment

Words that are sometimes conjunctions can act as prepositions. The subordinating conjunctions BEFORE, AFTER and UNTIL can act as prepositions when they are followed by objects rather than dependent clauses. Remember that a clause has a subject … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conjunctions, Prepositions, Subordinating Conjunctions Tagged With: conjunctions, prepositions

Clauses: Dependent

November 15, 2011 by TheTongueUntied 3 Comments

The dependent clause includes a subject and a verb. The dependent clause is the subordinate idea of the sentence. It is dependent on another clause for meaning and context. Many dependent clauses, when removed from the context of the sentence, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clauses, Dependent, Subordinating Conjunctions, The Sentence

Conjunctions: Subordinating

October 30, 2011 by TheTongueUntied 2 Comments

Subordinating conjunctions introduce dependent (subordinate) clauses and join the dependent clause to the independent or main clause in a sentence. (A dependent clause has a subject and verb, but it depends on the independent clause for context and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clauses, Dependent, Conjunctions, Subordinating Conjunctions

Small Things That Matter #1: “If” vs. “Whether”

December 5, 2008 by TheTongueUntied 12 Comments

I have decided to begin a new series of posts entirely dedicated to the little BUT IMPORTANT elements of English writing that seemed to have disappeared from the K-12 system I am starting with “if” and “whether” not because I think it is the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clarity, Small Things That Matter, Spelling/Word Choice, Subordinating Conjunctions Tagged With: Parts of Speech, Word Choice

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