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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

Interactive Clause Quiz #2

July 23, 2014 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

Choose the correct answer for each question. … [Read more...]

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Clauses: The basics

June 1, 2012 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

Traditionally a clause is defined as a group of related words that has both a subject and a verb. In attempting to identify clauses, they are often contrasted with phrases, which do not have a subject and verb. In the interest of accuracy, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clauses, The Sentence Tagged With: Clauses, sentence

Clauses: Independent

November 15, 2011 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

The independent clause includes a subject and a verb. The independent clause is the main idea of the sentence. It is not dependent on another clause for meaning and context. Avoid using the description that the independent clause can "stand by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clauses, Clauses, Independent, The Sentence

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

Appositives

November 6, 2011 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

A word, phrase or clause that means the same thing as (i.e., synonym) or further explains another noun (pronoun). Non-restrictive appositives are not essential to the meaning of the sentence. Restrictive appositives are essential to the meaning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appositives, Clauses, Parts of Speech, Phrases

Clause Practice Exercise

November 5, 2011 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

Choose an answer for each question. After completing the entire exercise, click on the "Are You Prepared?" button at the bottom of this page to see the answers. Instructions: Identify the underlined phrase or clause. 1. Steven's book, which … [Read more...]

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Clause Practice Answers

November 4, 2011 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

1. Steven's book, which made Oprah's Book Club this month, is not in any stores. a. independent clause    b. restrictive clause    c. phrase    d. non-restrictive clause 2. While preparing for the speech, Joe worried about his entrance. a. … [Read more...]

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Interactive Clause Quiz #1

November 2, 2011 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

Choose the correct answer for each question. … [Read more...]

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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

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