PHRASE (PAGE 1) ABOVE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE A phrase is a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech that does not contain both a verb and its subject. Ex. could have been hiding (no subject) in the kitchen (no subject or verb) to go with them (no subject or verb)
INTERRUPTERS Use commas to set off an expression that interrupts a sentence. Two commas are needed if the expression to be set off comes in the middle of the sentence. One comma is needed if the expression comes first or last. Example: Ann Myers, our neighbor, is a fine golfer. Naturally, we expect to win. My answer is correct, I think.
INTERRUPTERS *Use commas to set off nonessential participial phrases. My sister, listening to her radio, did not hear me. Paul, thrilled by the applause, took a bow.
APPOSITIVE PG. 7 (TWO SLIDES, SQUEEZE) A noun or pronoun used to identify or describe another noun or pronoun. Example: My oldster sister, Alicia, will be at basketball practice until 6 pm. (Non essential Appositive) (Non essential Appositive Phrases) Jamaica, a popular island for tourists, is in the Caribbean Sea. May I introduce you to Vernon, my cousin from Jamaica?
ESSENTIAL APPOSITIVES (PG.7) *Do not use commas to set off an appositive that is essential to the meaning of a sentence. * My sister Alicia is at basketball practice. (The speaker has more than one sister and must give a name to identify which sister) The planet Mercury is closer to the Sun than any other planet in our solar system.
HOMEWORK Page 610 Exercise 6