Subjects and Predicates Subjects and Predicates A sentence
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Subjects and Predicates { A sentence contains a subject (a noun or pronoun) and a predicate (which always includes a verb)
Subjects and Predicates { A subject names the topic of a sentence: Birds fly south for the winter.
Subjects and Predicates { A predicate says what the subject is or does: Birds fly south for the winter.
Subjects and Predicates { Look at your edit sheet or your first draft. Take some time to circle the subject and underline the predicate.
Subjects and Predicates { Let’s look at how you did. As editors, it’s important to be able to see the parts of the sentences you write—this will help you improve them when you know they are wrong.
Clauses { A clause is a group of words containing both a subject and a predicate. There are two kinds of clauses—independent and subordinate.
Clauses { These are pretty basic. Think of them this way: an independent clause is a complete sentence on its own. A subordinate clause is not a complete sentence, and needs to be joined to another clause.
Clauses { Go through your own writing and underline or highlight a few independent clauses and subordinate clauses. See if you can tell the difference. Remember that they will sometimes be in the same sentence.
Fragments { Fragments are phrases or partial clauses that can’t stand alone as complete sentences. A subordinate clause by itself is usually a fragment.
Fragments { There are other ways a fragment might happen. Sentences missing a subject or a predicate are also fragments.
Fragments { Look through your own writing for any fragments. You will find them by looking for sentences that are missing a subject or a predicate , or that begin with a subordinating word.
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