{"id":58,"date":"2019-08-12T18:23:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T18:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csueng100101fall2023\/chapter\/3-8-grammar-review-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:44:40","slug":"3-8-grammar-review-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csueng100101fall2023\/chapter\/3-8-grammar-review-2\/","title":{"rendered":"3.8 Grammar Overview"},"content":{"raw":"

Grammar<\/h2>\r\nLet\u2019s face it: knowing when and how to use a comma \u2013 let alone a semicolon \u2013 can get all of us worried and upset. Highschool seemed so long ago. That class, maybe English, where the teacher droned on an<\/span>d on about adjectives and adverbs, clauses and conjunctions, and perhaps even went into prepositions, is slightly hazy in your memory. We get it; there is a lot to keep track of. Yet, your college instructors are going to expect you to use all of these elements appropriately in your college papers. Not only will your grammar and use of mechanics in your writing be important to your academic career, but also to your everyday life when you are out and about composing inner-office memos and emails to colleagues. This text is not meant to be the answer to all of your sentence structure questions; however, the items covered here should serve as an overview for your basic grammar problems when it comes to drafting your papers.<\/span>\r\n\r\nBefore knowing anything about setting up a sentence and properly punctuating it, you should know the terminology for the building blocks of the English language. Grammarians sort the different types of words that make up the English language into different categories that make up what we call the parts of speech. <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nThe following items in this chapter are interactive elements that use H5P. While efforts have been made to ensure accessibility, some H5P content may present challenges for users of certain assistive technologies. If you are unable to access or complete the activity, please contact your instructor to request an alternative way to engage with the material.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nThe item below provides definitions and examples of nouns, adverbs, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, and adjectives.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"92\"]\r\n\r\nEach of these items are then broken down further into smaller and more specific categories. We will not go into that much detail here, but there are additional resources that can guide you through more of the intricate parts of speech, \u00a0<\/span>such as our Cleveland State University\u2019s Writing Center page<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n

How Do I Write A College-Level Sentence?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\r\nSome of the bigger items to focus on in your writing will be determining if you are making some of the most common mistakes, such as writing in run-ons and fragments. How can you determine which is which? The first step is recognizing what goes into writing clauses<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 both independent and dependent. Typically there will be subjects and verbs involved. For recognizing the different parts that make up sentences, see the Writing Center\u2019s helpful tips.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nAfter you visit the Writing Center\u2019s web page, you should be able to recognize if a grouping of words can stand alone as a full sentence.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAfter being able to recognize what constitutes a full sentence, you should be aware of the common problems that most of us have when it come writing: those pesky run-on sentences and sentence fragments.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nThe item below provides definitions, examples of, and how to fix sentence run-ons and fragments.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"93\"]\r\n\r\nFor a refresher on how to use the most common forms of punctuation you may wish see an in-depth explanation at the Owl of Purdue Punctuation Overview site<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n

How to recognize and use FANBOYS (also known as Coordinating Conjunctions)<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\r\nYour instructor will often point out in your papers that you have either run-on sentences, or that you have not included the appropriate punctuation with the necessary coordinating conjunctions. They may even call the coordinating conjunctions FANBOYS, which is a mnemonic device for remember the seven most common coordinating conjunctions: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. As you may remember from the definition of coordinating conjunctions earlier in the section, these are linking words that work to join other groups of words, such as clauses \u2013 especially independent clauses. <\/span>\r\n\r\nHere are two independent clauses: \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>I like cheese. I do not like bleu cheese.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nWe can combine them to make something\u00a0 <\/span>a little more complex by adding a comma and a coordinating\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nconjunction in between like so: <\/span>I like cheese, but<\/i> <\/span>I do not like bleu cheese.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nThe activity below asks you to click on the coordinating conjunctions in the paragraph in order to make sure you are truly comfortable with the concept of Coordinating Conjunctions, or FANBOYS. <\/span>\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"94\"]","rendered":"

Grammar<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s face it: knowing when and how to use a comma \u2013 let alone a semicolon \u2013 can get all of us worried and upset. Highschool seemed so long ago. That class, maybe English, where the teacher droned on an<\/span>d on about adjectives and adverbs, clauses and conjunctions, and perhaps even went into prepositions, is slightly hazy in your memory. We get it; there is a lot to keep track of. Yet, your college instructors are going to expect you to use all of these elements appropriately in your college papers. Not only will your grammar and use of mechanics in your writing be important to your academic career, but also to your everyday life when you are out and about composing inner-office memos and emails to colleagues. This text is not meant to be the answer to all of your sentence structure questions; however, the items covered here should serve as an overview for your basic grammar problems when it comes to drafting your papers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before knowing anything about setting up a sentence and properly punctuating it, you should know the terminology for the building blocks of the English language. Grammarians sort the different types of words that make up the English language into different categories that make up what we call the parts of speech. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The following items in this chapter are interactive elements that use H5P. While efforts have been made to ensure accessibility, some H5P content may present challenges for users of certain assistive technologies. If you are unable to access or complete the activity, please contact your instructor to request an alternative way to engage with the material.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The item below provides definitions and examples of nouns, adverbs, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, and adjectives.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n