Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
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140 <strong>Vocabulary</strong> <strong>4000</strong><br />
Points to Remember<br />
1. A pronoun should be plural when it refers to two nouns joined<br />
by and.<br />
2. A pronoun should be singular when it refers to two nouns<br />
joined by or or nor.<br />
3. A pronoun should refer to one and only one noun or compound<br />
noun.<br />
4. A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in both number and<br />
person.<br />
5. The subject and verb must agree both in number and person.<br />
6. Intervening phrases and clauses have no effect on subject-verb<br />
agreement.<br />
7. When the subject and verb are reversed, they still must agree in<br />
both number and person.<br />
8. As a general rule, a modifier should be placed as close as possible<br />
to what it modifies.<br />
9. When a phrase begins a sentence, make sure that it modifies the<br />
subject of the sentence.<br />
10. For a sentence to be parallel, similar elements must be<br />
expressed in similar form.<br />
11. When two adjectives modify the same noun, they should have<br />
similar forms.<br />
12. When a series of clauses is listed, the verbs must be in the same<br />
form.<br />
13. When the first half of a sentence has a certain structure, the<br />
second half should preserve that structure.
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