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☆☆☆☆☆A participial phrase is a verb that modifies the main verb.
It also can be used to modify a noun as in
Attached to a mother that only a son could love, he was often depressed.
- where the "attached" is explaining his status with the mother.
Physics and Geometry
It is when two rays or a line segment can go on and on without touching.
Parallelism refers to sentence structures that include similar word or phrase patterns.
Sentence and list structure
Parallelism is about consistency, and having all the parts in the same form.
In a sentence, compound verbs or other words should be in the same form.
Example : "He sang and was dancing all night" is improper if you actually mean "He was singing and dancing all night". Similarly, "He had finished and went upstairs" mixes two different tenses, and is improved as "He finished and went upstairs" or "He had finished and gone upstairs".
A things-to-do list might read :
Reading to the kids at the library
Singing with the choir
Make sure to buy MILK!!!
Volunteering at the hospital
Parallelism would require changing the third item to "Buying Milk (remember!). You retain the meaning, and have made your list parallel in structure.
latin
No, contractions and colloquial expressions are not acceptable in business language. You should keep your language professional and focus on the message of the writing.
Make each fragment into a complete sentence.
Etymology is the study of words. It looks at the origin of the word, where its root came from, its development, and how it changed throughout history.
colloquial
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You should help the underprivileged.
The underprivileged classes were finally given the opportunity to speak and shout during the French Revolution.
All of these words(ranch,adobe,hacienda, and tortilla) are all borrowed from the language Spanish.
The statement is false. A sentence in a business letter is as long as it needs to be, but absolutely no longer than that! In a business letter, you need to convey all the information that is required to accomplish the purpose of the letter, so sentences length is not a factor (unless it is a run on sentence, then it needs to be edited). Examples of appropriate sentences:
- At the time that I purchase this product, it was in an unopened carton with all seals intact and no damage or signs of mishandling or water exposure apparent on its exterior. (32 words, longer than average)
- Mr. Swanson is also appropriate for this responsibility due to his many years of experience.
- It will be my pleasure to attend this meeting. Thank you for inviting me.
The length of the sentence, average or not, is not important; the information stated clearly and concisely is important.
The phrase, "Spats is the name of your very spoiled cat" includes a participle. The participle or participial phrase in the sentence is "spoiled."
Well, since a picture of them getting reunited at a party shows they're friends....yeah.
The present-participial phrase "riding a horse" is an adjective, modifying sheriff.
The word 'themself' is used informally when the gender of a person is unknown. The reflexive/intensive pronoun is themselves, because the personal pronoun 'them' is the plural form.
The more appropriate pronoun to use when the gender is unknown or could be either male or female are 'they' and 'them', as a pronoun for people in general; or the more awkward he/she.
The pronoun whom is incorrect.
The relative pronoun 'whom' is an object pronoun used as the subject of the relative clause. The correct subject pronoun is who.
- "When Montague makes it to the city who will he find?"
Example for the object pronoun 'whom':
- "When Montague makes it to the city to whom should he report?"
The mailman delivered apples, bananas, and coconuts.
