Tham khảo tài liệu 'the complete idiot guide part 40', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Guide to Grammar and Usage 373 Nominative Pronoun as Subject Objective Pronoun as Objective Possessive Ownership it it its we us our ours they them their theirs who whom whose whoever whomever whoever Clauses Clauses are groups of words that have a subject and a verb. Independent clauses are complete sentences. Dependent clauses are fragments. They cannot stand alone they can only be part of a sentence. Cliches Clichés are descriptive phrases that have lost their effectiveness through overuse. Examples sweet as sugar tried and true raining cats and dogs slow but sure Replace clichés with fresh new descriptions. Colons See Punctuation. Commas See Punctuation. Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs Follow these rules to make correct comparisons with adjectives and adverbs. Use the comparative degree -er or more form to compare two things. Use the superlative form -est or most form to compare more than two things. Never use -er and more or -est and most together. 374 AppendixC Review the following chart. Part of Speech Positive Comparative Superlative adjective wide wider widest adverb widely more widely most widely adjective faithful more faithful most faithful adverb faithfully more faithfully most faithfully Good and bad do not follow these guidelines. They have irregular forms. Part of Speech Positive Comparative Superlative adjective good better best adverb well better best adjective bad worse worst adverb badly worse worst Conjunctions Conjunctions connect words or groups of words. Examples and but or for because although Contractions Contractions are two words combined. When you contract words add an apostrophe in the space where the letters have been taken out. Examples does not doesn t we re we re I will I ll Don t confuse contractions with possessive pronouns. Study this chart. Contraction Possessive Pronoun it s it is you re you are they re they are who s who is its your their whose Guide to Grammar and Usage 375 D Dangling Modifiers A dangling modifier is a .
