SC Concepts

Phrase

AND

Clause

Sentence Fragment

Run-On Sentence

AND

Comma Splice

Verbals
1. Gerunds
2. Participles
3. Infinitives

S-V AGREEMENT
(Subject Obfuscation)

1. Each / Every

S-V AGREEMENT
(Subject Obfuscation)

2. Either.....or.....Y / Neither.....or.....Y

S-V AGREEMENT
(Subject Obfuscation)

3. The number / A number of

S-V AGREEMENT
(Subject Obfuscation)

4. Countable / Uncountable Noun

S-V AGREEMENT
(Subject Obfuscation)

5. Collective & Plural Nouns

S-V AGREEMENT
(Additive Phrases)

along with
in addition to
as well as
accompanied by
together with
including
and, etc.

S-V AGREEMENT

One of Structure

Relative Pronouns

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS (IP) - 1 of n
(Singular IP)

WHATEVER
SOMETHING
each
every
everyone
anyone
someone
no one
nobody
anybody
whoever

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS (IP) - 2 of n
(Plural IP)

Both
Few

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS (IP) - n of n
(Exceptions)

MANAS

it vs. so

Modal Verbs

Subjunctive Mood

Command Subjunctive

Possessive Pronouns - Possessive Nouns

TENSES

Using Simple Future from PoV of the past

USAGE OF "THAT"

"The man said that he would buy a new car and that he would drive it everywhere"

OR

"The man said that he would buy a new car and he would drive it everywhere."

COUNTABLE vs. UNCOUNTABLE - 1 of n

Less, Much, Amount

vs.

Few / Fewer, Many, Number

COUNTABLE vs. UNCOUNTABLE - 2 of n

Uncountable

COUNTABLE vs. UNCOUNTABLE - n of n

Both Countable & Uncountable

COMMAND SUBJUNCTIVE

Trigger?

PRONOUN ANTECEDENT

Proximity Rule: The pronoun should refer to the closest eligible antecedent.

PARALLELISM - 1 of n

Parallelism isn't just about are those elements / are those parts of speech parallel to one another (it is a prerequisite).

They should also make sense (meaning wise) w.r.t. the stem.

NEVER rely on 'sound right'.

PARALLELISM - 2 of n

Approach?

PARALLELISM - 3 of n

In compound sentences, which use connectors such as and, or, but, etc., if the subject of the 1st part is also the subject of the 2nd part, then we can omit the subject in the 2nd part

so that

vs.

in that

USAGE OF 'BEING'

ELLIPSIS

Whenever we combine 2 sentences, whatever is common we don’t repeat.

Auxiliary Verbs - 1 of n

Auxiliary Verbs - n of n

When a verb has an auxiliary verb, a helping verb, in front of it?

PARALLELISM - n of n

if a special noun form exists, use it.
If not, use the -ing form.

USAGE OF COMMA
(in a list)

Before or After the coordinating conjunction (and, or, not)

S-V

The 'to verb' phrase is NEVER a verb.

In other words,
any verb preceded by 'to' is NEVER the verb.

S-V

A subject and its verb can NEVER be separated by a comma.

S-V

A subject CANNOT lie in a prepositional phrase.

In other words, a subject can NEVER be preceded by a preposition.

PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions are ALWAYS followed by a noun, and never a verb.