【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ange in meaning except some lack of closeness in them. 2. Conjunctive adverbs like therefore, however, nonetheless, hence, otherwise, besides, moreover, etc., should not be used as conjunctions to link two coordinate clauses. Before them there should be a semicolon, not a ma. He promised to e the meeting。 however, she would been caught in the storm. 3. The semicolon is used with conjunctions when the clauses contain internal punctuation. 4. A ma is used to separate a series of items with internal mas. The Colon ( : ) 1. The colon is used to introduce a quotation or a statement . It will do everyone good to remember this old saying: One will know that he does not know enough after he begins to learn. 2. ThSentence WritingRequirements for a correct sentence: It should be structurally plete. It should begin with a capital letter. It should end with a full stop, or a question mark, or an exclamation mark. It should express a single plete idea.Correct Sentences Completeness in Structure A grammatically plete sentence is one that contains at least a subject and a predicate verb(謂語動(dòng)詞)and it begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. If the verb is transitive(及物動(dòng)詞), there must be an object。 if the verb is a link verb(系動(dòng)詞), there must be a predicative(表語) or plement(補(bǔ)語). Examples (√) We have a lesson on Monday night.(√)To think about the gift makes me happy.(√) After this meal, they were ready to set out.()Hoping she would accept his apology.()A school that was a bad experience.()With no difference except the color.The Right Subject 1) Not knowing his name, it was difficult to introduce him. 2) To look at a map, the importance of the road is seen. 3)Stuck in the mud, they had to push the car. In the above sentences the subjects are not properly related to the gerunds, participles or infinitive in the first parts of the sentences.Agreement Between S. (subject) amp。 P. (predicate verb) The predicate verb of a sentence has to agree with the subject in person and number. Collective nouns like family and audience may be either singular or plural, depending on the meaning in which they are used. If you think of family, government, etc. as one whole, a singular verb is needed. If you think of them as made up of a number of people, a plural verb is needed. The whole family are going out for BBQ.This family is the happiest one in our town.There is a great audience in the playground.The audience are shocked by the news. When two subjects refer to different persons or are different in number, the verb should agree with the subject close to it. Neither he nor you are arriving at the right time.There is a pen and four books on the desk. Words after together with, in addition to, besides, etc., are objects of prepositions。 they do not affect the number of the subject. The plays, as well as the captain, want very much to win. A subject clause generally takes a singular verb, but a whatclause which clearly refers to many things can take a plural verb. How he manages to do it remains a mystery.What he wanted to know were the pay, the living and working conditions.Agreement Between Pronoun amp。 AntecedentJust as the predicate verb of a sentence has to agree with the subject in person and number, so a pronoun has to agree with its antecedent.After a pound antecedent with or, nor, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, a pronoun agrees with the nearer part of the antecedent.A singular pronoun follows a collective noun antecedent when the members of the group are considered as a unit。 a plural pronoun, when they are thought of individually.The jury was asked to return to their seats.For such singular antecedents as each, either, neither, one, no one, everyone, someone, anyone, nobody, everybody, somebody, and anybody, which may refer to both male and female, she or he, his or her, him or her, or the preferred plural pronouns they, their or them are used. Clear Pronoun Reference1) She told my sister that her idea was practical. 2) Leave out the word in that sentence because it is too difficult. We use personal pronouns very often. They seem to be easy, but they should be used with care. We beginners often make mistakes in using it.Ending sentences with full stopsTo join two or more plete sentences with mas may be possible in Chinese, but it is wrong in English. When a sentence is structurally plete, whether long or short, it should end with a full stop. For example: He went out on Sunday. He met his friend in the street. They talk for a while. Then they said goodbye.When he went out on Sunday, he met his friend in the street. They talk for a while and then they said goodbye.Joining clauses with conjunctionWhen two or more sentences are closely connected in meaning, it may be better to put them into one sentence than separate them. Then those sentences will bee clauses which should be joined together with proper conjunctions or other words, like relative pronouns.We should distinguish between conjunctions and adverbs, such as but and however, so and therefore. We can join coordinate clauses with a ma and a conjunction, or with a semicolon, or with a semicolon and an adverb.Mom washed the dishes。 and I dried and put them away.Some of the food crops failed, but the cotton did quite well. Some of the food crops failed。 however, the cotton did quite well. A main clause in a plex sentenceIn a plex sentence there must be a main cl