ENG 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dependent Clause, Apposition, Independent Clause
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Ex: fbi spokeswoman laura eimiller said, the fbi is aware of the crimes with computers. Indirect: no quotation marks needed, not exact words (used to paraphrase) Ex: in her statement, fbi spokeswoman laura eimiller confirmed that the fbi is aware of the crimes with computers. Indirect: have no question marks, look like statements. Ex: i was wondering if you know whether there is a quiz or not. When using one structural pattern do not start another sentence using another. Mistakes happen when subordinate clauses don"t fit with main clause in the sentence (conjunctions or prepositions are faulty) Ex: surprised not to win the heat, but ramon was still hopeful of qualifying. first part is telling us about ramon"s state of min (he is surprised) Second part telling us of his hopes. Problem: (separating ramon"s state of mind from ramon) take the but out and it is proper again.
