SAT语法讲义8(FaultyComparison,AdjAdv,SF,RS).ppt

ErrorClassification,PronounError,Subject-VerbAgreement,FaultyVerbTense,FaultyComparisons,SentenceFragments,Run-onSentence,Adjectives/Adverbs,Idiom,FaultyParallelism,MisplacedModifiers,FaultyComparisons,AnEssentialTip:,Whencomparingtwothings,makesurethatwhatyouarecomparingcanbecompared.,Eg.SuziewasexcitedbecauseherfantasybaseballteamwasfarbetterthanJustinA.wasfarbetterthanJustinB.didfarbetterasJustinC.wasfarbetterthanJustinsteamD.didseemsuperiortoJustinE.wasfarbetterthantheteamofJustin,PairsofcommonlyusedCOMPARATIVEWORDs,*more(fortwothings)vs.most(formorethantwo),*less(fortwothings)vs.least(formorethantwo),*better(fortwothings)vs.best(formorethantwo),*between(fortwothings)vs.among(formorethantwo),Adjectives/Adverbs,anadjective,anoun,anadverb,verbs,adverbs,andadjectives,Whatdoesan“adverb”usuallylooklike?,Exercise:Pointoutthe“adjectives”and“adverbs”inthesentence.,SentenceFragments,Asentencefragmentisabrokenchunkofsentenceinneedoffixing.,Eg.D.H.Lawrence,oneofthemostprolificnovelistsofhistime,writingmorethan40volumesoffiction,poetry,anddramafrom1911to1930.,A.time,writingmorethan40volumesoffiction,poetry,anddramafrom1911to1930B.time,writingmorethan40volumes,whichhewrotefrom1911to1930intheareasoffiction,poetry,anddramaC.timeandhewrotemorethan40volumesoffiction,poetry,anddramafrom1911to1930D.time,wrotemorethan40volumesoffiction,poetry,anddramafrom1911to1930E.time,hisfiction,poetry,anddramaamountingtomorethan40volumesfrom1911to1930,Run-onSentence,Therun-onsentenceisacriminalconnectionoperatingunderseveralaliases:thecommafaultsentence,thecommasplicesentence,thefusedsentence.,Eg.Thewizardstastedthepotion,theyfoundthemixturetasty.,Fourcommonlyusedmethodstocorrectarun-onsentence:,Useaperiod,notacomma,attheendofthefirstindependentclause.,Connectthetwoindependentclausesbyusingacoordinatingconjunction.,Insertasemicolonbetweentwomainclausesthatarenotalreadyconnectedbyacoordinatingconjunction.,