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abbreviations agreement antecedent apostrophes audience avoid begin Canadian CAUTION common connect coordinating conjunction count nouns dangling modifiers dictionary direct object documents draft English essay example FAULTY function fused sentences gerund gerund phrase Gruneau helping verbs hockey ideas indefinite pronouns independent clauses indirect infinitive phrase key words language lefties letter linking verb mass nouns meaning nonrestrictive elements notes noun clause omitted Online paragraph paraphrase parenthetical participial phrase passive voice past participle past tense perfect tense period person plural possessive preceding predicate prepositional phrase present tense punctuation questions quotation marks readers relative clause relative pronouns resumé REVISED SECTION OVERVIEW semicolon sentence elements shifts singular verb sometimes sources specific subject complement subjects and verbs subordinate clause subordinating conjunctions teams thesis things tion topic transitional adverbs underlining usage usually verbal phrases wordiness writing