Thursday, September 21, 2017

Adjectival Phrases and Clauses


This website helped me understand an adjectival phrase.  It states right on the website that most people know what an adjective is, but they are confused about an adjectival phrase.  I was certainly one of those people.  After reading through this page I have a better idea of an adjectival phrase.  These phrase can help you explain and give better descriptions.  Often, when I am teaching I am asking students to write more and give more details.  This will help me demonstrate what I mean by that.  


An adjectival clause was another thing I was unsure about.  I remember it being a choice in our grammar quiz during the first week of class.  I had no idea about adjectival clauses or phrases.  I only knew adjective.  An adjectival clause can come after the noun in a sentence. The website above gave some great examples and how to correctly place commas when using adjectival clauses.  I have been writing using these clauses, but have not placed commas correctly.

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