Grammar Book

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2. [A]: David has been working on inexpensively improving his old mechanical bike that he would excessively ride on as a child..

C. Objects 1. Direct: A noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb. a) [B]: David and his boss were testing their newly designed mechanical contraption.

b) [A]: David and his boss were absolutely amazed while testing their newly designed mechanical contraption, when they discovered the designs were much better that thought at first.

2. Indirect: A noun phrase referring to someone or something that is affected by the action of a transitive verb, but is not the primary object. a) [B]: David built a mechanical piston on his pricy new workbench.

b) [A]: David built an unusually small mechanical piston on his pricy new workbench, to see if it could stand up to his future challenges.

D. Modifiers: Words, phrases, or clauses that provide description in sentences. 1. [B]: Poor david, instantly destroyed his newly made piston on the way to show his boss.

2. [A]: Poor david, instantly destroyed his newly made piston, that he was so passionately proud about for construction in under 10 minutes, on the way to show his boss.

E. Transitions (Transition Chart): Words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences and paragraphs. 1. [B]: David as well as our new boss were out on vacation together meanwhile the rest of the shockingly clueless workers were 21


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