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Using Participial Phrases to Add Detail and Variety to Your Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how writers use participial phrases to add detail and vary their sentence structure. The students are guided through examples and practice exercises to identify and create participial phrases that...
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Victims seeking justice 10yrs after Guinea massacre
Families of the victims of the stadium massacre in Guinea's capital say they are still waiting for justice, a decade on from the attack which killed more than 150 people.
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Yossarian the Grammarian: Errors Involving Participial Phrases: Part I
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to edit error in sentences that have participial phrases. [8:53]
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Yossarian the Grammarian: Is My Participle a Verb or an Adjective?
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to determine whether a participle is a verb or an adjective.
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Participial Phrases and Participles as Adjectives: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the topic of participial phrases and participles as adjectives. [4:34]
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Sentence Diagramming 13: Participial Phrases and Standalone Participles
There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about when to add, and when not to add commas when working with independent and subordinate clauses. Learn about the rules in this video lesson. [4:38]
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Yossarian the Grammarian: Errors Involving Participial Phrases: Part Ii
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to fix sentence errors that involve particpial phrases which incorporate the passive voice.