Before we begin to talk about clauses and fragments I want to show you this full list of rules where
the color.
Now I've group them into big groups basic sentence structure agreement modifiers and Paulose structure.
And then there are the specific rules under each category.
Now I can't emphasize this enough.
I really want you guys to remember this.
You must memorize all these rules in this order.
You must memorize correct examples of each rule and examples of errors for you rule until you can do
that you will not maximize your score now.
I'm not just saying that I've seen this for years and years and years.
Every single student I have will come to me saying you know I know the rules.
I don't need to memorize them.
OK.
I said go ahead.
That's fine.
Do what you want.
And they always take the test and don't perform as well as they should.
But I tell you this as soon as I get students to memorize and sometimes I have a whole lesson with a
student and just sit there and memorize it.
But as soon as they memorize it that day when they take the test when I give them the practice test
they get half the number of errors every single time.
I promise you.
And the reason for that is because by categorizing and having this index like this in your mind you
can quickly access the rules if you don't although the rules are in your mind you can't really recall
them precisely and sometimes you'll forget that rule.
It's kind of like a checklist you can use by memorizing these rules.
All right let's start with the first rule.