The
sentence that contains a collective noun is letter D: The legislature met in
secret session.
<span>Nouns
are names of a person, animal, place, event, etc. It could be proper or common
noun. Common nouns are names of general items and you find them everywhere you
go. These words are not usually capitalized, except if it is the starting word
in a sentence. Proper nouns on the other hand are more specific names and they
are capitalized. Collective nouns are nouns denoting quantity.</span>
Answer:
B). Appositive phrase
Explanation:
The bold words in the given sentence('a contemporary of Ralph Waldo Emerson') exemplify an appositive phrase as it functions to define the noun 'Oliver Wendell Holmes' which it follows. The appositive phrases primarily <u>function to identify, define, or rename the noun or noun phrase it succeeds</u>. <em>The use of commas suggests that the appositive phrase provides further/bonus information to identify the noun</em>. Thus, <u>option B</u> is the correct answer.
Answer:
Your answer would be D.
Explanation:
A compound sentence joins two or more independent clauses with a coordinator such as and, for, but, or a semi-colon. Independent clauses are made up of two phrases that can stand alone as a complete thought. They are not dependent upon one another, but they put together similar ideas. What is more, they contain three things: a subject, an action, and a complete thought (take 1).
1) I like reading, and I'm buying a new book on Friday
In the sentence above, you can see that the comma is placed after the independent clause (I like reading) and before the coordinating conjunction (and).
Develops the main idea of the essay
