Chapter 2: The Clause That Describes A Noun

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   Sprint 2.1: Who, Which, That

   Learner selects who, which or that by whether the noun is a person or a thing, and knows that is available for both.

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   Sprint 2.2: The Pronoun Is Already The Subject

   Learner writes a relative clause with a single subject, and stops repeating the noun as a pronoun inside the clause.

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   Sprint 2.3: The Comma Changes Who You Mean

   Learner uses commas around a relative clause only when the clause adds information, and leaves them out when the clause identifies which one is meant.

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   Sprint 2.4: Whose, Where, When

   Learner uses whose for possession, where for places and when for times, and stops replacing them with which + preposition constructions they cannot control.

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   Sprint 2.5: Don't Bury The Verb

   Learner keeps the main verb close enough to its subject that the reader can still find it, and splits the sentence when a relative clause has pushed them too far apart.

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   Sprint 2.6: Cutting The Pronoun

   Learner shortens a relative clause by removing the pronoun and the verb be, and knows the two cases where this is not available.

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   Sprint 2.7: Chapter Repair — Unmarked Relative Clauses

   Learner applies every relative-clause decision to unmarked text, where nothing says which fault is present.

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