\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.14471 cm} x{3.83229 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Parts of Speech}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Noun & Person, Place, Thing and Abstract. Test with 'is/are' after the word \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pronouns & Replace Nouns, show possession (his, her, theirs, mine, each, everyone, these, neither, whose) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Verbs & Show action or link the subject to other words. can work in multiples (Am, is, are, was, were, seem, appear, become) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Adjectives} & modify/describe nouns or pronouns (draw arrows to the thing it modifies) \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Adverbs & modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Prepositions} & always followed by object, provide positional information, relate object to other words. (to, by, in, at, on, of, from) \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Conjunctions} & Coordinating: FANBOYS / Subordinating: if, because, although, since, unless \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.43873 cm} x{2.53827 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Comma Rules}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} FANBOYS & comma before FANBOYS in {\bf{IC,cc IC sentences}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Series & Lists of more than two items \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Introduction & After intro words, phrases, clause (DC, IC) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Appositives, Interrupters, contrast & comma before and after noun replacements (bob, the man in the hat,...), interrupting statements and contrast statements \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Conjunctive adverbs that introduce ICs & "I could ride my bike, however, I'm fat" \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Non-essential clauses & clauses that provide unnecessary info \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.09494 cm} x{3.88206 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Apostrophes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Possesive} & place after the owner(s) (cat's, cats') *proper nouns that end with 's' can be s' or s's \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & joint ownership? apostrophe on last noun only \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & separate ownership? apostrophe on both nouns \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & indefinite pronouns? 's (anybody's, everyone's) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Contraction} & marks the omission of letters or numbers. ( it is = it's, they are= they're) \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & pluralize \#s, letters, and words (a's, no's, '70s) \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.43873 cm} x{2.53827 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Subject-Verb Agreement}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Indefinite Pronouns (-body,-one,-thing) & Singular Ex: Nothing {\emph{works}} without energy \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Collective Nouns & Usually singular Ex: The audience {\emph{applauds}} after every act \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Company Names & singular even when the name seems plural Ex: Starbucks {\emph{is}} giving out free samples \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Compound Subjects & multiple subjects joined with 'and' is ALWAYS plural 'or/nor' is singular Ex: Jen {\bf{and}} jack {\emph{are}} away / Jen {\bf{or}} jack {\emph{is}} away \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 7) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Mixed subjects (singular + plural) & joined with 'or/nor', closests to the verb determines if the verb is singular or plural Ex: The flowers {\bf{or}} the tree {\emph{is}} causing my allergies \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 8) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Prepositional \seqsplit{Phrases/Interfering} words & ignore items set apart by commas or interfering words. focus on the real subject Ex: Donna, \textasciitilde{}\textasciitilde{}along with her children\textasciitilde{}\textasciitilde{}, {\emph{is}} living on rockland \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 8) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.43873 cm} x{2.53827 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Subject-Verb Agreement (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Reversed subject-verb order & try rearranging the sentence so the subject comes before the verb Ex: At the end of the hall, there {\emph{is}} a room for special meetings. (A room is at the end of the hall) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{singular present tense verbs end in -s}} Example: He {\emph{works}} hard, They {\emph{work}} hard \newline \newline If you are unsure if the subject is singular or plural, replace it with he/they and see what matches the verb (or vice versa).} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pronoun-antecedent agreement rules}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Indefinite pronouns are usually singular & -body, -one, -thing, each, every, either, neither Ex: Everything on the table has {\emph{its}} place. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} collective nouns are usually singular & The murder of crows watched from {\emph{its}} tree \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} compound mixed antecedents depend on the subject closer to the verb & Joined by "or/nor". Ex: Neither the {\bf{sales representatives}} nor the {\bf{owner}} is appeasing {\emph{his}} customers. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{pronoun always refers to a noun (antecedent) that came before it \newline \newline when gender is unknown "they, them, their" can be singular (except when the subject is not human)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.09034 cm} x{2.88666 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pronoun Case}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Prepositions & Always use object pronoun after a preposition Ex: I hope we will still be able to get messages {\bf{from}} Michael and {\emph{her}}. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Subject pronouns & Use subject pronouns when the pronoun functions as the subject Ex: Jane and {\emph{he}} travel to the Maritimes at least once a year. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Pronoun case and comparatives & When using "than, as well as, or as" determine if you are trying to contrast the subject with the pronoun. If yes, use the subject form. Ex: Hannah grew this year and is now a lot taller than {\emph{I}} (am) \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 9) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Who / Whom & Who = subject of the sentence Whom= object of a preceding preposition Ex: We want to know {\bf{on}} whom the prank was pulled \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Myself & Only used when "i" is the antecedent Ex: I gave myself a haircut, I completed the final report myself \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Tip}} when there is a pronoun and a name remove the name and see if the sentence sounds right} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.54287 cm} x{3.43413 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Modifiers and their errors}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Words & Adjectives (nouns, pronouns) and Adverbs (verbs, adjectives, adverbs) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Phrases & Prepostional (in the blue dress) and Verbal (waving his arms,...) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Error 1) Misplaced & To far, modifies the wrong thing \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Error 2) Dangling & Missing the thing it's modifying \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Error 3) Squinting & Modifying two separate parts \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sentences}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Needs a verb, Subject, and complete thought} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Linking verb + Compliment Or Action Verb + Direct object} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Active Voice: Subject -\textgreater{} Verb -\textgreater{} Object (subject does action)} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Passive Voice: Subject receives action (to be, by) test with "by zombies after action"} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sentence Errors}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Fragment & Missing one of the 3 sentence ingredients. DC signal words (if, after, before, while, although, since, because, unless, when, which, that, who) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Run-on (comma splice and fused) & bad punctuation, fixes= (IC.IC) (IC, cc IC) (IC;IC) (DC, IC or IC DC) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.64701 cm} x{4.32999 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Lists / colons Rules}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1) & Introduce with IC and colon (otherwise no : ) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2) & Full sentence list items sentence case and period \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 3) & Parallel Structure (watch for correlatives: either/or , neither/nor) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{colons} & end of an IC only, introducing a list, explanation, intensification or quote \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}