Articles or prepositions that apply to all members of a series must be used with only the first in the series or every member of the series.
parallelism
Checks and balances is used to by the three branches to check on each other.
The system of checks and balances ensures that the government maintains a balance of power.
A sentence communicates a complete thought, a question, a command or an explanation. A sentence requires a subject and a verb so that the result is an independent clause. For example 'he kicked the ball' is a sentence
An is an abbreviation formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word. Here is a sentence using the word acronym: Few people are aware, but NASA is an acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Participles have three functions in sentences. They can be components of multipart verbs, or they can function as adjectives or as nouns.In the sentence "The tea leaves should be placed in boiling water."Boiling would be the particple.boiling
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balances the components in a sentence
parallelism
Example sentence for the noun phrase 'checks and balances':The government uses checks and balances to separate the responsibilities of departments.
Checks and balances is used to by the three branches to check on each other.
Yes the plural is "balances".
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No. I think you can come up with a sentence for that. You will understand it better by not cheating.
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Noun and verb
The topic sentence, the body with supporting sentences, and the clincher sentence.
Words are intrinsic components of any sentence.