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| three periods (...) indicating omission of words in a thought or quotation |
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word used to connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences. EX: (fanboys=for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
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| a word or phrase that shows the relationship of a noun to another noun (at, by, in, to...) |
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| an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion |
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| a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
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| does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence, even thought it has a subject and a verb |
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| writing where two nouns in a row refer to the same person (ex- "My father, Ned, worked for NASA.") |
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| connecting words that links paragraphs and helps with flow of paper |
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| a preposition phrase used as an adjective. EX: Java is an island IN INDONESIA |
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| modifies verbs, adverbs, adjectives, participals, gerunds, or infinitives |
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| a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g. "when young" in "when young, circuses appeal to us all" |
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| an introductory phrase that does not refer clearly to a subsequent modifier (usually the subject) in a sentence. X - Strolling along teh beach, a wave suddenly drenced us. O - While we were strolling along the beach, a wave suddenly drenched us. |
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| a verb ending in -ing and functions as a noun; E.X. ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill. |
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| a verb that links the subject to a noun or an adjective in the predicate. Do not show action. Common ones include: is, be, was, am... |
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| form of -ing verb with modifiers that acts as an adjective. When it starts or interrupts the sentence, you use a comma or commas |
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| a sentence structured so that the subject of the sentence is doing something ("the car hit the girl") |
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| the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb |
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| adj. using few words in speaking or writing |
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| tells to whom, for whom the action of the verb is done. E.X. "Claire threw JOSEPH the ball" |
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| the object that recieves the action of the verb. E.X. Claire threw Joseph the BALL" |
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| names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic |
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| using a comma incorrectly to join two sentences. E.X. Mary walked home, she missed her ride. (There should be a semicolon or a comma with a conjunction b/t the two sentences) |
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| an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject of a sentence; includes forms of taste, smell, look, feel, appear, seem, and become. E.X. "I look TIRED, but I feel FINE" |
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| the part of a sentence or clause that indicates what it is about |
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| one of the two main constituents of a sentence |
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| connects words or word groups that have equal importance in a sentence (and, but, for, so...) |
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| takes the place of one or more nouns; E.X. I, you, he, she, it... |
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| the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers |
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| an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence |
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| a verb that usually begins with the word "to" and is followed by a verb. E.X. California is the place to visit. "To" is not a preposition when used in this way |
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| modify a whole clause or sentence, not just one word |
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| a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject. It, like the predicate adjective, follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the sentences. For example, in the sentence, "Abe Lincoln was a man of integrity," ...man of integrity is... |
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| an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. It is in the predicate to the sentence, and modifies or describes the subject. For example, in the sentence "My boyfriend is tall, dark, and handsome,"...tall, dark, and handsome describes boyfriend |
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