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pronoun

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a word that stands in for a noun

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past participles

Front

the form of the verb, either used with the verb "to have" to make a verb phrase or on its own as an adjective

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helping verb

Front

verbs that can stand on their own or are used with the participles of other verbs to ask a question, add emphasis, change tense, or change voice

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gerund

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a noun made from the "-ing" form of the verb

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misplaced modifier

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any kind of description that is put in the wrong place in a sentence and thus describes the wrong thing

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semicolon

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a punctuation mark used to link two independent clauses or used between items in a list containing clauses

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case

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a category of pronouns that describes the function of the pronoun: subject, object, or possessive

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dependent clause

Front

a group of words that has a subject and a verb but that cant stand alone as a sentence

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comma

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a punctuation mark used to separate items in a list or to change restrictive clauses to nonrestrictive clauses

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who versus whom

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who is a subjective pronoun (subject of the clause), and whom is an objective pronoun (object of the clause)

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preposition

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a word that describes time or place relationships between words

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tense

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the form of the verb that tells what time the action happened

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collective noun

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nouns that identify groups of things or people

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object

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the receiver of the action, or the finish to a prepositional phrase

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conjunction

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a word that joins words, phrases, or clauses together

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adjective

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a word used to describe, or modify, a noun or pronoun

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adverb

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a word used to describe, or modify, a verb, adjective, or other adverb

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interjection

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an introductory word, often used to show emphasis

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prepositional phrase

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a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun

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colon

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a punctuation mark used after a complete statement to introduce an explanation of the statement and/or a list of related elements

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present participle

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the "-ing" form of the verb, either used with the verb "to be" to make a verb phrase, or on its own as an adjective

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article

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a word used to identify a noun

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noun

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a person, place, thing or idea

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phrase

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a group of words lacking a subject and a verb, and which can function as a noun, adjective, or adverb

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passive voice

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use of the verb so that the subject is the receiver, not the performer, of the action

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subject

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the topic of the sentence

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verb

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a word that expresses an action, a feeling, or a state of being

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idiom

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a figure of speech that follows no grammatical rules

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independent clause

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a group of words that has a subject and a verb and that can stand alone as a sentence

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infinitive

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the form of the verb beginning with "to"

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