Grammar, Mechanics & Usage Flashcards
What is a subject pronoun?
A subject pronoun is a personal pronoun that is used as the subject of a verb.
What is a modifier?
A modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure.
What is a dependent clause?
A dependent clause is a clause that provides an independent clause with additional information, but which cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What are collective nouns?
A collective noun is a word which refers to a collection of things taken as a whole.
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.
What is the subject in a sentence?
The subject is the person or thing about whom the statement is made.
What is capitalization?
Capitalization is writing a word with its first letter as a capital letter and the remaining letters in lower case.
What is a colon?
The colon is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots centered on the same vertical line.
What is a semicolon?
The semicolon is a punctuation mark that separates major sentence elements.
What are clauses?
A clause is the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition.
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase.
What are adverb clauses?
An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adverb.
What is a conjunctive adverb?
A conjunctive adverb is an adverb that connects two independent clauses.
What is an object pronoun?
An object pronoun is a personal pronoun that is used typically as a grammatical object.
