Grammar Principles Flashcards
Complement versus compliment
Complement something, complete it; a compliment
Discreet v. discrete
Discreet - cautious, careful, guarded; discrete - separate, disconnected
Everyday v. every day
Everyday routine; every (single) day
Faze v. phase
Fazed him; phase of the moon
Forego v. forgo
“Foregone” conclusion, has gone before; do without something
Personal pronouns
Represent people or things: I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, they, them
Possessive pronouns
Show ownership: mine, yours, hers, his, theirs, ours
Demonstrative pronouns
Demonstrate or point out someone or something: this, that, those, these
Relative pronouns
Relate one part of the sentence to another: who, whom, which, that, whose
Reflexive pronouns (or “intensive”)
Reflect back to someone or something else in the sentence: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Interrogative pronouns
Interrogate: who, whom, which, whose, what
Indefinite pronouns
Refer to a (sometimes definite, contrary to name) person, place, or thing that has already been mentioned in the sentence. Indefinite pronouns include all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, most, much, neither, no one, nobody, none, nothing, one, other, others, several, some, somebody, someone, and something
Articles
A special category of adjectives: a, an, & the
Indefinite articles
An & a
Definite article
The
