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verbs that work with the main verb to make up the complete verb in a sentence.

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auxiliary verbs or “helping verbs”

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verbs that help describe a subject by connecting it to another word.

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linking verbs

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one of a group of words that precede a noun or pronoun and indicate direction, position, placement, duration, or another kind of connection to the other words in the sentence.

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preposition

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Who or what a sentence speaks about. Usually a noun or pronoun that acts, is acted upon, or is described.

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Subject

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What the sentence says about the subject; a word that shows what a subject does or that helps describe the subject by linking it to an adjective

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verb

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simple a group of words that begins with a preposition.

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Prepositional phrase

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a word group that lacks a subject or a verb and/or one that does not express a complete thought.

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a fragment

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2 complete thoughts that are run together with no adequate sign given to mark the break between them

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run-on sentence

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a comma incorrectly used to connect two common thoughts

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comma splice

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A group of words having a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought and is not able to stand alone.

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dependent clause (or subordinate clause)

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A group of words having a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought and is able to stand alone.

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Independent clause

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a way of showing that one thought in a sentence is not as important as another thought.

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subordination

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13
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a verb that has an irregular form in the past tense and past participle

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Irregular verb

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one of the principal parts of each verb; formed by adding “-d” or “ed” to the present used with the helping verbs “have, has, or had” or with a form of “be”

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past participle

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one of the principle parts or each verb formed by adding -ing to the present.

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present participle

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the 4 parts of every verb: Past, present, past participle present participle

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principle parts of verbs

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the times shown by verbs. past, present, future

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verb tense

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subjects separated by a joining word such as “and” usually take a plural verb

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compound subject

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a word that refers to people and things that are not specific. Many take a singular verb; others such as “both or few” take plural nouns.

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indefinite pronoun

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a verbal; the -ing form of the verb used as a noun

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gerund

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a verbal to plus the base form of the verb

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infinitive

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a verbal; the -ing or -ed form of the verb used as an adjective

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participle

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words formed from verbs that often express action; these include gerunds, infinitives and participles

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verbals

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a word that refers to people and things that are not named or are not specific.

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indefinite pronoun

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words that name, persons, places, or things

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nouns

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words that name persons, places or things

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pronoun

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correspondence in number between the pronoun and the noun it replaces

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pronoun agreement

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the relationship between the pronoun and the noun in the sentence in which it refers.

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pronoun reference

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pronouns that point to or single out a person or thing. (this, that, those, these)

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demonstrative pronous

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pronouns that function as the objects of verbs as prepositions.

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object pronouns

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pronouns that show ownership or possession

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possessive pronouns

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pronouns that function as the subjects of verbs

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subject pronouns

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words that describe nouns or pronouns

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adjectives

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words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

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adverbs

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The formal characteristics of a manuscript, comprising such things as paper size, margins, spacing, and font

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format

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literally, a paper written by hand; a paper handed in for a grade.

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manuscript

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shortened forms of words, often used for convenience in writing.

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abbreviations

38
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a punctuation mark generally used in order to

1) show the omission of one or more letters in a contraction
2) show ownership or possession

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apostrophe

39
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the combination of 2 words through omission of one or more letters and use of an apostrophe

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contraction

40
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punctuation marks that indicate exact words or the titles of short works.

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quotation marks

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a rewording of someone else’s comments rather than a word-for-word direct quotation.

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indirect quotation

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a punctuation mark used at the end of a complete statement to introduce a list, a long quotation, or an explanation.

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colon

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a punctuation mark used to signal a pause longer than that of a comma, but not as long as a period.

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dash

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punctuation marks used to set off extra or incidental information from the rest of a sentence.

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parentheses

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a punctuation mark used with two or more words that act as a single unit or to divide a word as the end of a line.

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hyphen

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a punctuation mark used to mark a break between 2 complete thoughts, or to mark off items in a series when the items themselves contain internal punctuation (such as commas)

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semicolon

47
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words such as brake and break that have the same sounds but different meanings

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homonym

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an expression that has been worn out through constant use. example short but sweet.

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cliche

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artificial or stilted expressions that more often obscure meaning than communicate it clearly.

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pretentious language

50
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nonstandard language particular to a time and often to a specific locale acceptable in every day speech but should be avoided in formal context and in writing, with few exceptions.

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slang

51
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revising to correct sentence-skills mistakes

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editing

52
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carefully examining written text to correct typographical mistakes and other related errors

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proofreading

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shorthand notation intended to call attention to typographical mistakes and other related errors

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proofreading symbols

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mode of expression in which the subject performs the action expressed by the verb.

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active voice

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words that name people places or things or ideas that can be counted and made into plurals

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count noun

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particular to a certain language

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idiomatic

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words that refer to things or ideas that cannot be counted

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noncount noun

58
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a word that expresses the quantity of a noncount noun

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qualifier

59
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verbs that need direct objects to complete their meaning

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transitive verb

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