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Adjectives:

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modify nouns or pronouns

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Adjectives AND Adverbs …

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describe or modify other words

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Adverbs:

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modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs

-mostly end in -ly

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Good:

Well:

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describes the proper noun

modified the verb

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Bad:

Badly:

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describes the noun (adjective)

describes the verb (adverb)

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Fewer

Less

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described plural nouns or things that can be counted

describes singular nouns that represent a quantity or degree

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Subject Verb Agreement

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when the subject of a noun clause matches the verb in number

(singular nouns = singular verb)
(plural nouns = plural verbs)

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Collective Nouns

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nouns that refer to a number of people or things that from a single unit
(audience, stuff, group, crowd)

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Special Singular Nouns

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nouns that are singular despite their plural form because we think of them as one thing
(measles, news, checkers, sports)

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Pronouns

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words that take the place of a noun or another pronoun

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Antecedent

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Pronouns taking the place of other pronouns

Pronouns and antecedents must math in case

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Case

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refers to a words grammatical relationship to other words in a sentence

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A pronoun that takes the place of the subject of a sentence should be in that ___________ case

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nominative

I, we, he, she , they

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A pronoun that takes place of the object in a sentence should be in the ____________ case

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objective

me, us, him, her, them

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Indefinite pronouns

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each, every, anybody, no one, one, either

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Two or more nouns joined by and…

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use a plural pronoun

Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein engaged popular culture in THEIR art

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Two or more singular nouns joined by OR

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use a singular pronoun

Francis or Andrew will lend you HIS book

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He or She

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A singular antecedent requires a singular pronoun

A person has the right to do whatever HE OR SHE wants
*not they!

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Unclear or Ambiguous Reference

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When a pronoun can refer to more than one antecedent in a sentence or when there is no apparent antecedent

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Verb

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The action word of a sentence

past, present or future

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Shifting Verb Tense

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When a sentence describes an event in the past, it’s verbs should be in the last tense

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Incomplete Verbs

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-ing form of verb without a helping verb

is, has, has been, was, had, had been

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Subjunctive Mood of Verbs

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expresses something that is imagined, wished for, or contrary to fact

( was = were)

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Sentence Fragments

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Incomplete sentences that do not accurately communicate an idea

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Subordinate Clause

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A clause that stands alone- it has a subject and a verb but does not express a complete though

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Clause

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Groups of words that have a subject and a verb

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Independent Clause

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A clause that stands alone and expresses a complete thought

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Subordinating Conjunctions

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after, because, once, though, when, although, before, since, unless …

it needs an independent clause to complete an idea

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Run- on Sentence

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Two independent clauses run together as one sentence without being separated with punctuation

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To Fix A Run On:

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Add a period
Add a semicolon
Use a coordinating conjunction
Use a subordinating conjunction

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Coordinating conjunction

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connects two clauses

FANBOYS

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Comma Splice

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an incorrectly use of a comma to separate two independent clauses

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Modifiers

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Phrases that describe nouns, pronouns, and verbs

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Dangling Modifiers

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phrases located at the beginning of a sentence and set off by a comma, that mistakenly modify the wrong noun or pronoun

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Double Negative

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“I don’t have no money”

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Parallel Structure

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A sentences words and phrases follow the same grammatical structure

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Idioms

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words, phrases or expressions used in every day language

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Prepositions

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words that express the relationship in time or space between words in a sentence
(in, on, around, above, by, with)

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Prepositional Idioms

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(full of, according to, consist of, proud of, next to, tired of, rely on)

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Accept

Except

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recognize or receive

excluding

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Affect (verb)

Effect (noun)

Effect (verb)

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to influence

result

to bring about

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Comma Use

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create pauses, clarify meaning, and separate different parts of a sentence

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Semicolon

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  1. Separate independent clauses that are not joined by a conjunction
  2. Separate independent clauses that contain commas even if they are joined by a conjunction
  3. Separate independent clauses connected with a conjunctive adverb
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Colon Use

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Used to introduce elements and show an equivalent relationship

  1. introduce a list
  2. introduce a restatement or elaboration
  3. introduce a word, phrase or clause
  4. introduce a formal quotation
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Apostrophes

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to show possession, contractions and so on

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