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B7A

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Definitions A-C
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Absolute Phrase:
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 A phrase, consisting of a noun followed
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by a modifier, which acts independently within the sentence.
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The absolute phrase does not modify any particular element
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of the sentence.
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Active Voice:
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 The verb form indicating that the subject is
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doing the acting, rather than being acted upon.
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Adjective Clause:
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 A word group that acts as an
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adjective.
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Adjective:
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 A word used to modify a noun.
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Adverb Clause:
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 A word group that acts as an adverb.
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Adverb:
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 A word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or
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another adverb.
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Agreement:
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 Being of the same form (e.g., same number
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and gender). Subject and verb, as well as pronoun and
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antecedent, must be both singular or both plural; pronoun
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and antecedent must be both masculine or feminine (or
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neuter).
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Antecedent:
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 The noun, noun phrase, or noun clause for
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which a pronoun substitutes.
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Appositive:
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 A noun or noun phrase, next to the noun,
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which identifies or explains the noun.
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Case:
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 The word form indicating a particular relation to other
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words. A pronoun form can show possessive, objective, or
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nominative case.
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Clause:
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 A group of words, containing both subject and
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predicate, that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb in a
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sentence.
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Comma Splice:
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 Joining two complete sentences with a
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comma. Two independent ideas should not be joined in one
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statement. Two related ideas may be joined with a comma
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and a conjunction or with a semicolon; or one statement
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may be made subordinate to the other.
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Comparative:
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 The form of an adverb or adjective
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describing the intermediate degree of comparison (as in
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positive, comparative, superlative).
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Complex Sentence:
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 A sentence containing one
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independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.
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Compound Modifier:
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 See Unit Modifier.
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Compound Predicate:
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 Two or more verbs or verb
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phrases belonging to the same subject.
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Compound Sentence:
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 A sentence containing two or
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more independent clauses but no subordinate clauses.
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Compound Subject:
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 Two or more subjects that are
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joined by a conjunction and share the same verb.
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Conjunction:
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 A word used to join other words, phrases, or
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clauses within a sentence.
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Coordinate Modifiers (Coordinate Adjectives):
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 Two
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modifiers that separately and equally modify a noun;
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coordinate modifiers are separated by a comma.
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Coordinating Conjunctions:
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 Conjunctions (for, and, nor,
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but, or, yet, so) that join words, phrases, or clauses that are
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equivalent in importance or grammatical structure.
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