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B7R

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Reflexive Pronoun:
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 A pronoun (himself, herself, itself,
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myself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) reflecting
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(referring) back on or adding emphasis to the subject.
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Relative Pronoun:
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 A pronoun (that, which, who, whom,
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whose, and combinations with ever) introducing a
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subordinate clause and acting as noun or modifier.
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Restrictive/Nonrestrictive:
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 See Essential/Nonessential.
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Run-on Sentence:
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 One sentence made up of a series of
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loosely connected, grammatically complete sentences that
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should be separated into two or more sentences, reworded,
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or punctuated appropriately.
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Sentence:
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 A main clause (with beginning capital and
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ending punctuation) that makes complete sense all by itself.
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Sentence Fragment:
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 A word or group of words that do
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not form a complete sentence.
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Simple Sentence:
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 A sentence containing one main
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clause only.
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Singular:
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 A word that refers to only one person or thing.
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Split Infinitive:
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 An infinitive in which the "to" and the verb
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have been separated by one or more words (to boldly go).
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Subject:
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 The noun, noun phrase, or pronoun about which
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something is being said. Either a sentence or a clause can
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have a subject.
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Subjective Case (Nominative Case):
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 The case in
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which the pronoun acts as subject.
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Subjunctive Mood:
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 The verb form that indicates the
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speaker is expressing a wish or a condition that is contrary
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to fact.
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Subordinate Clause (Dependent Clause):
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Dependent Clause.
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Subordinating Conjunction:
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 A conjunction that begins
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an adverb clause.
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Superlative:
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 The form of an adverb or adjective
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describing the superlative (best) degree of comparison (as
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in positive, comparative, and superlative).
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Terminal Participle:
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 A participial phrase used at the end
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of a sentence. As a terminal participle, the phrase must
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modify either the noun just preceding it or the subject of the
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sentence. A comma is used to show that the participle is
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separated from the word it modifies.
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Unit Modifier (Compound Modifier):
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 A combination of
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words that work together as a unit to modify a noun. Unit
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modifiers are usually hyphenated.
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Verb:
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 A word expressing action or state of being.
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Verb Phrase:
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 A phrase consisting of a verb and any terms
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that modify or complete the meaning of the verb.
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Verbal:
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 A word that is derived from a verb but is used as a
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noun, adjective, or adverb (a verbal looks like a verb but
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doesn't function as a verb). The verbals include the gerund,
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the participle, and the infinitive.
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Voice:
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 The quality of a verb that indicates the relation
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between the subject and action of the verb. Active voice
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indicates that the subject is acting on something; passive
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voice indicates that the subject is being acted upon.
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