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26 Cards in this Set
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in a _________ sentence, the suject comes after the verb
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inverted sentence
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word or group of words that follow a linking verb and rename or describe the subject
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subject complement
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names a thing that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
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concrete noun
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names an idea, feeling, quality, or characteristic. give an example
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abstract noun-excitement, courage, happiness
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a noun or pronoun that identifies or renames another noun or pronoun
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appositive
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pronouns such as i, we, she, them, and it are called:
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personal pronouns
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what are the 3 cases of pronouns and nouns?
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subject, object, and possessive
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pronouns::::::: refers to subject and directs the action of verb back to subject. necessary to sentence
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reflexive pronoun
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emphasizes a noun or another pronoun in the sentence. not necessary to meaning of sentence
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intensive pronoun
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noun or pronoun that a pronoun replaces or refers to
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antecedent
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pronoun that does not refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea
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indefinate pronoun
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name the plural indefinate pronouns.
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both, few, several, many
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name all the punctuation marks listed in chapter 11
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periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, quotation marks, semicolons, colons, hyphens, dashes, parentheses, and apostrophes
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what are hyphens used for?
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if part of a word must be carried over to the next line, in certain compound words, in compound numbers (21-99), and for fractions used as adjectives
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what are dashes used for?
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to show an abrupt break in thought
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what are parentheses used for?
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to set off material that is loosely related to the rest of the sentence
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what are semicolons used for?
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in some compound sentences; itmes in a series
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what are colons used for?
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to introduce a list of items, after a formal greeting in a business letter, and between the hours and the minutes in expressions of time
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pronoun that does not refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea
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indefinate pronoun
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name the plural indefinate pronouns.
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both, few, several, many
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name all the punctuation marks listed in chapter 11
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periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, quotation marks, semicolons, colons, hyphens, dashes, parentheses, and apostrophes
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what are hyphens used for?
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if part of a word must be carried over to the next line, in certain compound words, in compound numbers (21-99), and for fractions used as adjectives
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what are dashes used for?
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to show an abrupt break in thought
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what are parentheses used for?
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to set off material that is loosely related to the rest of the sentence
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what are semicolons used for?
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in some compound sentences; itmes in a series
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what are colons used for?
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to introduce a list of items, after a formal greeting in a business letter, and between the hours and the minutes in expressions of time
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