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22 Cards in this Set
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Noun |
The name of a living or lifeless thing |
Dog, woman, empire State building |
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Classes of nouns |
Common, proper, compound, derivative, proper noun used as a common noun |
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Pronoun |
A word used to replace a noun |
I,me,thou,thee,he, him,she,her,it,we,us,ye,you,they, them |
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Reflexive pronouns |
Myself, ourself, thyself, yourself, himself, herself, oneself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves |
Refers to the subject of the preposition in which they stand indicating the action by the doer passes back to him...he worries himself sick |
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Reciprocal pronouns |
Express mutual action or relation on the part of the subject persons |
Each other, one another |
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Relative pronouns |
Always refers to an antecedent, always stand in a subordinate clause. Perform the function of pronoun and conjunction |
Who, whom, whose, which, what, that,..I met a man that I knew.. I have read the book that you lent me. |
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Indefinite and general pronoun |
Always referring to a general class |
Who, what, whosoever, whoever, whichever, whatsoever,...I told the story to whoever would listen,..I didn't see to whom he gave it. |
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Interrogative pronouns |
A type of indef.pronoun with strong stress.snd that stress being thevonly difference..asking for an explanation of an indefinite situation |
Who, what, which...what did he want, who did it?,...or rhetorical questions that don't expect an answer what's the use?, What in the world happens now? |
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Intensifying adjectives used as pronouns |
Thyself, yourself,himself, herself, ourselves,yourselves, themselves |
You are not "yourself" today. |
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Limiting adjectives as pronouns |
This, this one, the ones, such a one, the same, the same ones, the former, the latter, the last, both, either, neither, each one, all,... |
All have an antecedent (this,that,etc) except the ones which point out the thing or person. Before a relative clause use the plural before the determinative pronoun (those or they) |
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Indefinite limiting adjectives |
All, any, Anyone, "this and that", "this, that and the other",everyone, some(as in "some people"), many a one, no one, another, more a little less, .. some were captured some were killed.. I chatted with this and that one,in our class there were "four" were absent. |
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Adjectives |
A word used with a noun or pronoun to describe (or point out) the living being or thing |
Two classes of adjectives descriptive or limiting descriptive color, size etc.,limiting only the application of the idea expressed by the noun to others this boy, these books, this part |
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Adherent adjective |
stands before the noun sometimes after |
They are attributive and in direct connection with the noun or has a predicate link,. .the tree "is" tall |
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Compound and derivative adjectives |
Compound: up-to-date dictionary, plain-clothes, nextdoor neighbor...Derivative adjective formed by adding tonoun, adjective, verbal stem a suffix: en, fold, ful, ish, less, ly, some, y, able...wooden helpful, childish, friendless |
Often with a hyphen warm-hearted, dark-haired |
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Classes of limiting adjectives |
Possessive, intensifying, demonstrative, numeral, relative, indefinite, interrogative, proper, exclamatory
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Possess:, me my his her, Intensify: Myself, herself,this, that, each, every, numeral:indicate numbers cardinal, ordinal or multiplicatives, relative: points back to an antecedent.,? Indefinites that point to a following clausei will approve whichever you choose(to take place) indefinite:he has helped many a man, interrogative: what books have you bought?, Proper:a Harvard student, United States flag, exclamatory:what nonsense, what a shame |
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Verb |
The part of speech which makes an assertion(the wind blows), or asks the questions |
Classes transitive:the boy struck his dog, intransitive: a simple action John is sleeping, snow is melting, linking verbs:a sad experience, our sister dead, seem, look, get, compound:inseperable uproot overcharge, dependable: took part, to task( formed in relation. strong stressed element) |
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Adverb |
Modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb |
"remarkably" well, "less"than, late arrival, "almost" walked |
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Classes of adverbs |
Functional,very, sentence adv., Undoubtedly an able bodied man, conjunctive, we...., then we., Interrogative, whence whither when did he go, . Meaning, place(here, down, up, in, out, there), time now then immediately, manner(well, slowly, fast. Neatly), degree or amount( very, nearly, once,twice,little), cause(why, for what reason, why), inference or result(therefore, hence, so, thus) |
Page 24,25,26,27,why, of English grammar George o. Curme |
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Preposition |
A word that connects a noun with a verb, adjective, noun, or pronoun |
He stood "by" the window, he rode "over" the hill |
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Inflectional prepositon |
Rigid and cannot be replaced with others. |
To, to my friend, of the father of the boy, upon you can depend upon him |
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Conjunction |
A word that joins together sentences or clauses. |
Sweep the floor "and"clean the counter. They are either coordinating or subordinating |
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Interjection |
An out cry to express pain, surprised, anger, pleasure, or emotiob |
"oh!", "Ouch", the most primative sentences(sentences are older than sentences) |
