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36 Cards in this Set
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direct object |
the direct receiver of the verb's action; found by first locating the subject and verb and then asking who or what |
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possessive noun |
a word or phrase that shows ownership of something or someone; marked with an apostrophe and s; a possessive word or phrase immediately preceding an -ing verb acting as a noun |
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subject |
the main idea or topic 0f the sentence; found by asking who or what is this sentence about? or who or what is doing or being something in the sentence? |
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indirect object |
the indirect receiver of the verb's action; found by first locating the subject, verb, and direct object and then asking to whom? or for whom? |
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appositive |
the word or phrase immediately following and renaming another word or phrase; often set apart by commas; found by locating two noun phrases one of which renames the other |
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object of the preposition |
the noun or noun phrase following a preposition; found by first locating a preposition and then finding the noun or noun phrase immediately following it |
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predicate nominative |
the word or phrase in the predicate that renames the subject; follows intransitive linking verbs; found by first locating the subject and verb and then replacing the verb with an equals sign |
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subject of gerund |
a possessive word or phrase immediately preceding a gerund subject; gerunds are verbs acting as nouns; gerunds always end in -ing |
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intensive pronoun |
a self-pronoun which serves to emphasize a preceding noun. Ex. Einstein HIMSELF would be amazed at the growth in technology based on his theories. |
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reflexive pronoun |
a self-pronoun that acts as an indirect or direct object and moves the action of the verb back on the subject. Ex. The athlete hurt HIMSELF badly. |
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personal pronoun |
one of a class of pronouns used to stand for nouns representing first, second and third person |
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interrogative pronoun |
a pronoun used in asking a question. Ex. WHO invented the telescope? |
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demonstrative pronoun |
a pronoun that points out a particular person or thing. Ex. THESE are truly amazing discoveries! |
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reciprocal pronoun |
a pronoun communicating mutual relationship or responsibility. Includes 2 compounds one another and each other. Ex. Love one another. |
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person |
the form of a pronoun indicating the person speaking, person spoken to, or person or thing spoken about |
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gender |
categories such as masculine, feminine, and neuter into which words are divided |
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case |
the grammatical relationships between words in a sentence and the forms of words used to communicate those relationships |
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indefinite pronoun |
a pronoun whose antecedent is nonspecific. Ex. words like all, anyone, anybody, anything, some, someone, somebody, everyone, everybody, none, nothing, one, no one, both, few, several and many. Ex sentence: Has ANYONE seen my watch? |
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number |
the form of a word marking singular or plural |
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relative pronoun |
a pronoun that introduces a relative clause and references the element modified. Ex. words like who, whose, whom, which, and that. Ex. sentence: Is Percival Lowell the astronomer WHOM we credit for discovering Pluto? |
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Write the persons, singulars, and plurals for the NOMINATIVE case |
persons: first, second, third. Singulars: I, you, and he, she and it. Plurals: we, you, and they |
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Write the persons, singulars, and plurals for the OBJECTIVE case |
persons: first, second, third. Singulars: me; you; and him, her and it. Plurals: us; you; and them |
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Write the persons, singulars, and plurals for the POSSESSIVE case |
persons: first, second, and third. Singulars: my, mine; your, yours; and him, her, hers, and it. Plurals: our, ours; your, yours; and their, theirs |
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ambiguous reference |
When a pronoun has more than one antecedent |
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remote reference |
when a pronoun is too far away from its antecedent |
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broad reference |
When the pronoun doesn't refer to a specific noun antecedent |
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compound antecedent |
two or more nouns and/or pronouns serving the same grammatical function and followed by a pronoun that references one or all nouns |
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reference |
the relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent |
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elliptical clause |
a modifying clause whose subject and/or verb is implied |
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relative clause |
an adjective clause introduced by a pronoun |
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antecedent |
the word, the phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers |
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dangling modifier |
an adjective modifier (usually a phrase or a clause) lacking a clear connection to the element it is intended to modify; often the element is not present in the sentence |
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parallelism |
the principal that words, phrases, and clauses joined by conjunctions need to be of the same grammatical type |
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squinting modifier |
a word, phrase, or clause that logically modifies more than one element in the sentence, producing ambiguity |
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misplaced modifier |
a modifier that is not close enough to the word it modifies |
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split infinitive |
a verbal form containing interrupting modifiers between to and the verb |
