My Grammar

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Transitive verbs

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–noun Grammar. a verb accompanied by a direct object and from which a passive can be formed, as deny, rectify, elect. Note: Some verbs can be transitive in one sentence and intransitive in another: turned is transitive in “Brenda turned the wheel sharply” but intransitive in “Fred turned when I called.”

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Clause

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.Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence. 2. a distinct article or provision in a contract, treaty, will, or other formal or legal written document.

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Accusative Case

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Form of a pronoun showing that the pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition" me, her, him, us, them, when. Also called objective case.

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adverbial phrase

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phrase used as adverb: She sent her son to the store.

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adverbial clause

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subordinate clause used as adverbs: John left whenever he felt like it.

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adjective

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word or words used to modify a noun, pronoun, or verbal: good food, wonderful you, poor fishing

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adjective clause

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subordinate clause used as adjective: Everyone who approves should vote for him.

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adjective phrase

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phrase used as adjective. The woman in the red dress is beautiful

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case

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form of a noun or pronoun that shows function. The three clauses are nominative (subjective), genative (possessive), and accusative (objective). Nominative, I saw. Genative, my hat. Accusative, the dog bit me.

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auxiliary verb

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verb used with other verbs to form tense or voice: We should go to the movies. He was slaughtered.

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article

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A, an, and the are articles. Their function is to modify a noun or noun substitute. A and an are the indefinate articles. The is the definite article.

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apposition

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Placement of a noun or noun substitute next to another to explain or identify it: New York, the Empire State, Richard the Lion Hearted. The Empire state an the Lion Hearted are known as appositives.

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antecedent

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word or words to which a pronoun refers: Alice (antecedent) asked for her (pronoun).

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adverb

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word or words used to modify a verb, verbal, adjective, adverb, or entire clause or sentence: run quickly, to sit quietly, quite fresh, naturally, he was elated.

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direct object

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word or words that receive the action of a verb: The speaker hit the table He believed that the boy would return the book. What is the action. What is receiving the action.

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comparison

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Inflection of adverbs or adjectives to show degress of quality or amount. Absolute: good, quickly, famous. Comparative: better, quicker more famous. Superlative: best, quickest, most famous.

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Complex sentense

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sentence containing one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

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compound sentence

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sentence containing two or more independent clauses.

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compound-complex sentence

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sentence containing two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

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conjunctive adverb

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adverb used as conjection. Most common examples are: however, thus, and therefore.

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noun

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name of a person, place or thing

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indirect object

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noun or pronoun representing the person or thing with reference to which the action of a verb is performed. They gave me a present. They gave a present to me.

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subject

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The person or thing that performs the action indicated by the verb or that is in the state of that is decribed by the verb. - Who or what "X"

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modifiers

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word or words that limit, describe, or make more precise the meaning of the words modified: blue hat, the man, who you saw, they walked silently.

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collective noun

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a noun that appears to be singular but refers to a group. Treated as singular when the group is thought of as a unit, treated as plural when the members of the group are considered individually.

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Passive

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–adjective: 5. influenced, acted upon, or affected by some external force, cause, or agency; being the object of action rather than causing action (opposed to active).
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9. Grammar.
a. noting a voice in the inflection of the verb in some languages which is used to indicate that the subject undergoes the action of the verb. Latin portātur, “he, she, or it is carried,” is in the passive voice.
b. noting or pertaining to a construction similar to this in meaning, as English He is carried (opposed to active).