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Adjectival Modifier
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A word, or phrase, or clause that acts as an adjective in qualifying the meaning of a noun or pronoun. ("Your" country; a" turn-of-the-century" style; people "who are always late"."
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Adjective
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A word that modifies, quantifies, or otherwise describes a noun or pronoun. ("Drizzly" November; mid- night "dreary"; "only" requirement)
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Adverb
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A word that modifies or otherwise qualifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. (Gestures "gracefully"; "Exceptionally" quiet engine.)
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Adverbial Phrase
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A phrase that functions as an adverb. (Landon laughs "with abandon.")
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agreement
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The correspondence of a verb with its subject in person and number ( Karen "goes" to Cal Tech; her sisters "go" to UCLA), and of a pronoun with its antecedent in person, number, and gender (As soon as Karen finished the exam, "she" picked up "her" books and left the room).
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