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| a noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about |
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| the word that shows the action or existence or links a word in the predicate of the sentences back to the subject |
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| a noun or pronoun that tells who or what after the action verb |
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| a verb that links a word in the predicate part of the sentence back to the subject |
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| a verb that shows the action of the subject |
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| a word that shows a relationship between its object and the rest of the sentence |
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| a noun following another noun that renames that noun |
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| a dependent clause starting with a subordinate conjunction and modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb in the independent clause |
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| a word that begins an adverb clause |
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| a word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb |
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| a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun |
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| a verb form ending in -ed or -ing that is used as an adjective |
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| a group of related words with a subject and verb |
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| a group of related words without a subject and verb |
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| a verb form used as another part of speech |
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| a word that connects words, phrases, and clauses |
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| a word that takes the place of or refers back to a noun |
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| a word that shows excitement or emotion |
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| a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea |
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| "to" plus a verb, used as an adverb, adjective, or noun |
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| a verb form ending in -ing, used as a noun |
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| a word that begins an adjective clause |
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| a dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun and modifies the noun or pronoun it follows |
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| the only kind of "conjunction" that may be used with a semicolon when joining two sentences together |
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| the punctuation mark that can join two complete sentences together to form a compound sentence without a conjunction |
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