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A NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT DIRECTLY RECEIVES THE ACTION OF THE VERB FROM THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE
ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS "WHO?" OR "WHAT?" AFTER THE TRANSITIVE ACTION VERB. |
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| A WORD THAT TAKES THE PLACE OF A NOUN, A GROUP OF WORDS ACTIING AS A NOUN, OR ANOTHER PRONOUN |
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| THE WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS TO WHICH THE PRONOUN REFERS |
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| A GROUP OF WORDS THAT EXPRESS A COMPLETE THOUGHT, BEGIN WITH A CAPITAL LETTER, AND END WITH A MARK OF PUNCTUATION. |
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| THE KEY NOUN OR PRONOUN (OR GROUP OF WORDS FUNCTIONING AS A NOUN) THAT TELLS WHAT THE SENTENCE IS ABOUT. |
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| THE VERB OR VERB PHRASE THAT TELLS WHAT THE SUBJECT DOES OR IS |
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| MADE UP OF TWO OR MORE SIMPLE SUBJECTS THAT ARE JOINED BY A CONJUNCTION AND SHARE THE SAME VERB |
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| MADE UP OF TWO OR MORE VERBS OR VERB PHRASES THAT ARE JOINED BY A CONJUNCTION AND HAVE THE SAME SUBJECT |
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| ANSWERS THE QUESTION "TO WHOM?" OR "FOR WHOM?" "TO WHAT?" OR "FOR WHAT?" AFTER A TRANSITIVE ACTION VERB |
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| ANSWERS THE QUESTION "WHAT?" AFTER A DIRECT OBJECT AND IT COMPLETES THE MEANING OF THE DIRECT OBJECT BY IDENTIFYING OR DESCRIBING IT |
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| A NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT FOLLOWS A LINKING VERB AND POINTS BACK TO THE SIMPLE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE, IDENTIFYING IT FURTHER |
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| FOLLOWS A LINKING VERB AND POINTS BACK TO THE SIMPLE SUBJECT, DESCRIBING IT FURTHER |
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| A GROUP OF WORDS THAT ACTS AS A SINGLE GRAMMATICAL UNIT (PART OF SPEECH) IN A SENTENCE |
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| CONTAINS A SUBJECT, A PREDICATE, AND CAN STAND ALONE AS A SENTENCE / ALSO KNOWN AS SIMPLE SENTENCE OR MAIN CLAUSE |
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| ALSO KNOWN AS A DEPENDENT CLAUSE/ HAS A SUBJECT AND PREDICATE BUT CANNOT STAND ALONE AS A SENTENCE / BEGINS WITH A SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION |
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| AN ERROR THAT OCCURS WHEN AN INCOMPLETE SENTENCE IS PUNCTUATED AS THOUGH IT WERE A COMPLETE SENTENCE |
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| TWO OR MORE COMPLETE SENTENCES WRITTEN AS THOUGH THEY WERE ONE SENTENCE |
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| A TYPE OF RUN-ON SENTENCE CONTAINING TWO OR MORE MAIN CLAUSES SEPARATED ONLY BY A COMMA INSTEAD OF A SEMICOLON OR A COMMA AND COORDINATING CONJUNCTION |
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| MODIFIERS THAT MODIFY THE WRONG WORD OR SEEM TO MODIFY MORE THAN ONE WORD IN A SENTENCE |
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| A MODIFIER THAT DOES NOT MODIFY ANY WORD IN A SENTENCE |
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| A CLAUSE THAT ADDS INFORMATION BUT IS NOT ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO EXPRESS THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE CLEARLY |
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| A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE THAT CANNOT BE OMITTED FROM A SENTENCE WITHOUT CHANGING THE SENTENCE'S MEANING |
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