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The first things we ever did with Mrs. Barnes
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English
8th Grade
12/02/2009

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complete predicate
Definition
names all of the words in the predicate of a sentence
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complete subject
Definition
all the words in the subject of a sentence
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complex sentence
Definition
has a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
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compound predicate
Definition
two or more simple predicates that have the same subject. The predicates are joined by and, both .... and, or, either .... or, neither.... nor, or but
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compound subject
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two or more simple subjects that have the same predicate. The subjects are joined by and, both .... and, or, either .... or, neither.... nor, or but
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main clause
Definition
has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence
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predicate part
Definition
tells what the subject does or has. It can also describe what the subject is or is like.
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run-on sentence
Definition
two or more sentences incorrectly written as one
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sentence fragment
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does not express a complete thought. May be missing a subject, predicate, or both.
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simple predicate
Definition
main word or group of words in the complete predicate
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simple subject
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main or most important group of words in the complete subject
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subject part
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names who or what the sentence is about
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subordinate clause
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a group of words that has a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. It is always combined with a main clause.
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