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| Prepositional Phrase as Adj Phrase |
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A Prepositional phrase is an adj phrase when it modifies, or describes a noun or pronoun.
A temple of great size stands here. |
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| Prepositional Phrase as an Adverb Phrase |
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A Prepositional phrase is an adverb phrase when it modifies, or describes, a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Verb: The tourists travel in a group.
Adjective: The temple is impressive from this view.
Adverb: It has held up well for its age. |
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| Coordinating conjunctions |
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A word used to connect parts of a sentence, such as words, clauses, or phrases.
FANBOYS: for,and,nor,but,or,yet,so |
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Pairs of words used to connect words or phrases in a sentence.
both.....and neither.....nor
either....or not only...but also
When a compound subject is joined by or,or nor, the verb must agree with the nearest part of the subject.
Neither the twins NOR Ann IS studying english. |
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My be used to join two simple sentences in a compound sentence .
and: also,besides, furthermore, moreover
but: however, neverless, still
result: consequently, therefore, so, thus
Equality: equally, likewise, similarly |
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A word or group of words that express strong feeling. It has no grammatical connection to any other words in the sentence.
Strong feeling =!
Mild feeling = ,
aha
alas gee
awesome good grief
come on hey |
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| A word that relates a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence. |
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A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. |
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| Object of the Preposition |
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The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase.
The painting near you is by a Brazillian artist.
near/by : preposition
you/artist: objects of all preposition |
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