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Grammar/Mechanics
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English
Graduate
04/10/2013

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Term
definite article
Definition
the, which refers to a specific person, place, or thing
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indefinite articles
Definition
"a" and "an," which refer to a person, place, or thing, but not a specific person, place, or thing.
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collective noun
Definition
name groups of people or things.
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compound noun
Definition
noun made up of two or more words.
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pronoun
Definition
takes the place of a noun or a group of words acting as a noun.
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antecedent
Definition
noun (or group of words acting as a noun) for which a pronoun stands.
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personal pronoun
Definition
refer to the person speaking, the person spoken to, or the person or thing being spoken about.
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demonstrative pronoun
Definition
points out a specific person, place, or thing (i.e. this, that, those, these)
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interrogative pronoun
Definition
used to begin a question
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transitive verb
Definition
action verb that directs action from the performer of the action toward the receiver of the action.
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intransitive verb
Definition
expresses action or tells something about the subject of the sentence but does not direct action toward another noun or pronoun.
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verb phrase
Definition
can have one, two, or three helping verbs added before the main verb.
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