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1
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adverb

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  • word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

- very, loudly, really

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adjective

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  • word that modifies a noun or pronoun

- competent, five, last

3
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article

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-a, an, the

4
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conjunction

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  • a joining word

- FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) therefore, furthermore

5
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intrjection

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  • words that do not grammatically belong in a sentence

- wow, well

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noun

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  • word that names a person, place, thing, or concept that can be possessive
  • Justing Trudeau, truth, Paris, chair
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pronoun

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  • word that functions like a noun, a substitute for a noun or other pronoun
  • we, he, they, our, who, everybody, everything, this
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preposition

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  • word that connects a noun, pronoun, or phrase to some other words in a sentence
  • always comes before the noun
  • on, in, above, from, at, near, and, between
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verb

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  • word or phrase that says something about a person, place, or thing
  • form may be changed
  • stopped, believed, falls, felt, will, is, are
10
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adverbial conjunctions

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however, therefore, furthermore, hence, in fact, consequently, moreover, unfortunately

11
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Writing codes (5)

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  • DC , IC
  • IC DC
  • IC , FANBOYS IC
  • IC ; AC , IC
  • short & related IC ; short & related IC
12
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comma splice

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-when two independent clauses are joined by only a comma

13
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either, each, neither (of)

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  • take singular verbs

- is, wants, is

14
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groups & subject-verb agreement

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  • when acting as a whole=singular

- when acting as individuals=pleural

15
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units of money, mass, time, length, and distance

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singular verbs

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or, either & or, neither &, not, or not & but

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subject closest to verb( singular/pleural)= how verb is presented(singular/pleural)

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to put or place

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lay, laid, laid

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to recline

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lie, lay, lain