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| How many parts of speech are there? |
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| A person, place, thing, clause (dependent or independent), or object of a verb. |
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In the possessive form.
Example: Nicole's book |
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| A word that substitutes for a noun and is used for clarification (He, she, it) |
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| What are the three cases of pronouns? |
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| subject, object, and possessive |
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| What is a case, in regards to nouns and pronouns? |
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| A case is the form a noun or pronoun takes to indicate its place in a sentence. |
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| When do pronouns take on the subject case? |
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- subject of a verb
- subject of a complement |
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| When do pronouns take on the object case? |
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- direct object (The boss asked me to come to the meeting)
- indirect object (She was surprised by the price of the bill.) |
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| When do pronouns take on the possessive case? |
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'Who' refers to a person
'That' refers to an object or for a restrictive clause that would change the meaning of the sentence without it. (no comma with 'that')
'Which' is used with a nonrestrictive clause that doesn't change the meaning of the sentence. (use comma's with 'which') |
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Who is used when the (pro)noun is the subject.
Whom is used when the verb happens to the subject. To whom it may concenr = it concerns him. |
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| The (pro)noun is in the subject of the sentence. |
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| The (pro)noun is the subject of the verb. Janet dropped off her book at the library. |
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| to link independent clauses |
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| What are coordinating conjuctions and where does the comma fall? |
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And, but, or, so, nor, yet
The comma falls before the conjuction, when the conjunction is in the middle of the sentence. When it's in the beginning of the sentence (transitional word), the comma falls after the conjunction. |
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| In the case of coordinating conjuctions, when should a comma be used? |
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| When there are 3 or more segments AND a coordinating conjunction are used. *If there is already a comma in the sentence, use a semicolon. |
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| What are nonrestrictive elements, aka parenthetical expressions? |
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| Elements of a sentence that do not include pertinent information. Nicole Salomone, who is speaking at SAMLA, has a new novel out. |
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| Which/That with nonrestrictive elements |
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| Use a comma with a dependent clause that is offset in a sentence. |
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| When the war came to America, there were only two medical schools. |
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