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| a word that names a person, place, thing or idea |
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also names, by taking the place of a noun. The noun for which it is stepping in is called its antecedent
(examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they) |
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| words that modify nouns and pronouns. A modifying word changes, enhances, stirs, makes more precise our concept of another word -- the one it modifies. |
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| the momentum in the sentence It asserts, moves, impels, reports on a condition or situation. It is a vital part of every sentence even though it's the subject who is doing, acting, being, emoting. What it asserts may be an action or an identity or a state of being. |
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| An adverb modifies -- changes, enhances, limits, describes, intensifies, muffles -- a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It can also modify verbals, prepositions, and conjunctions. |
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Prepositions, unobtrusive go-betweens that they are, indicate the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word(s) in the sentence.
(examples: in, on, with, of, for, around) |
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words that join words, phrases, or clauses
examples (and, or, but) |
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a word or collection of words that expresses a strong or emphatic feeling
(examples: Oh! Well! Very well, Wow!) |
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