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Grammar Quiz One
I don't want to describe it.
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Grammar
Undergraduate 4
09/07/2017

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Term
Common noun
Definition
written in lower case letters and refer to general categories
Term
Proper noun
Definition
begin with capital numbers and designates a specific noun
Term
concrete nouns
Definition
nouns we can visualize
Term
Abstract nouns
Definition
ideas and concepts with no visual image
Term
Animate nouns
Definition
deals with humans, animals, and living things
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Inanimate nouns
Definition
deals with things
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Human nouns
Definition
deal with humans
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Non Human nouns
Definition
deals with animals
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Count nouns
Definition
nouns that you can count
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Non-count nouns
Definition
nouns that you can not count
Term
Determiners
Definition
My, his, her, the
Term
Possesive Pronouns
Definition
Mine, my, his, her, their, your, our
Term
Pre-determiners
Definition
Both, all
Term
Post-determiners
Definition
Second, many
Term
Definite article
Definition
The
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Indefinite articles
Definition
A, and
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Demonstrative nouns
Definition
indicate the location of the noun relative to the speaker

This, these, that, those
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Subject
Definition
usually the doer of the action
Term
direct object
Definition
receives the action / aka the victim of the verb/ aka the verb’s lil bitch
Term
indirect object
Definition
is indirectly affected by the action
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The object of the preposition
Definition
is the noun at the end of a prepositional phrase
Term
Gerund
Definition
verbs that have been nouned. Constructed from a verb root by adding the suffix -ing
Term
Coordinating conjuctions
Definition
if you are gonna add two sentences with a comma you must use one of these words

For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
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Preposition
Definition
a directional word that dictates a noun, linking it to other words
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Complement
Definition
Subject complement - a noun that describes the subject
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