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| A word group that contains a subject and a verb and that expresses a complete thought. |
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| A word or word group that is capitalized and punctuated as a sentence but that does not contain both a subject and a verb or that deos not express a complete thought. |
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| two basic parts of a sentence |
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| Tells whom or what the sentence or clause is about. |
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| tells something about the subject |
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| The main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about. |
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| Consists of the simple subject and any words or word groups that modify the simple subject. |
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| The main word or word group that tells something about the subject. |
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| Consists of the verb and all the words that modify the verb and complete its meaning. |
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| a main verb and one or more helping verbs. |
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| Consists of a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object. |
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| A word that fills out the structure of a sentence but does not add to the meaning. |
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| In a request or a command, the subject is usually not stated. |
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| When a request or command includes a name, the name is not the subject. |
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| Consists of two or more subjects that are joined by a conjunction and that have the same verb. |
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| Consists of two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and that have the same subject. |
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| A word or word group that completes the meaning of a verb. |
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| A word or word group that completes the meaning of a linking verb and identifies or modifies the subject. |
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| predicate nominative and predicate adjective |
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| two kinds of subject complements |
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| A word or word group that is in the predicate and that identifies the subject or refers to it. |
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| An adjective that is in the predicate and that modifies the subject of a sentence or a clause. |
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| A complement that, unlike a subject complement, does not identify or modify the subject. |
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| A verb that expresses an action directed toward a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. |
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| Is a noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or what recieves the action of a transitive verb or shows the result of the action. |
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| Is a noun, pronoun, or word group that often appears in sentences containing direct objects. It tells to whom or to what( or for whom or for what) the action of a transitive verb is done. |
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| Makes a statement and ends with a period. |
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| Gives a command or makes a request. |
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| Asks a question and ends with a question mark. |
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