Parts of Speech
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| Noun: | Word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea.
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| Pronoun: | A word used in place of a noun.
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| Adjective: | Word used to modify a noun or a pronoun. Which one? What kind? How many?
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| Verb: | Word that expresses action or shows a state of being.
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| Adverb: | Word used to modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. How? When? Where? or To what extent?
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| Preposition: | Shows the relation of a noun to another word in the sentence.
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| Conjunction: | Word that joins other words/groups of words.
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| Interjection: | Word that adds emotion to a sentence (Wow!).
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| Nouns that are capitalized are called | proper nouns.
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| Nouns that are not capitalized are called | common nouns.
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| prep (a): (11) | aboard about above across after against along amid among around at
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| prep (b): (9) | before behind below beneath beside between beyond but by
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| prep (d-o): (12) | down during except for from in into like of off on over
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| prep (p-u): (12) | past since through throughout to toward under underneath until unto up upon
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| prep (w): (3) | with within without
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| run-on sentence | two or more sentences (independent clauses) that are connected without any punctuation.
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| A comma splice | a sentence that is created by joining two independent clauses with a comma.
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| Commas to join | independent clauses
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| Commas to separate | items in a series
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| Commas used after | introductory elements
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| Commas with | Nonessential Elements
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| Commas with_________ adjectives | Coordinate Adjectives
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| Commas with _________ elements | and Parenthetical Elements
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| Primarily, periods are used to separate | sentences.
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| Periods are used in names and titles, such as | Mr. and Mrs. or Dr.
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| Periods are used when typing____ in reports. | medications
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| Include a colon after a | greeting in a business letter (Dear Mr. Chambers:).
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| Include a colon in expressions of | time (3:32 A.M.).
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| Include a colon in specific account instructions after a | subheading.
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| The most common use of hyphens is | to create compound modifiers.
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| words with the prefix ex-, self-, all-, or the suffix –elect are | hyphenated.
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| Hyphens are used when a prefix is added to a | proper noun or a proper adjective.
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