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parts of a sentence
English
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| compound verb | one subject doing more than one verb/action |
| compound subject | subject with two people or things |
| indep clause | clause that can stand on its own |
| relative clause | dep clause that begins with a relative pronoun |
| subordinate clause | dep clause that begins with a subortinating conjunction |
| clause | group of words with ownsubject and verb |
| appositive phrase | noun phrase that remains a noun |
| dep clause | can't stand on its own |
| simple sentence | one indep clause |
| phrase | group of words without own subjet and verb |
| complex sentence | one indep clause and two or more dep clauses |
| prepositional phrase | starts with a preposition |
| participle phrase | starts with an ing word |
| predicate | starts with what the subject is doing |
| compound complex sentence | two indep clauses and at least one dep clause |
| compound sentence | two indep clauses joined bu fanboy or semicolon |
| subject | who or what the sentence is about |
| comma splice | when the sentence uses a comma incorrectly and instead needs a period or semicolon |