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is a noun that is made up of two or more words; are sometimes written with hyphens

Ex: mother-in-law

include which, that, and who

are words that sound alike (or similar), but they have different spellings and definitions

Ex: to vs too vs two

(v) to alter, to change, to influence

(n) feeling, emotion, or mood that is displayed

(v) to bring about, to cause to be

(n) a result, a consequence

are words that share the same spelling, and they have multiple meanings

gives information or makes a statement

Ex: I can fly a kite.

gives an order or command

Ex: Bring me that note.

Ex: Nancy said, "I am waiting for Henry to arrive"

Ex: Henry said that he is going to be late to the meeting

The teacher asked, "Has everyone read 'The Gift of the Magi'?"

are generic names for people, places, and things; are not usually capitalized

name specific people, places, or things; are all capitalized

are the names of conditions or ideas (ex: beauty strength, truth)

are the names for a group of people, places, or things that may act as a whole

(ex: class, company, dozen, group, herd, public, team)

are all treated as singular units

I myself, you yourself, he himself, she herself, etc

which, who, whom, whose

what, which, who, whom, whose

this, that, these, those

all, any, each, everyone, either/neither, one, some, several

each other, one another

is a a verb (drive, run, jump) whose action indicates a receiver (kangaroo, student)

Ex: She plays the piano

do not indicate a receiver of an action (aka does not point to a subject or object)

Ex: They slept

connect the subject of a sentence to a noun or pronoun, or they connect a subject with an adjective

include: appear, be, become, feel, grow, seem, smell, sound, and taste

when the subject of the sentence is doing the action

ex: Jon drew the picture

when the subject is acted upon

ex: The picture is drawn by Jon

are adjectives that are used to distinguish nouns as definite or indefinite

are preceded by the article the and indicate a specific person, place, thing, or idea

ex: the bottle

are preceded by a or an and do not indicate a specific person, place, thing, or idea

ex: a bottle

is the normal form of an adjective/adverb

ex: This work is dificult

compares one person or thing to another person or thing

ex: This work is more difficult than your work; she is smarter than me

compares more than two people or things

ex: this is the most difficult work of my life; She is the smartest lady in school

is a word that is used to modify a verb, adjective, or adverb; a lot of them end with -ly

join words, phrases, or clauses and they show the connection between the joined pieces

include: and, but, yet, or, nor, for, and so

include: either, or, neither, nor, not only, but also

include: whenever, where, wherever, whether, while, before, because, unless, until, when, after, although, since, so that

include: each, either, everybody, anybody, somebody, and nobody

include: both, several, and many

is a type of verbal that always functions as an adjective; always end in -ing

ex: praised for their work; shipwrecked on an island

type of verbal that always acts as a noun; ends w/ -ing

ex: teaching this class

is a type of verbal that can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb: always functions as "to (verb)"

has one independent clause w/ no dependent clause

has two or more independent clauses

has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause