Grammar edition you will be able to spot a grammar mistake in the blink of an eye



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GRAMMAR EDITION
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPOT A GRAMMAR MISTAKE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

This booklet contains:



  1. Nouns/Verbs/Pronouns

  2. Adjectives/Adverbs

  3. Prepositions/Conjunction

  4. Subject/Verb Agreement

  5. Faulty References

  6. Sentence Fragments/Run-on Sentences

  7. Paragraph I (narrative, persuasive)

  8. Paragraph II (descriptive, explanatory)

  9. Reflexive Pronouns

  10. Parallel Structure

  11. Complex Sentences

  12. Comma

  13. Common word errors

  14. Review


NOUN/VERB/PRONOUN
NOUNS: Word that names a person, place, thing or an idea

VERB: A word that expresses action. EVERY sentence must have a verb.

The PRONOUN is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Personal

I, me, mine, you, your, yours, he, his, him,/she/it, we, they

Demonstrative

This, that, these, those

Indefinite

Anybody, someone, either, each

Interrogative

Who, whom, what, which, whose

An ADJECTIVE modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives answer these questions:



  • WHICH?

  • HOW MANY?

  • WHAT KIND?

An ADVERB Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs answer these questions:

  • HOW? Tara spoke slowly.

  • WHEN? He left yesterday.

  • TO WHAT DEGREE? I am very uncomfortable.

  • WHERE? Put the book over there

A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence as a noun. The word or word group that the preposition introduces is its object.
A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words.
ASSIGNMENT: Find the adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions in the following dialogue from the 1975 film “Jaws.”


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