Editing Skills- CUPS

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What does 'possessive' mean?

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Possessive shows ownership, like in 'the princess's shoes'.

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

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What is a possessive apostrophe?

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A possessive apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone, like in 'brother's'.

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What is the difference between 'pour' and 'poor'?

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'Pour' means to make a liquid flow, while 'poor' means having little money.

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What is capitalization?

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Capitalization is writing the first letter of a word in uppercase, like 'Civil War'.

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What is a plural noun?

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A plural noun means more than one, like 'cats'.

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What is a contraction?

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A contraction is a shortened form of two words, like 'can't' for 'cannot'.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a verb?

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A verb is an action word, like 'run' or 'jump'.

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What is a fragment?

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A fragment is a part of a sentence that does not express a complete thought.