Grammar & Punctuation Vocabulary

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adjective

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a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun (ex: purple, huge, angry)

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adverb

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a word that modifies something other than a noun (many end in -ly like quickly)

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agreement

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the grammatical rule that the verb or verbs in a sentence must match the number, person, and gender of the subject

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antecedent

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the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers

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apostrophe

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a mark ( ' ) used to indicate the omission of one or more letters

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article

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a word used before a noun to indicate whether the noun is specific or general (the, a, an)

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capitalization

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the use of uppercase letters (ex: T, H, Q)

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clause

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an expression including a subject and predicate

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colon

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a punctuation mark ( : ) used after a word introducing a series

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comma

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a punctuation mark ( , ) indicating the separation of elements