Grammar

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What is a proper noun?

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A proper noun is a specific name for a particular person, place, or organization, and it is always capitalized (e.g., 'Mr. Owens', 'New York').

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What is a common noun?

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A common noun is a general name for a person, place, or thing (e.g., 'teacher', 'city').

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What is the difference between 'its' and 'it's'?

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'Its' is a possessive pronoun meaning 'belonging to it', while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is' or 'it has'.

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What is subject-verb agreement?

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Subject-verb agreement means that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural). For example, 'The dog barks' (singular) vs. 'The dogs bark' (plural).

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What is a compound sentence?

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A compound sentence is a sentence that contains at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., 'I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain').

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What is a complex sentence?

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A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause (e.g., 'Although it was raining, I went for a walk').

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What is a fragment?

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A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and is not a complete sentence (e.g., 'Because I was tired').

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions (e.g., 'I love to read I have many books').

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What is an adjective?

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An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun (e.g., 'happy', 'blue', 'tall').

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What is an adverb?

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An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often ending in '-ly' (e.g., 'quickly', 'very').