Correcting Grammar errors

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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. Examples include 'Tom', 'London', and 'Microsoft'.

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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 and is not capitalized unless it starts a sentence. Examples include 'city', 'dog', and 'teacher'.

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When should you capitalize a title before a name?

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You should capitalize a title before a name when it is used as a form of address or to show respect, such as 'Mayor Tom' or 'Dr. Johnson'.

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What is the rule for capitalizing days of the week?

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Days of the week are proper nouns and should always be capitalized, such as 'Monday', 'Tuesday', etc.

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence must have a subject and a verb and express a complete thought. For example, 'The cat sleeps.' is a complete sentence.

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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. For example, 'When we went to the store.' is a fragment.

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What is the difference between 'there', 'their', and 'they're'?

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'There' refers to a place, 'their' is a possessive pronoun indicating ownership, and 'they're' is a contraction for 'they are'.

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What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence because it expresses a complete thought. For example, 'She loves to read.'

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What is a dependent clause?

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A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence because it does not express a complete thought. For example, 'Although she loves to read' is a dependent clause.

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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. For example, 'He runs' (singular) vs. 'They run' (plural).