Grammar Flashcard-Usage/Mechanics

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What is a compound word?

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A compound word is formed when two or more words are combined to create a new word with a specific meaning, such as 'basketball' or 'mother-in-law.'

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What are the three forms in which compound words can be written?

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Compound words can be written as one word (e.g., 'basketball'), two separate words (e.g., 'ice cream'), or hyphenated (e.g., 'mother-in-law').

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'William Least Heat-Moon traveled in a van across the United States and wrote about his journey.'

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The subject is 'William Least Heat-Moon.'

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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, and 'they're' is a contraction for 'they are.'

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What is the correct comma placement in a list?

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In a list, commas should separate items, and a conjunction (like 'and') is used before the last item, e.g., 'I would suggest swimming, hiking, and skydiving.'

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What is the subject in the sentence: 'On the library shelf was the "The Island of the Blue Dolphins."'?

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The subject is 'The Island of the Blue Dolphins.'

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What is a simple sentence?

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A simple sentence consists of a subject and a predicate, expressing a complete thought, e.g., 'The dog barks.'

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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 go to the library often.'

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What is a fragment?

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A fragment is an incomplete sentence that lacks a subject or a verb, e.g., 'When we went to the store.'

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What is the purpose of a comma?

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Commas are used to indicate a pause between parts of a sentence, separate items in a list, or clarify meaning.