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Memorand-um plural becomes

memorand-a

Fung-us plural becomes

fung-i

Larv-a plural becomes

Larv-ae

diagnos-is plural becomes

diagnos-es

Matr-ix plural becomes

Matr-ices

Homophones

words that sound the same but have different spellings and meaning

Homographs

words that are spelled the same but different meanings.

common nouns

Person, place, or thing and are not capitalized

Proper nouns

are names of a specific person, place, or thing and they are capitalized

general nouns

names of conditions or ideas

specific nouns

things understood by using your senses such as names of people, places, and things.

collective nouns

are names for a person, place, or thing that act as a whole. Examples: class, company, dozen, etc.

Pronouns

words used to stand in for a noun such as I, me, mine, you, yours, his, and theirs.

Verbs

no verb, no sentence. The verb explains the action or being.

transitive verb

verb points to receiver/subject

intransitive

verb does NOT point to receiver/subject.

Action verb

shows action

linking verb

verbs that show condition but no action. (intransitive verb).

When the verb is active voice

the subject does the action

When the verb is passive voice

the subject receives the action.

Present verb tense

the action happens at the current time.

Past verb tense

the action happened in the past.

Future verb tense

the action is going to happen

Present perfect

The action started in the past and continues into the present

Conjugating verbs is

when you change the form of the verb.

Indicative Mood

used for facts, opinions, and questions

imperative mood

used for orders or requests

Subjunctive mood

is for wishes and statements that go against fact.

Adjectives

describes a noun. Answers the questions which one?. What kind? or How many?

Articles

adjectives used to mark nouns such as the, a, an.

Definite articles

the

indefinite article

a, an, some

Degrees of Adjectives

Positive, Comparative, superlative Ex: difficult, more difficult, and most difficult.

Adverbs

Describe actions (verbs); often end in -ly. Answer the questions when, where, how, and why?

Preposition

a word placed before a noun or pronoun that shows the relationship between an object and another word in the sentence. Think of the tree & squirrel: before, during, on, under, among, against, by, down, etc.

Conjunctions

join words, phrases, or clauses

coordinating conjunction

include: and, but, yet, or, nor, for, and so

correlative conjunctions

either or, neither nor, not only, but also (sets of two).

subordinating conjunction

connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since, before, unless, however

Interjections

Expresses strong emotions. Followed by an exclamation point or a comma depending on the strength of emotion. Examples: Wow!, Yuck!, Yes, Holy cow!

Fragment

an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence. a dependent part of a sentence left alone.

Declarative Sencence

gives information or makes a statement

Imperative sentence

gives an order or command

Hyphen

used in compound numbers, fractions, and compound words: twenty-five, one-third, and well-fed dog

compound word

adjective come before noun, not after.

brackets

use when you need a parentheses inside a parentheses. & when you need to add material that is being quoted.

Predicate

tells what the subject is or does. It is what remains when you take the subject out,

Indefinite pronouns

Either, Neither, and Each all use a singular verb: is

Antecedent

is the noun that has been replaced by a pronoun (he, they, us)

antecedents come in 3 cases

Subjective, objective, and possessive cases

Independent Clause

gives a complete thought.

Dependent Clause

does not give a complete thought and needs an independent thought.