Studied by 1 personpunctuation
when referring to a word or phrase and not actually using it for its meaning, put it in quotation marks
luminous
having the ability to cause light
appositive phrase
identifies another phrase or noun
direct address
speaks directly to something
capitalization
do not capitalize letters after semicolons and colons
incarnate
to make something real/ in the flesh
possessive punctuation
s'=possession by plural nouns ending in "s" s's= possession by singular nouns ending in "s"
reductive
characterized by leading back to simplicity
subject/verb agreement
"Neither-nor" separates 2 subjects, keeping them singular and requiring a singular verb.
indoctrinate
the act of pulling someone into a group via or with teaching
prepositional clause
something in relation to something else (cloud trick)
compound adjectives
hyphenate compound adjectives (multiple words making a single adjective)
degradation
the quality of putting someone down to a lower step
redundancy
"probably" and "likely", mean the same thing so both are not needed
fidelity
quality of faithfulness and truthfulness
comma splice
"however" cannot pair 2 independent clauses so it must be either; or, + fanboys
elucidate
to cause light to be shown on something
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