JOURN 2100: GRAMMAR TEST

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nouns	person, place, or thing
pronouns	that, which, who
Verb	the part of speech that describes an action or occurrence or indicates a state of being
adjective	descriptive word that modifies nouns or pronouns
Adverbs	modify verbs (usually end in “-ly”)
prepositions	connects a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence; of, in over, with, to, by
Conjunctions	short joining words... FANBOYS... For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Example: She could not wear her short shirt to school , but she could wear her long shirt.
Interjections	Gosh!, Shit!, Ouch! When diagrammed, it is put on a line by itself above the diagram.
subject	simple or complete
Predicate	the part of the sentence that says something about the subject
direct object	receives the action
indirect object	a noun or pronoun that tells to or for whom an action was done
object of the preposition	noun/pronoun following preposition
active	tells something specific
passive	not specific about what/who said it
who vs. whom	who=equal to a subject whom=objective •Test: Rearrange sentence. Would you say he or him? (he=who; him=whom)
transitive	being acted upon. has a direct object.
intransitive	no direct object she sits outside
lay	to put, to place lay laid laid laying
lie	to recline to lie to lay lain lying
subjunctive	expresses something contrary to a fact, a hope, wish, dream "if i were...."
double negatives	NO NO NO No:i can't hardly yes: i can hardly
that	no commas, essential info
which	nonessential information, has a comma