PROPERNOUNS | | KIND OF CLAUSE THAT IS A COMPLETE THOUGHT |
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB | | SENTENCE WITH TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES NOT SEPARATED BY A SEMICOLON OR COMMA AND COORDINATING CONJUNCTION |
CASES | | MARK USED IN A COMPOUND ADJECTIVE |
TENSE | | PRONOUN CASE USED AS DIRECT OBJECT OR OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION |
COORDINATING | | MARK USED TO INDICATE A POSSESSIVE OR THE OMISSION OF LETTERS IN A WORD |
DIRECT OBJECT | | KIND OF MARK USED WHEN AN EXPLANATION IS TO FOLLOW IT |
COMMA | | VERBAL FORM BEGINNING WITH THE WORD TO |
GERUND | | KIND OF CONJUNCTION USED IN A COMPOUND SENTENCE |
DASH | | PUNCTUATION MARK USED AROUND AN APPOSITIVE PHRASE ALREADY CONTAINING COMMAS |
DEPENDENT | | VERB CATAGORY THAT DESIGNATES TIME OF THE VERB |
PHRASE | | KIND OF CONJUNCTION USED IN PAIRS, SUCH AS NOT ONLY / BUT ALSO |
NOMINATIVE | | CAPITALIZED WORDS THAT REFER TO A SPECIFIC PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR IDEA |
HYPHEN | | PRONOUN CASE USED FOR SUBJECT OF SENTENCE OR AFTER LINKING VERB |
LINKING VERB | | MISUSE OF COMMA IN COMPOUND SENTENCE CREATING A RUN-ON |
COORELATIVE | | TYPE OF VERB THAT ESTABLISHES AND IDENTITY BETWEEN SUBJECT AND A WORD IN THE PREDICATE LIKE AN ADJECTIVE, NOUN, OR PRONOUN |
PROPERADJECTIVE | | DESCRIPTIVE WORD FORMED FROM A PROPER NOUN |
SUBORDINATING | | VERBAL FORM USED AS AN ADJECTIVE |
PARTICIPLE | | NOUNS/PRONOUN RECEIVING THE ACTION OF AN ACTION VERB |
COMMASPLICE | | KING OF PHRASE THAT CONTAINS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A PREVIOUS NOUN IN SENTENCE |
COLON | | TRANSITIONAL WORD USED AFTER A SEMICOLON IN A COMPOUND SENTENCE |
APOSTROPHE | | KIND OF PUNTUATION USED AFTER AN INTRODUCTORY PHRASE OR CLAUSE IN A SENTENCE |
OBJECTIVE | | FORMS OF PRONOUNS THAT DENOTE WHICH ONE TO USE |
INDEPENDENT | | KIND OF CONJUNCTION USED IN A COMPLEX SENTENCE AFTER THE INTRODUCTORY ADVERBIAL CLAUSE |
CLAUSE | | VERBAL FORM USED AS A NOUN |
APPOSITIVE | | GROUP OF WORDS WITH BOTH A SUBJECT AND A VERB |
PREPOSITIONALPHRASE | | BEGINS WITH A PREPOSITION AND ENDS WITH AN OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION |
INFINITIVE | | GROUP OF WORDS LACKING A SUBJECT, VERB, OR BOTH |
RUNON | | KIND OF CLAUSE THAT ISN'T A COMPLETE THOUGHT |