English-grammar terms
Terms
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- Predicate
- Tells something about the subject
- Indefinite pronoun
- refers to a person, a place, a thing, or an idea that may or may not be specificly named; all,several,any,most,every
- Collective Noun
- a noun that names a group
- Common Noun
- names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas and is generally not cap.
- Subject
- Tells whom or what the sentence is about
- Proper Noun
- names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and begins with a cap. letter
- Personal pronouns
- such as he, she, it, they, I, we, their, our, and them, change their forms to reflect person, number, and case.
- Antecedent
- IS the noun or pronoun that a pronoun refers to or replaces.
- Possessive pronouns
- Are personal pronouns used to show ownership or relationship.
- Definite Article
- most commonly used adjective; the
- Compound Noun (?Plural)
- Consists of two or more used together as a single noun