Grammar & Mechanics Praxis 5038 100% Correct

Grammar & Mechanics Praxis 5038 100% Correct infinitive phrase made up of "to" and the base form of a verb (to order, to abandon) participle verb form ending in (ing or ed) operates as an adjective ("barking" dog, "painted" fence) verbal - gerund a verb ending in "ing" that functions as a noun/subject ("Laughing" is good for you) possessive nouns are usually used with gerunds (running is fun) antecedent the noun to which the pronoun is referring (Sally=antecedent for her) adverb A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (No nouns) and tells: - where: there, here, outside - when: now, then, later, immediately - how: quickly, slowly, stupidly - how often/long: frequently, never - how much: hardly, extremely, too, more double speak language that is meant to be evasive or conceal (downsized = fired loss of job denotations literal, dictionary meanings of a word phonetics the study of sounds of language morphology The study of the structure of words semantics the study of the meaning in language, in language, study of meanings of words syntax the study of the structure of sentences, studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences orthography noun; the art or study of correct spelling according to established usage / the aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences with words / spelling comma splice two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma dangling modifier dangling modifiers have no noun or pronoun to modify, change the dangling modifier to an independent clause., Word, or group of words, that does not modify any words in the sentence imperitive sentence gives a command or makes a request and ends with a period etymology The history of a word. conditional sentence A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. compound sentence A sentence composed of at least two independent clauses. compound/complex sentence A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.