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| 11267743334 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 0 | |
| 11267743335 | phrase | A group of words with a meaning; an expression | 1 | |
| 11267747567 | independent clause | expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. Has both a subject and a verb. | 2 | |
| 11267749897 | dependent clause | A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb | 3 | |
| 11267749898 | subject | The topic of a text. What the text is about. | 4 | |
| 11267754126 | object | anything that is visible, tangible, and stable in form | 5 | |
| 11267756918 | direct object | the object that receives the direct action of the verb | 6 | |
| 11267763002 | indirect object | Comes before the direct object. Tells to whom, for whom the action of the verb is done. (Claire threw JOSEPH the ball) | 7 | |
| 11267766561 | prepositional phrase | A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. | 8 | |
| 11267768412 | who, whom | who for a subject whom for an object subjects do the action/objects are the recipient of the action. Who is the favorite to win Wimbledom? expl...since Roger is favored to win, and is the subject of the question, use the word "who". Also correct.. Whom do you want to win Wimbledon? Well, since I want Roger to win Wimbledon, now Roger is the ojbect of the sentence and Whom becomes the appropriate word. | 9 | |
| 11267772588 | article | a, an, the | 10 | |
| 11267776448 | definite article | the adjective the | 11 | |
| 11267779607 | indefinite article | a or an | 12 | |
| 11267779608 | Appositive | A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun. | 13 | |
| 11267781260 | Infinitive | A verb form, usually preceded by "to," that is used as a noun, adjective, or adverb. | 14 | |
| 11267786613 | Participle | A verb form that can be used as an adjective | 15 | |
| 11267786614 | Gerund | A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun | 16 | |
| 11267788979 | Pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun | 17 | |
| 11267792741 | possessive pronoun | a pronoun that shows ownership | 18 | |
| 11267795108 | possessive adjectives | my, your, his, her, its, our, their | 19 | |
| 11267800654 | demonstrative pronoun | points out a person, place, thing, or idea | 20 | |
| 11267803856 | demonstrative adjectives | used to emphasize which items are being singled out and/ or distance from speaker. They are never used alone. ie, which, what, this, these, that, those | 21 | |
| 11267805879 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 22 | |
| 11267808699 | Postcedent | Stimulus change that follows a behavior | 23 |
