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Parts Of Speech Definitions+ Examples.

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Parts of Speech Project: Luke Bernard Nouns: Words that are persons, things, animals, places, ideas, or events. Proper: Words that start with a capital letter and are a specific person, place, or thing. My dog Oakley is an eight year old golden retriever. Jake lives near Roscoe Village and goes to Lane Tech. Jake lives near Roscoe Village and goes to Lane Tech. I want to visit Los Angeles soon. Abstract: Nouns are those which you can?t perceive through your five senses. Peter and Ryan had a grudge over a game. Alex remained calm during the final exam. Alex had a fear of test taking. Concrete: Refers to nouns which you can perceive through your five senses. We played music the whole car ride. My mom bought a new chair for the computer.

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

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DANGLING AND MISPLACED MODIFIERS PROFESSOR KNOWLES? 3RD PERIOD ENGLISH CLASS DANGLING MODIFIERS Dangling Modifiers are words or phrases which ?dangle? because they have no word in the sentence to describe. For Example: While taking a shower, the doorbell rang. Why is this wrong? Dangling Modifier DANGLING MODIFIERS CONTINUED? The modifier didn?t have anything to modify in the sentence. One of the correct answers this sentence is? While I was taking a shower, the door bell rang. TIPS ON FIXING DANGLING MODIFIERS By adding a noun or pronoun that is describing who actually did it: While I was taking a shower, the doorbell rang. OR While taking a shower, I heard the doorbell ring. A MISPLACED MODIFIER is placed too close to some other word that it does not want to modify.
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