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• Conjunction


  A word that connects words, phrases, clauses, and sentences
• Types of Conjunctions


  • Correlative conjunction
  • Coordinating Conjunction
  • Subordinating conjunction

  
• Correlative conjunction


  • Connects words, phrases, and sentences
  • Examples: Either...or, Both... and…, Neither...nor…, Not only...but also

  
• Coordinating Conjunction


  • FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, still) - connects words, phrases, sentences
  • Connects independent clauses
• Coordinating Conjunction


  • Keeno is loved by his classmates because of his kindness and generosity.
  • Running frantically and crying at the same time, Ella rushed to the hospital.
  • Migraine occurs, and the scalp feels the pain.
  • Samantha is new in the department, but her colleagues find her intimidating.
• Subordinating conjunction


  • Connects clauses (Dependent and Independent clauses)
  • Categories: Time, Reason, Concession, Condition, Place

  
• Subordinating conjunction

  • As soon as migraine occurs, the scalp feels the pain.
  • Even though Samantha is new in the department, her colleagues find her intimidating.
  • Although they did not study, some students passed the prelim exam.
• Interjection


  Used to express feelings or emotions such as joy, surprise, sudden pain, anger, and other emotions
• Interjection


  • Ouch, wow, uh oh, oh no, gosh
• Pronoun


  Noun replacement, used to avoid redundancy
• Pronoun Antecedent Agreement


  • A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number, person, and gender
• Pronoun Antecedent Agreement


  • Parents who work abroad cannot give their children the attention they need.
  • I watched a movie with my friends. It is about parenting.
  • Ian wants to finish his studies because he plans to work abroad.
• The antecedent ALWAYS COMES FIRST before its pronoun
• A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in both number and gender
• Pronoun antecedent agreement


  • The Taylors landscaped their yard in an unusual way
  • Kim regained her confidence after the test
  • The cheetah licked its chops
• Pronoun antecedent agreement


  • The doctor makes his or her rounds every day
  • Doctors make their rounds every day
• Collective Noun


  When the antecedent of a pronoun is a collective noun, the number of the pronoun depends upon whether the collective noun is used as singular or plural
• Collective Noun agreement


  • The class had its first meeting yesterday
• Person agreement


  A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person
• Person agreement

  • Henry lives in Tampa where he can sunbathe all year long
  • They like camping because they can be close to nature
• Indefinite Pronoun agreement


  When a pronoun's antecedent is an indefinite pronoun, the pronoun must agree in number with it
• Indefinite Pronoun agreement


  • Neither of the girls spent her entire allowance
  • Several members missed their chance to speak with the president
• When no gender is specified use both a masculine and feminine pronoun
• Use a singular pronoun to refer to each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, or somebody

  
• Singular pronoun with indefinite pronouns


  • Each of the teams had its mascot at the game
  • One of the boys left his pen behind
• The following indefinite pronouns are plural: both, few, many, and several
• Plural pronoun with indefinite pronouns

  • Many of the actors already know their lines
  • Both of the candidates clearly stated their positions on the issue

  
• The indefinite pronouns all, any, more, most, none, and some may be singular or plural depending on how they are used in a sentence
• Singular or plural pronoun with indefinite pronouns


  • Most of these coins are rare, but I don't know what they are worth
• Use a singular pronoun to refer to two or more singular antecedents joined by or or nor
• Singular pronoun with or/nor


  • Neither Heidi nor Beth took her umbrella with her
• Use a plural pronoun to refer to two or more antecedents joined by and
• Plural pronoun with and

  • The guide and the ranger wrapped their rain ponchos in their saddle rolls
• Degree adverb


  Tells how much
• Interrogative adverb


  Introduces a sentence that asks a question
• Types of interrogative adverbs

  • where
  • when
  • why
  • how
• Interrogative


  • When will you return?
  • How is the trunk being sent?
• Negative adverb


  Denies or contradicts a statement
• Negative adverbs


  • no
  • not
  • never
  • only
  • scarcely
  • hardly
• Two negative adverbs should not be used together