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Determiners

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 10.Determiner A determiner is a word that is used at the beginning of a noun phrase to provide more information about the noun that follows. Determiners help to specify or clarify the noun they refer to. They can indicate things like quantity, possession, definiteness, or indefiniteness. Here are some examples of determiners: 1. Articles:    - Definite article: the (e.g., the book)    - Indefinite articles: a, an (e.g., a cat, an apple) 2. Demonstratives:    - this, that, these, those (e.g., this car, those people) 3. Possessives:    - my, your, his, her, its, our, their (e.g., my house, their dog) 4. Quantifiers:    - all, some, many, few, several, much, more, less (e.g., all students, some books) 5. Distributives:    - each, every, either, neither (e.g., each person, neither option) 6. Numbers:    - one, two, three, etc. (e.g., three apples, five cats) 7. Interrogatives:    - which, what, whose (e.g....

Interjections

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 9.interjection  An interjection is a part of speech that expresses strong emotions or feelings. Interjections are usually standalone words or phrases that convey a speaker's emotions, such as surprise, excitement, or pain. They can sometimes be used to grab attention, add emphasis, or convey a particular mood. Here are some examples of interjections: 1. Wow! (expressing surprise or amazement) 2. Ouch! (expressing pain) 3. Hurray! (expressing joy or celebration) 4. Oops! (expressing mistake or accident) 5. Alas! (expressing grief or regret) 6. Phew! (expressing relief) 7. Oh no! (expressing dismay) 8. Yikes! (expressing fear or alarm) 9. Well! (used to express various emotions or as a filler) 10. Huh? (expressing confusion or seeking clarification) Interjections are often used in informal language and can vary in intensity or emotion depending on the context in which they are used.

ARTICLES

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 8.Article what Are Articles in Grammar? Definition and Examples What are articles? Articles are words that identify a noun as being specific or unspecific. Consider the following examples: After the long day, the cup of tea tasted particularly good. By using the article the, we’ve shown that it was one specific day that was long and one specific cup of tea that tasted good. After a long day, a cup of tea tastes particularly good.By using the article a, we’ve created a general statement, implying that any cup of tea would taste good after any long day. Here’s a tip: Want to make sure your writing shines? Grammarly can check your spelling and save you from grammar and punctuation mistakes. It even proofreads your text, so your work is extra polished wherWhat Are Articles in Grammar?  Here’s a tip: Want to make sure your writing shines? Grammarly can check your spelling and save you from grammar and punctuation mistakes. It even proofreads your text, so your work is extra polish...

Conjunctions

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 7.Conjunction What Are Conjunctions? Definition and Examples  Without conjunctions , you’d be forced to express every complex idea in a series of short,simplistic sentences: I like cooking.I like eating.I don’t like washing dishes afterward. How do conjunctions work? Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together. I like cooking and eating, but I don’t like washing dishes afterward. Sophie is clearly exhausted, yet she insists on dancing till dawn. Conjunctions allow you to form complex, elegant sentences and avoid the choppiness of multiple short sentences. Make sure that the phrases joined by conjunctions are parallel (share the same structure).

Prepositions

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 6.Prepositions: Definition and Examples Prepositions indicate relationships between other words in a sentence. Many prepositions tell you where something is or when something happened. Most prepositions have several definitions, so their meaning depends quite a bit on context. Ending a sentence with a preposition is not a grammatical error. Confused about prepositions? Grammarly provides suggestions, wherever you write. Write with Grammarly What is a preposition? “Vampires! Zombies! Werewolves!” “Where?!” “Behind you!” Thank goodness for prepositions. Imagine not knowing where the danger lay . . . Prepositions tell us where or when something is in relation to something else. When monsters are approaching, it’s good to have these special words to tell us where those monsters are. Are they behind us or in front of us? Will they be arriving in three seconds or at midnight? Prepositions often tell us where one noun is in relation to another (e.g., “The coffee is on the table beside yo...

Adverbs

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 5. An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (“he sings loudly”), an adjective (“very tall”), another adverb (“ended too quickly”), or even a whole sentence (“Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella.”). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts. Tom Longboat did not run badly. The race finished too quickly. Fortunately, Lucy recorded Tom’s win. It’s easy to identify the adverbs in these sentences. Here’s a tip: Want to make sure your writing shines? Grammarly can check your spelling and save you from grammar and punctuation mistakes. It even proofreads your text, so your work is polished wherever you write.

adjectives

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3.Adjectives What Do Adjectives Modify? Adjectives are words that modify nouns . They are often called “describing words” because they give us further details about a noun, such as what it looks like (the  white  horse), how many there are (the  three  boys) or which one it is (the  last  house). Adjectives do not modify verbs or other adjectives. Most often,  adjectives  are easy to identify in a sentence because they fall right before the nouns they modify. The  old  clock hung upon the wall. A  white  horse galloped across the  lush, green  grass. Have you met our  three handsome  boys? Ours is the  last  house on the street. In these sentences,  old, white, lush, green, three, handsome,  and  last  are all adjectives; they give us a more detailed description of the nouns they modify. An adjective might answer the mental questions, “What kind is it?” (as with an old clock, a ...

Pronouns

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2.pronouns Pronouns are words (or phrases) you substitute for  nouns  when your reader or listener already knows which noun you’re referring to. For example, you might say, “I have a dog. She’s brown and white.” There’s no need to clarify that you’re describing your dog in the second sentence because you already mentioned her in the first. By using the pronoun,  she , you can avoid the annoying repetition of  the dog . What is a pronoun? In English grammar, pronouns are a type of generic noun that can represent any other noun. Their job is to make communication faster and more efficient because you don’t have to repeat the same word over and over again. Some pronoun examples include:  I   me us you themselves who that Personal pronouns  Here is a list of the main personal pronouns : I/me she/her he/him they/them

Nouns

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1.Nouns  Nouns are everywhere in our writingBut what are all the types of nouns you come across, and how do you use them? A noun is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea. In a sentence, nouns can play the role of  subject ,  direct object ,  indirect object ,  subject complement ,  object complement ,  appositive , or  modifier . Some noun examples include: cat bicycle Taylor Swift Kuala Lumpur Here’s a tip:  Want to make sure your  writing  shines? Grammarly can  check your spelling  and save you from  grammar  and  punctuation  mistakes. It even  proofreads  your text, so your work is extra polished wherever you write. Your writing, at its best Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly