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Context
Determines
Usage
Nouns
Nouns name a person, place, thing, or idea.
(i.e. persons: George Solti, conductor,
musicians, audience. Places: theater,
Symphony Center. Things: instruments,
chairs, podium, music stands. Ideas:
inspiration, joy, cooperation, freedom.)
Pronouns
Singular Plural
Pronoun: a word used
in place of a noun
(antecedent) or another
First person I, me, my, mine We, us, our, ours
pronoun. (i.e. personal
pronouns.)
Second person You, your, yours You, your, yours
Third person He, him, she, it, his, They, them, their,
her, hers, its theirs
Verbs
Connect words or
groups of words of
equal importance in a
sentence.
or yet so
Correlative Conjunctions:
Introduce subordinate
clauses-- clauses that
cannot stand alone--
and join them to
independent clauses.
After As though If So that When
Although Because Provided Than Where
As Before Since Unless Whereas
As if Even though In order that Until While
Conjunctive Adverbs:
Used to express
relationships between
independent clauses.
Wow
*A strong interjection is
Ouch
followed by an
Aha
exclamation point. A mild
Gee
interjection is set off by
Boy
Imagine
commas.
Unbelievable