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September 24, 2024 by admin

What are Compound Adjectives? – Definition & Examples

Adjectives are the words that are used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. An adjective can specify your writing by giving more information and more meaning to nouns or pronouns. Compound adjectives are, actually, adjectives that are used to modify nouns. Compound means consisting of two or more separate parts. It means that a […]

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September 23, 2024 by admin

What is a Compound Predicate? – Definition & Examples

A compound predicate is when a single subject in a sentence performs two or more actions or verbs, joined together usually by a conjunction like and, or, or but without repeating the subject. In simpler terms, it’s one subject doing multiple things. For example, in “She sang and danced at the party,” the subject she […]

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September 23, 2024 by admin

What is a Compound Subject? – Definition & Examples

A Compound subject is a sentence (an independent clause) consisting of a predicate (verb) and a subject. The subject does the verb (action) in the sentence. If the term ‘compound’ means consisting of two or more separate parts, it means that a compound subject is the one that consists of two or more than two […]

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September 23, 2024 by admin

What is a Simple Subject? – Definition & Examples

A simple subject is the main noun or pronoun that a sentence is about the single word that performs the action or is being described, without any of the modifiers or describing words around it. In other words, it’s the core “who” or “what” of the sentence, stripped down to its essential word. For example, […]

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September 22, 2024 by admin

What is a Conjunction? – Definition & Examples

A conjunction is a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence. It helps join ideas together so that sentences flow smoothly instead of sounding choppy (e.g., and, but, or, because, so, although). For example, in the sentence “I wanted to go out, but it was raining,” the word but is a conjunction […]

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