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a

Language; Grammar

Function word - articles and pronouns - indefinite article

compound-complex sentence

Language; Grammar

A sentence made up of one main clause and at least one subordinate clause. It is the combination of a compound sentence with a complex sentence.

adjective

Language; Grammar

In grammar, an adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun. For example, the word "beautiful" is an adjective that modifies the word "day" in the sentence: It's a beautiful day.

Adverbs that act as a transition between complete ideas to show comparison, contrast, cause-effect, sequence, or other relationships. They are usually used between independent clauses or sentences. ...

adverb clause

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A subordinate clause that functions as an adverb to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It answers one of four questions: how, when, where, and why. An adverb clause always begins with a ...

dangling modifier

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A dangling modifier is a clause which says something other than the one intended because words are ordered incorrectly or left out. The meaning of the sentence, therefore, is left "dangling." A ...

allophone

Language; Grammar

One of the phonetic variants that belong to a single phoneme. For example, the phoneme /p/ of English has two allophones. One, (ph), has a puff of air after the lips open, and occurs at the ...