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| EXAMPLE SENTENCE: | James lives in Washington beside the new railroad station, but he usually drives his car to the office. |
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| NOUN | Person, place, thing, quality or idea |
James, Washington, station, car, office |
| PRONOUN | Takes the place of a noun | he, his |
| VERB | Shows action or helps in arranging a thought |
lives, drives |
| ADVERB | Modifies verbs, adjectives and other adverbs by revealing when, where and how |
beside, usually |
| ADJECTIVE | Modifies a noun or pronoun. Reveals which one, what kind, how many |
the, new, railroad |
| PREPOSITION | Grouped with nouns and pronouns to make a phrase |
in, to |
| CONJUNCTION | Connects words, phrases or clauses |
but |
| INTERJECTION | Exclamatory word showing strong emotion |
Careful! Oh! |
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SPLIT INFINITIVE
An infinitive is the word to followed by a verb. A split infinitive occurs when the word to and the verb are split up. RIGHT I was told not to drive the car. WRONG I was told to not drive the car. |
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