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sentences.
                                       2.  Unlike  single-word
                                           conjunctions   like
                                           “and”   or   “but”,
                                           these   multi-word
                                           phrases    connect
                                           ideas   to   show
                                           relationships such as
                                           cause,  condition,  or
                                           purpose.
                   8.  Interjection
                       Words to express someone's emotions towards a situation or action (!).
                       Example:
                       Oh!                                       Ouch!
                       Yeah!                                     Yay!
                       Hmmm                                      Aha!
                   9.  Degrees of Comparison
                              A  grammatical  concept  used  to  compare  adjectives  and  adverbs,  involving
                       three forms: positive, comparative, and superlative.
                          Degrees           Meaning                Formula                Example
                                      Describes  a  single  As  +  Adjective  or  The  bus  is  as  fast  as
                          Positive    noun  or  shows  two  Adverb + as            the truck.
                                      things are equal.
                                      Compares  two  nouns,   ➢  Adjective     or   ➢  The truck is faster
                                      indicating  that  one  is   adverb + er + than    than the bicycle.
                        Comparative
                                      greater or less than the   ➢  More  +  adjective   ➢  Nada  cooks  more
                                      other.                     or adverb + than       carefully now.
                                      Compares  three  or    ➢  The + Adjective or   ➢  The  train  is  the
                                      more    nouns    and       Adverb + -est          fastest.
                                      shows  the  highest    ➢  The  +  most  +     ➢  Kathrine    fought
                        Superlative
                                      degree of the quality.     Adjective     or       the         most
                                                                 Adverb                 impressively of all
                                                                                        the competitors.


























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