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Articles ........................................................................................................................................... 33
Adverbs .......................................................................................................................................... 33
Adverbs that Modify Adjectives .................................................................................................... 35
Adverbs that Modify Other Adverbs ............................................................................................. 35
Positive Degree – No Comparison ................................................................................................. 36
Comparative – Comparing 2 .......................................................................................................... 36
Superlative – Comparing 3+ .......................................................................................................... 36
Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives ...................................................................................... 37
Avoid Double Comparison ............................................................................................................. 37
Good – Always an Adjective .......................................................................................................... 38
Well – Adjective or Adverb? .......................................................................................................... 38
Prepositional Objects (Object of a Preposition - OP) .................................................................... 41
Coordinating Conjunctions ............................................................................................................ 42
Subordinating Conjunctions .......................................................................................................... 43
Conjunctive Adverbs ...................................................................................................................... 43
Interjections .................................................................................................................................. 44
Direct Objects (D.O.)...................................................................................................................... 46
Indirect Objects (I.O.) ** Advanced Topic ..................................................................................... 47
Predicate Nominatives (P.N.) ........................................................................................................ 47
Predicate Adjectives (P.A.) ............................................................................................................ 47
Independent Clauses ..................................................................................................................... 47
Dependent Clauses (Subordinate Clauses).................................................................................... 47
Verb Phrases .................................................................................................................................. 48
Prepositional Phrases .................................................................................................................... 48
Noun Phrases (Appositive Phrase) ................................................................................................ 48
Correcting Fragments .................................................................................................................... 49
Transitive Verbs ............................................................................................................................. 51
Intransitive Verbs .......................................................................................................................... 51
Lay vs. Lie ....................................................................................................................................... 52
Rise vs. Raise .................................................................................................................................. 52
Sit vs. Set ....................................................................................................................................... 52
Active Voice ................................................................................................................................... 53
Passive Voice ................................................................................................................................. 53
Passive Voice – Reasons to Use ..................................................................................................... 54
Singular Possessive ........................................................................................................................ 55
Plural Possessive - Regular Plural Nouns ....................................................................................... 56
Plural Possessive - Irregular Plural Nouns ..................................................................................... 56
Subjective Case: Pronouns as Subjects......................................................................................... 58
Subjective Case: Pronouns as Predicate Nominatives (PN).......................................................... 58

Objective Case: Pronouns as Objects of the Preposition (OP) ..................................................... 59
Objective Case: Pronouns as Direct Objects (DO) and Indirect Objects (IO)................................ 59

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