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	<description>A Guide to Grammar, Punctuation and Style</description>
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		<title>Dependent Clauses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dependent clause includes a subject and a verb.
The dependent clause is the subordinate idea of the sentence. It is dependent on another clause for meaning and context.
Many dependent clauses, when removed from the context of the sentence, make sense on their own. Nonetheless, they are dependent on the rest of the sentence for meaning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Objective Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the objective case indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object.




Objective Pronouns



Singular
me, her, him, it


Plural
us, them


Singular and Plural
you. whom



A pronoun as a direct object
My dog likes me.
DOG is the subject of the sentence. ME is the direct object of the verb LIKES.
If you don&#8217;t mind, Would you please take him to class.
YOU is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nominative-Subjective Case</title>
		<link>http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=402</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the nominative case indicates that the pronoun is acting as the subject of a given clause or as a predicate nominative following a linking verb.




Subjective Pronouns



Singular
I, she, he, it


Plural
we, they


Singular and Plural
you, wh0



Pronouns as the subject of a clause
He will never leave basketball completely.
HE is the subject of the sentence.
While I was playing,&#8221; he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t We All Just Get Along?</title>
		<link>http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=225</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[4-Agreement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first and most important rule in subject verb agreement is that the verb must agree with the intended number of the subject.

To accomplish that task, follow two occasionally not so simple tasks.

   1. Identify the real subject
   2. Determine whether subject is singular or plural]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Case</title>
		<link>http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=222</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3-Case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pronouns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The case of a pronoun indicates whether the pronoun initiates the action (e.g., subjective case), receives the action (e.g., objective case) or conveys ownership (e.g., possessive case).]]></description>
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		<title>Singular or Plural Subjects: It Depends</title>
		<link>http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=364</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4-Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Singular or Plural -- It Depends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pronouns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Collective nouns and certain plural words may take singular or plural verbs depending on the meaning in the sentence. ]]></description>
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		<title>Lolly, Lolly. Lolly Get your Adverbs Here</title>
		<link>http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=297</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1-Parts of Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adverbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schoolhouse Rock]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An adverb modifies--changes, enhances, limits, describes, intensifies, muffles--a verb, an adjective or another adverb.]]></description>
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		<title>Unpack Your Adjectives</title>
		<link>http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=243</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[adjectives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The primary purpose of an adjective is to modify a noun. They typically answer one of these three questions about the noun: What kind? How many? Which one?]]></description>
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		<title>Agreement: Pronouns that ALWAYS Take a Singular Verb</title>
		<link>http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=319</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4-Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Always Singular]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When used as a subject or adjective these indefinite pronouns are always singular and, therefore, they take singular verbs.]]></description>
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		<title>The Sentence: Clauses</title>
		<link>http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=357</link>
		<comments>http://www.grammaruntied.com/blog/?p=357#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2-Parts of Sentence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clauses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sentence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Clauses
Traditionally a clause is defined as a group of related words that has both a subject and a verb.  In attempting to identify clauses, they are often contrasted with phrases, which do not have a subject and verb.
In the interest of accuracy, we should acknowledge that linguists have a much more complicated understanding of [...]]]></description>
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