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| grammar | the patterns that make language work |
| morphology | how individual words are formed (leaf/leaves) |
| syntax | how words work together in sentence and clauses |
| simple subject | the thing (noun or pronoun) your sentence is about |
| complete predicate | everything that's not the subject; what you say about your subject |
| noun | any word that names a person, place, thing or idea |
| common noun | a general, non-specific word for a person, place, thing or idea |
| proper noun | a specific name or title for a person, place, thing or idea |
| verb | a word or phrase that expresses an action or state of being |
| transitive verb | a verb that transfers the action to something else |
| intransitive verb | a verb that does not transfer the action to something else |
| direct object | directly receives the action of a transitive verb |
| complete subject | the thing your sentence is about, and anything that modifies (describes) it |
| simple predicate | the main verb or verb phrase |
| sentence diagram | an illustration that shows how each word functions in a sentence |
