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Who describes the subject; whom describes the object. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
04/23/12 |
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| 2 |
Mandarin is the most widely spoken language in the world. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
08/08/09 |
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| 3 |
The Latin language is the root of the Romance languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian). |
Humanities > Linguistics |
01/28/09 |
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| 4 |
A(n) interjection is a word or phrase that usually has no grammatical connection with the rest of the sentence and is used to express emotion. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
12/31/08 |
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| 5 |
"Two bits" is a colloquial expression for 25 cents. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
10/31/08 |
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| 6 |
The word "wherefore" in, "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet means "why". |
Humanities > Linguistics |
09/25/08 |
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| 7 |
Most words that end in "-ly" are adverbs, but lovely is a(n) adjective. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
09/04/08 |
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| 8 |
"They're" is a contraction. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
06/17/08 |
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| 9 |
"Snuck", past tense of sneak, is not a word. "Sneaked" is correct. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
06/09/08 |
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| 10 |
There are eight parts of speech in the English language. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
06/01/08 |
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| 11 |
A/An noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
05/30/08 |
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| 12 |
"Quickly" is a(n) adverb. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
05/30/08 |
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| 13 |
A conjunction is used to join two clauses. |
Humanities > Linguistics |
05/29/08 |
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