grammar

 

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✨ Core Grammar “Symbols” to Include

🖋️ Punctuation Symbols (the visible glyphs)

• . period

• , comma

• ; semicolon

• : colon

• ? question mark

• ! exclamation mark

• ’ apostrophe

• " " quotation marks

• ( ) parentheses

• [ ] brackets

• { } braces

• — em dash

• – en dash

• … ellipsis

• / slash

• \ backslash

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📚 Grammar Parts of Speech (the archetypes)

• Noun (person, place, thing, idea)

• Pronoun (he, she, they, it, etc.)

• Verb (action, state of being)

• Adjective (describes noun)

• Adverb (describes verb/adjective)

• Preposition (in, on, at, through…)

• Conjunction (and, but, or, yet, so…)

• Interjection (wow!, ouch!, hey!)

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🏛️ Sentence Structure Glyphs

• Simple Sentence (1 independent clause)

• Compound Sentence (2+ independent clauses)

• Complex Sentence (independent + dependent)

• Compound-Complex (mix of above)

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🔧 Grammar Mechanisms (function tools)

• Subject

• Predicate

• Object (direct, indirect)

• Clause (independent, dependent)

• Phrase (noun phrase, verb phrase, etc.)

• Modifiers (words that adjust meaning)

• Agreement (subject–verb, pronoun–antecedent)

• Tense (past, present, future)

• Voice (active vs passive)

• Mood (indicative, imperative, subjunctive)

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📜 Style/Usage Glyphs (often tested)

• Parallelism (balanced structure)

• Ambiguity (clarity vs vagueness)

• Redundancy (repetition)

• Concision (efficiency of language)

• Idioms (standard expressions)