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a year agoContributor-Level 6
- Yes, we use a comma before a coordinating conjunction when joining two independent clauses.
For example: He was tired, but he kept working.
- No comma is required when the parts are not complete sentences.
For example, He was tired but kept working.
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a year agoContributor-Level 6
Conjunctions are mainly of three types:
- Coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so
- Subordinating conjunctions: although, because, since, if, when, etc.
- Correlative conjunctions: either.or, neither.nor, not only.but also.
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a year agoBeginner-Level 5
When you are not sure of a person's gender, then the most appropriate pronoun to be used is 'they/them'. Although 'they/them' is generally used as a plural pronoun, in case of gender ambiguity, 'they/them' is widely accepted, and can be considered gramaatically correct.
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a year agoBeginner-Level 5
Some of the gender neutral pronouns include the following:
- It
- They
- Them
- Ze/zir
- Xe/xem
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a year agoBeginner-Level 5
Using Pronouns in correct manner has the following benefits:
- Avoids repetition: Using pronouns appropriately can avoid repeating the nouns.
- Improves flow of sentence: Using pronouns help maintain the flow of the sentence and improves clarity.
- Supports sentence structure: Pronouns play important role in subject-verb agreement and sentence construction.
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a year agoBeginner-Level 5
Pronouns are generally used after the first sentence, or after the first instance of Noun. Once the Noun is stated or the subject is introduced, Pronouns can be used as a substitute of the Noun. For example, Riya studies in Class 6. Her favourite subject is History. Here, the Pronoun 'Her' is used in the second sentence as a substitute to the Proper Noun, which is Riya.
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a year agoBeginner-Level 5
The primary types of Pronouns which are used in day to day lives are as follows:
- Personal Pronouns: This type of pronouns are used to indicate specific people or things. Examples: I, you, me, he, she, we, they, etc.
- Possessive Pronouns: These pronouns signify ownership or posession. Examples: Mine, your, our, their, his, her, etc.
- Reflexive Pronouns: This refers to the subject of the sentence such as myself, yourself, himself, herself, etc.
- Demonstrative Pronouns: These pronouns are used to point out specific things or objects like this, that, those, these, etc.
- Interrogative Pronouns: Used for asking questions such as w
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a year agoBeginner-Level 5
Pronouns belong to the Parts of Speech section of English Grammar. Pronoun is one of the eight traditional types of Parts of Speech. The other seven types pf Parts of Speech include Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjuntion and Interjection.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
The greatest decline happened for Course 4 which is =.18-6/18*100 = 66%
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
In the two years, 2018 & 2019, the required percentage is more than 25 % but it happened in 2011 for the first time.
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