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You can use this archive to study Daily Grammar at your own pace. Lessons 1-90 cover the eight parts of speech, which are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Lessons 91-300 cover the parts of the sentence, such as appositives, predicate nominatives, direct objects, prepositional phrases, clauses, and verbals. Lessons 301-440 cover the mechanics of grammar, which is also known as capitalization and punctuation. Our lessons have been organized by lesson number and by subject. Web English Teacher. Literature Study Guides - SparkNotes. Top 10 Novelguides. Free Study Guides for Shakespeare and Other Authors. Book Summaries, Test Preparation & Homework Help. Guidelines for Reading and Analyzing Literature.
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