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Pronoun SchoolHouse Rock
1,501 views / 1 likes - addedPronoun SchoolHouse Rock They take the place of a noun.
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Pronoun number | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
862 views / 0 likes - addedThe difference between something being singular or plural is what we call 'grammatical number' in English. Here's how that idea applies to pronouns! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofsp
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Pronoun-antecedent agreement | Syntax | Khan Academy
766 views / 0 likes - addedAn antecedent is “the thing that came before”. When you use a pronoun, it’s standing in for a word you used previously—that’s the antecedent. Join us as we demonstrate how to make sure that your pronouns and antecedents match up with one another: that’s c
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What is a pronoun? | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
1,069 views / 0 likes - addedPronouns are words that can replace nouns, like the way "it" replaces "elephant" in "I looked at the elephant. It was grey." Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/the-pronoun/e/the-q
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When To Use
535 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/when-to-use-me-myself-and-i-emma-bryce Me, myself, and I. You may be tempted to use these words interchangeably, because they all refer to the same thing. But in fact, each one has a specific role in a sentence:
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Personal pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
646 views / 0 likes - addedLet's meet the personal pronouns! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/the-pronoun/e/meet-the-personal-pronoun?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=grammar Watch the next less
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Indefinite Pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
1,131 views / 0 likes - addedDavid, Khan Academy's Grammar Fellow, covers three nifty features of indefinite pronouns, which are pronouns that are just a little vague, y'know? Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspee
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Subject and object pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
529 views / 0 likes - addedBefore we get any further with pronouns, let's cover what the difference between a subject and an object pronoun is, because the distinction between those two concepts will start coming up a good deal. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: htt
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Grammatical person and pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
865 views / 0 likes - addedThere's this idea in grammar called grammatical person that helps describe who's being talked about in a sentence. David, KA's Grammar Fellow, explains. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts
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I vs. Me - Merriam-Webster Ask the Editor
411 views / 0 likes - added"Between you and __"? Simple guidance for a tricky pronoun. See more videos at http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/index.htm
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Possessive pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
662 views / 0 likes - addedWe can use pronouns to show possession relationships, describing what things belong to which people, like "her shoe" or "the book is mine." Possessive pronouns come in two flavors: adjective and noun! David, KA's resident grammarian, covers the difference
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Who versus whom | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
590 views / 0 likes - addedWhen do you use who, and when do you use whom? David, KA's grammarian, explains. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/the-pronoun/e/relative-pronouns?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&u
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Emphatic pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
889 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes we use reflexive pronouns like "myself" and "ourselves" for emphasis in a sentence, like, "If you won't help me, then I'll do it myself!" KA's Grammar Fellow, David, explains this usage. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://
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Reflexive pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
1,084 views / 0 likes - addedWe use reflexive pronouns (like "herself" and "ourselves") when the subject and the object of a sentence are the same thing. David, KA's Grammar Fellow, explains. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/gra
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Relative pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
1,127 views / 0 likes - addedWe use the relative pronouns to connect clauses together, like "the man *who sold the world* is coming over for dinner." David, KA's Grammar Fellow, explains. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/the-pronoun/
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Relative clauses | Syntax | Khan Academy
746 views / 0 likes - addedA relative pronoun is a word like “that” or “which” or “who”, so a relative clause is a clause that begins with a relative pronoun. In the sentence “The dragon who breathed blue fire has retired,” “who breathed blue fire” is a relative clause. Learn more
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That versus which | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
964 views / 0 likes - addedMuch has been made of the distinction between "that" and "which" in English, but it can mostly be summed up in two points: 1. "That" doesn't work so well with commas. 2. "Which" doesn't work so well with people. David the Grammarian explains. Watch the ne
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Modal verbs | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
1,466 views / 0 likes - addedThere's a class of helper verbs known as modals that we use to express a bunch of conditions: we can use them to give advice, make guesses at how necessary or likely something is, make requests of people, and so on. They're super useful. Practice this you
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What are Pronouns?
1,230 views / 3 likes - addedThis video teaches what pronouns are, how they reduce repetition in writing, and the three rules of pronoun-antecedent agreement. Check out all the educational videos from Flocabulary, often called the "Schoolhouse Rock" of the 21st Century, at http://flo
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What is a sentence? | Syntax | Khan Academy
554 views / 0 likes - addedA sentence is a grammatically complete idea. All sentences have a noun or pronoun component called the subject, and a verb part called the predicate. David and Paige explore this division across several different example sentences. Watch the next lesson:
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Subject-verb agreement | Syntax | Khan Academy
629 views / 0 likes - addedAgreement is the art of making sure that sentence parts agree with one another; you want to make sure that your subjects and verbs match up. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/syntax/e/subject-verb-agreement Watc
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BONUS VIDEO | Singular They | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy
512 views / 0 likes - addedYou may have been hearing a lot about the "singular they" recently. But what is it? How does it work, what is its history, and is it grammatical? Let's find out. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/the-modif
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Recognizing fragments | Syntax | Khan Academy
487 views / 0 likes - addedA sentence fragment is a chunk of language that hasn’t made it all the way to being a working sentence; it might be missing a verb, or there might not be a subject. Learn how to turn a fragment into a sentence in this video! Practice this yourself on Khan
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Subjects and predicates | Syntax | Khan Academy
650 views / 0 likes - addedA subject is the noun or pronoun-based part of a sentence, and a predicate is the verb-based part that the subject performs. Let’s explore how that works in context. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/syntax/e/id
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