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Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar - Unpack Your Adjectives Music Video

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The classic adjective song from Schoolhouse Rock! This song was written by one of the original founders of Schoolhouse Rock, our friend George Newall, and performed by Blossom Dearie. For more information, go to www.DisneyEducation.com.
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Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar - Conjunction Junction Music Video

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"Conjunction Junction, what's your function?" The classic Jack Sheldon favorite from Schoolhouse Rock. For more information, go to www.DisneyEducation.com.
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Parts Of A Plant | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn Series For Kids

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Learn about the Parts Of A Plant with Dr. Binocs. Did you know that plants are very similar to human beings? Join Dr. Binocs as he Zooms In on different parts of a plant and explains their functions. Share on Facebook - http://goo.gl/7S8fHx Tweet about th
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Martin Luther King | "I Have A Dream" Speech

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One of the most famous speeches of the 20th century by Martin Luther King on Wednesday, August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. A heartfelt speech which reminds us our all our fundamental rights and values. "I Have A Dream" is the popul
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Parts Of A Flower And Pollination | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn Series For Kids

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Learn about parts of a flower and process of pollination only on Peekaboo. Do you wonder how reproduction occurs in plants? Join Dr. Binocs to learn different parts of a flower and the process of pollination while he explains the structure of flower and f
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The Best Speech about Humanity - Carl Sagan

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Carl Sagan gives the best speech ever about humanity and how foolish we behave. Pale Blue Dot is one of the most important and reflective speeches about the human condition and our place in the Universe. The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken in
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Linking verbs | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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In a previous video, we established that one thing verbs can do is show actions, like "the bear runs." Verbs can also link ideas to one another, like "the bear looks cheerful." Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofs
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Parts Of The Body | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn Series For Kids

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Learn about the Parts Of The Body with Dr. Binocs. Hey kids! Do you know what are the different parts of your body and their functions? Join Dr. Binocs as he explains about the various parts of our body and their functions in this fun video. Share on Face
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BONUS: "FANBOYS," a mnemonic song | Conjunctions | Parts of speech| Khan Academy

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FANBOYS" is a mnemonic device you can use to help remember the coordinating conjunctions of English. Team Grammar made this video, figuring that we couldn't very well cover conjunctions without writing a song, now could we? If you're moved to make your ow
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Phrases and clauses | Syntax | Khan Academy

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A phrase is any collection of words that behaves like a part of speech, like a noun phrase (“my brother Stu”), an adjectival phrase (“in a different shade of blue”), or an adverbial phrase (“with elegance and tact”). A clause is any noun phrase plus a ver
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Common And Proper Nouns | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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What's the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
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Modal verbs | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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There'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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Why Do Body Parts “Fall Asleep”? | COLOSSAL QUESTIONS

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If you’ve ever felt ‘pins and needles’ in your arm or leg, you’ve probably wondered: why do our limbs just “fall asleep” and what causes it to happen? Images used under license from Shutterstock.com Welcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the show that answers all
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Concrete And Abstract Nouns | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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The difference between concrete and abstract nouns can be a little fuzzy. Let's start by focusing on the word origins of "concrete" and "abstract", and see if that gives us a way in.
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Equal Parts Of Circles And Rectangles | Geometry | Early Math | Khan Academy

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Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/early-math/cc-early-math-geometry-topic/cc-early-math-fractions-of-shapes/e/equal-parts-of-circles-and-rectangles?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=Early
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Adjective Order | Modifiers | The Parts Of Speech

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Learn about the adjective order of Standard American English and your new favorite memory aid: DOSA-SCOMP.
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Prepositions Of Time | Prepositions | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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Some prepositions help describe moments in time. Learn more and enhance your powers of time wizardry! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/the-preposition/e/prepositions-about-time-and-space Watch the next lesson:
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The Untold Story Behind Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Speech

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Martin Luther King Jr. built a theme of his "mountaintop" speech around a fan's letter — which has never surfaced until now, 50 years after his death. Photo: AP Don’t miss a WSJ video, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy More from the Wall Street Journa
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Definite And Indefinite Articles | Modifiers | The Parts Of Speech

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'A' and 'an' are the indefinite articles of English; 'the' is the definite article. David explains what that means!
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Dependent and independent clauses | Syntax | Khan Academy

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Independent clauses can stand on their own as sentences, but dependent clauses can’t. We’ll take a closer look at what this means. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/syntax/e/dependent-and-independent-clauses Wat
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Introduction To Singular And Plural Nouns | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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David, Khan Academy's resident grammarian, introduces the difference between singular and plural nouns. Watch the next lesson: https://youtu.be/uYgcuyUF7JQ About Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalize
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Subordinating conjunctions | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Subordinating conjunctions join two parts of complex sentences––independent clauses to dependent clauses. David explains how. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/conjunctions/e/coo
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What Removing Parts Of Your Brain Will Do To You

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Our brains are amazing, but how could removing parts of them drastically change you? Check out the first episode of Friends with Answers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuwRA7apy4E Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin
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ONLY PEOPLE WITH UNIQUE BRAINS WILL SOLVE THESE RIDDLES!

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Only people with unique brains and vision will be able to solve these tricky riddles. Those who don't have (like me), will experience difficulties, but don't worry, these are the riddles with answers: 00:00 - Grammar quiz. This short grammar quiz will tes
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The vowel-shift irregular verb | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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This group of irregular verbs have vowel sounds that change in a predictable way, when they go from the present to the past tense. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/grammar-verbs
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Commas in dialogue | Punctuation | Grammar | Khan Academy

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“Today we’re going to talk about using commas in dialogue,” said David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-comma/e/commas-in-dialogue?utm_so
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Helping verbs | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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We've established that verbs can show actions and link ideas together. Now, let's talk about how some verbs can be used to help other verbs. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/gra
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Grammar's Great Divide: The Oxford Comma - TED-Ed

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/grammar-s-great-divide-the-oxford-comma-ted-ed If you read "Bob, a DJ and a clown" on a guest list, are three people coming to the party, or only...
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Introduction To Nouns | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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David, Khan Academy's resident grammarian, introduces you to the most common English part of speech: the noun. Watch the next lesson: https://youtu.be/ETzngG8N3AU About Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a pers
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Indefinite Pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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David, 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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Relative pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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We 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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Prepositions Of Space | Prepositions | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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Some prepositions help describe relationships between objects and their locations in space. David explains how! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/the-preposition/e/prepositions-about-time-and-space Watch the nex
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The scale of formality | Style | Grammar

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How formal or informal should you be when you write or speak? Let's dive into that!
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Reflexive pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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We 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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NERD SHAMES Girl's BAD GRAMMAR, What Happens Is Shocking | Dhar Mann

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What is a pronoun? | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Pronouns 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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Intro To Articles | Modifiers | The Parts Of Speech

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Articles—words like the, a, and an—are special adjectives we use to indicate whether a noun is specific or not specific. David, Khan Academy's resident grammarian, explains.
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Meet The Prepositions | Prepositions | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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Prepositions help show us where things are in space and time. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: http://www.khanacademy.org/the-preposition/e/meet-the-preposition Watch the next lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96sojEZsKu8 The parts
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Don't Be Normal! This speech by Ed Sheeran will inspire you.

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Beautiful speech by Ed Sheeran
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The truly irregular verbs | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Some irregular verbs just won't be categorized. They don't fit into neat little boxes. These are those verbs. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/grammar-verbs/e/intro-to-irregular
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Relative Adverbs | Modifiers | The Parts Of Speech

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Relative adverbs connect chunks of sentences together. Find out how that works!
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Correlative conjunctions | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to connect parts of sentences. David teaches you how they do it! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/conjunctions/e/correlative-conjuntions?u
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Math Antics - Fractions Are Parts

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Valedictorian Speech | Ryan Trahan, Rice High School Class of 2017

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Ryan Trahan's (windy) valedictorian speech at the 2017 Rice High School Graduation in Altair, Texas. I hope you all enjoy my valedictory address! I wanted to include personal anecdotes and also messages that people could apply to their own lives. High sch
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Intensifiers And Adverbs Of Degree | Modifiers | The Parts Of Speech

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Words like 'very' and 'slightly' are examples of intensifiers and adverbs of degree. Here's how they work! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/the-modifier/e/intensifiers-and-adver
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Origin Of The Mutant Plural | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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Why does "goose" become "geese" and "foot" become "feet"? David the Grammarian and Jake the Linguist explain.
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Coordinating conjunctions | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Coordinating conjunctions connect parts of sentences to each other. David explains how. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/conjunctions/e/meet-the-conjunction?utm_source=YT&utm_me
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Michelle Obama praises Hillary Clinton at the DNC 2016 (Full speech)

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First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the crowd and delegates during her primetime speech on day one of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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Forming The Comparative And Superlative | Modifiers | The Parts Of Speech

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Learn how to form and use comparative and superlative modifiers.
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That versus which | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Much 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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Introduction to Grammar | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Khan Academy Grammarian David Rheinstrom welcomes you to his favorite topic: the study of language, its rules, and its conventions. By understanding English – by speaking it, by writing it, by reading this very sentence – you are a grammarian yourself! Wa
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The future tense | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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When you want to talk about the future in English, you use the future tense. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/grammar-verbs/v/linking-verbs-the-parts-of-speech-grammar?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_ca
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Compound Prepositions | Prepositions | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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These prepositions are called compound prepositions, or multisyllabic prepositions. Like most prepositions, they have both literal and figurative meanings. David explains. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech
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Intro To The Comparative And The Superlative | Modifiers | The Parts Of Speech

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Find out how to be "happier" or even "the happiest!" David, KA's grammarian-in-chief, explains how to compare nouns using comparative and superlative modifiers.
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Irregular Plural Nouns, Part II | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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The plural of "whale" is "whales", but what's the plural of "child"? David, Khan Academy's resident grammarian, explains. About Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower
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Introduction to contractions | The Apostrophe | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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Apostrophes are great at standing in for missing letters, allowing us to shorten words. Paige and David discuss contractions and the Principle of Least Effort. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/the-apostrophe/e/
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Cinderella Parts 1 & 2 | Story Time with Ms. Booksy at Cool School

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It's fun to go back to your favorite stories! Ms. Booksy retells one of her all time favorite stories: Cinderella! Subscribe to Cool School's Channel: http://bit.ly/18enloo Like Cool School on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1EFNxXE Follow Cool School on Twitte
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The past tense | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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When you want to talk about events that have already happened, you use the past tense. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/grammar-verbs/v/the-future-tense-verbs-the-parts-of-speech?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=
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Simple and compound sentences | Syntax | Khan Academy

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A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than one predicate. Pract
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Does Grammar Matter? - Andreea S. Calude

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-grammar-matter-andreea-s-calude It can be hard sometimes, when speaking, to remember all of the grammatical rules that guide us when we’re writing. When is it right to say “the dog and me” and when should i
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Prepositions Of Neither Space Nor Time | Prepositions | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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Some prepositions describe relationships between people or things. These prepositions don’t include information about time or space. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/the-preposition/e/common-prepositions Missed the previous lesson? Watch
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Meet the Comma | Punctuation | Grammar | Khan Academy

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David and Paige introduce you to the superhero of the punctuation world: the comma! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: . Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-comma/
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Body Parts Exercise Songs for Children with Ryan ToysReview!

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Body Parts Exercise Songs for Children with Ryan ToysReview! Kids can have fun dancing! Sing to fun nursery rhyme kids action song with clap hands, jump, and wiggle ears and more! LYRICS Do do do, I have two hands I have two hands, YOU DO TOO (4x) You c
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Beware of nominalizations (AKA zombie nouns) - Helen Sword

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/beware-of-nominalizations-aka-zombie-nouns-helen-sword Few mistakes sour good writing like nominalizations, or, as Helen Sword likes to call them, zombie nouns. Zombie nouns transform simple and straightforward
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Emphatic pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Sometimes 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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Irregular Plural Nouns, Part I | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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The plural of "dog" is "dogs", but what is the plural of "leaf"? Khan Academy's resident grammarian explains. Watch the next lesson: https://youtu.be/n9poHOKkF28 About Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a perso
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Meet SCAMP: The Flying, Perching, Climbing Robot

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SCAMP - the Stanford Climbing and Aerial Maneuvering Platform - is designed to fly, perch, climb, recover from failure, and take off. It operates outdoors on rough vertical surfaces like concrete and stucco walls. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/roboti
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Pronoun number | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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The 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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Grammatical person and pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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There'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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Beauty and the Beast Parts 1 & 2 | Story Time with Ms. Booksy at Cool School

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Ms. Booksy reads one of her favorite fairy tales: Beauty and the Beast! But, she can't remember if a kiss or a tear from Belle turns the Beast into a prince. Tell us below! Subscribe to Cool School's Channel: http://bit.ly/18enloo Like Cool School on Face
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BONUS: The Oxford comma | Punctuation | Grammar | Khan Academy

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David and Paige tackle the great comma debate of our time: Oxford comma or no Oxford comma? Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-comma/v/appositives-the-comma-punctuation-khan-academy?utm_source=YT&utm
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Aladdin - A Magical Adventure with Ms. Booksy! - Parts 1 & 2 | Story Time at Cool School

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Aladdin is always getting into trouble! But when he finds a magic lamp, who knows what can happen! Join Ms. Booksy as she reads the full story of Aladdin at Cool School! Subscribe to Cool School's Channel: http://bit.ly/18enloo Like Cool School on Faceboo
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Compound-complex sentences | Syntax | Khan Academy

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Compound-complex sentences are compound sentences with dependent or subordinate clauses added to them. Paige and Rosie explain how to spot and use them. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now www.khanacademy.org/syntax/e/complex-and-compound-com
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Very Cool Sound Illusion - The McGurk Effect!

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More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhw1d The McGurk effect is a compelling demonstration of how we all use visual speech information. The effect shows that we can't help but integrate visual speech into what we 'hear'.
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The Noun Song (What is a Noun?) | Silly School Songs

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This fun, catchy song will teach kids what nouns are all about. For more info and music, visit http://sillyschoolsongs.com.Lyrics:What is a noun?It's a person, place, thing, or ideaWhat is a noun?It's a person, place, thing, or ideaPerson!George Washingto
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Irregular Plural Nouns, Part IV | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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English has seven words that behave very strangely when you change them from the singular to the plural. These are called THE MUTANT PLURALS of English. They're super cool.
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Intro To Adverbs | Modifiers | The Parts Of Speech

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Adverbs are a kind of modifier that you can use to change verbs or adjectives, like 'very' or 'carefully'.
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Salutations and valedictions | Punctuation | Grammar | Khan Academy

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David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians, talk about how to address and sign off on letters using commas! Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-comma/v/commas-in-space-and-time-the-comma-punctuation-khan-a
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Sculpture made of Typewriter Parts - COOLEST THING I'VE EVER MADE EP8

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Jeremy Mayer's Sculpture made only from Typewriter Parts. Using nothing but the parts from typewriters, and without the use of solder, weld, or glue (or literally anything that doesn't originate from typewriters), Jeremy Mayer builds human and animal figu
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Commas in space and time | The Comma | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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Learn how to use commas when writing addresses (in space) and dates (in time). Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-comma/e/salutations--valedictions--dates--and-addresses Watch t
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Learn Biology With Dr. Binocs | Compilation

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Learn biology by watching back to back videos about the Parts of the Body, The Five Senses, Parts of Plants, Photosynthesis and Many More with Dr. Binocs. The Compilation includes - 0:21 - Parts Of The Body 2:43 - The Five Senses 6:27 - Bones 10:24 - The
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Introduction to verb tense | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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An understanding of verb tense will make you into a TIME WIZARD, with the ability to control the past, the present, and the future – with your words, anyway. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/
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The present tense | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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How do we talk about things that are happening right now? Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/grammar-verbs/v/the-past-tense-verbs-the-parts-of-speech?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=grammar Misse
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Adjectives and commas | Adjectives | Khan Academy

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If verb tense allows you to control the past, the present, and the future, then aspect gives you even finer control over time. David, Khan Academy's resident grammarian, explains. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.o
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One of the earliest phonographs ever made with Mr. Edison himself in October 1888. I worked on the sound and included a transcript to follow. Apparently Edison would often do this city-to-city improv when testing this new technology, here he is addressing
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Integration By Parts - With Natural Log

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Possessive pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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We 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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Irregular Plural Nouns, Part III | The Parts Of Speech | Grammar

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Some nouns look the same whether they're singular or plural – these nouns are called "base plurals", and we'll demonstrate how they behave the only way I know how... by using sheep!
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A subject is the noun phrase that drives the action of a sentence; in the sentence “Jake ate cereal,” Jake is the subject. The direct object is the thing that the subject acts upon, so in that last sentence, “cereal” is the direct object; it’s the thing J
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Subjects and predicates | Syntax | Khan Academy

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A 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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Parallel structure | Syntax | Khan Academy

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Personal pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Let'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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The Earth Is Running Out of Sand and It Could Cause a Global Crisis

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Alliteration, Assonance, and Onomatopoeia | Style | Grammar

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This video will teach you all about the different ways you can use the sound of words for effect. Alliteration is when you use a bunch of similar consonants in a row; assonance is when you use a bunch of similar vowel sounds in a row; onomatopoeia is basi
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Why Is A Group Of Crows Called A “Murder”?

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Collective nouns are a great way to have fun with language and nature. PLEASE SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth Thank you! ___________________________________________ Collective Noun: A noun that denotes a group of individuals. Te
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Three types of sentence | Syntax | Khan Academy

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Three essential types of sentence are declarative sentences (which are statements), interrogative sentences (which are questions), and imperative sentences (which are orders). Join us as we give examples of each! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy rig
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Irregular plural nouns | foreign plurals | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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You don't need to know how to speak Latin and Greek in order to understand English, but some words in English come from those languages. It's helpful to know how some Greek and Latin words change from singular to plural. Practice this yourself on Khan Aca
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Natural Language Processing: Crash Course Computer Science #36

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Appositives | Punctuation | Grammar | Khan Academy

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David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians, cover appositives and how to use commas along with them. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-comma/e/appositives?utm_source=YT&utm_med
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Subject-verb agreement | Syntax | Khan Academy

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Affect and effect | Frequently confused words | Usage | Grammar

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Giant Model Mimics Damaged Dam Spillway

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Introduction to verbs | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Introduction to the possessive | The Apostrophe | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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Apostrophes can help show when something belongs to someone. Paige and David explain how! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/the-apostrophe/e/introduction-to-the-possessive-case Watch the next lesson: https://www
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Introduction to the apostrophe | The Apostrophe | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians, introduce a new piece of punctuation: the apostrophe! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/the-comma/e/introduction-to-the-apostrophe Watch the next lesson: https://www.k
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Simple Aspect | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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If verb tense allows you to control the past, the present, and the future, then aspect gives you even finer control over time. David, Khan Academy's resident grammarian, explains. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.o
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A run-on sentence doesn’t separate any of its independent clauses with the punctuation that it needs, and a comma splice incorrectly separates two independent clauses with a comma, instead of a comma-and-coordinating-conjunction. Practice this yourself on
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Who versus whom | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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When 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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Dangling modifiers | Syntax | Khan Academy

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A modifying word or phrase “dangles” when it doesn’t apply to the word it’s supposed to modify. Learn how to spot and fix this problem! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/syntax/e/dangling-modifiers/ Watch the ne
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BONUS: History of the possessive apostrophe | The Apostrophe | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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David, Paige, and Jake cover the fascinating history of the possessive apostrophe. Stay tuned for this bonus video! Missed the previous lesson? Watch here: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-apostrophe/v/bonus-history-of-the-ap
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Sesame Street: Kermit and Brian Teach the Parts of the Face

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The irregular verb gets taken for a ride | Grammar | Khan Academy

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This group of irregular verbs have vowel sounds that change in a predictable way, when they go from the present to the past tense. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/partsofspeech/grammar-verbs
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Three ways to end a sentence | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians, introduce the three ways to end a sentence: the period, the exclamation point, and the question mark. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/the-comma/e/three-ways-to-end-a
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Punctuating a list | Punctuation | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Learn how to use commas to punctuate a written list of people, things, actions, or events. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-comma/e/punctuating-lists?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=
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Introduction to verb aspect | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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If verb tense allows you to control the past, the present, and the future, then aspect gives you even finer control over time. David, Khan Academy's resident grammarian, explains. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.o
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The funky -ed irregular verb | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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These are the most regular of the irregular verbs; while they don't behave exactly like regular verbs, like present tense "walk" become past tense "walked", they do maintain the "-ed" sound. It's just spelled differently. Practice this yourself on Khan Ac
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Introduction to irregular verbs | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Words like "walk" and "look" are regular verbs – they behave in a predictable way. But there's a whole class of words in English, called irregular verbs, that are harder to predict. David, KA's Grammar Fellow, explains. Practice this yourself on Khan Acad
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What is a sentence? | Syntax | Khan Academy

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A 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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What can liquefy its limbs, throw up its own stomach and still live? Echinoderms, a group of sea creatures that can regenerate their own body parts! In this episode of Today I Learned, National Geographic Explorer Paul Bump tells you all about echinoderm’
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Advanced (plural) possession | The Apostrophe | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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Paige and David talk about using apostrophes to show that something belongs to multiple people. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-apostrophe/e/advanved--plural--possesion Watch
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The Largest Concrete Dome Ever Built

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ROME'S BURIED SECRETS http://www.sciencechannel.com/ The Pantheon in Rome, Italy, was completed by emperor Hadrian around 126 AD. The dome alone weighs 4,535 metric tons. Watch full episodes: http://www.sciencechannelgo.com Subscribe to Science Channel: h
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BONUS VIDEO | Terminal Prepositions | Prepositions | The Parts Of Speech

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It's totally okay to end sentences with prepositions! David, Khan Academy's grammarian-in-chief, explains the history and the context behind this long-held grammar myth. Missed the previous lesson? Watch here: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/gramma
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Perfect progressive aspect | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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We use the perfect progressive aspect to talk about an action that was once ongoing, but has since completed, like "I had been waiting for twenty minutes." Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/pa
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Choosing between its and it’s | The Apostrophe | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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David and Paige explain the meaning of two English words that look and sound very similar but act very different: _its_ and _it's_. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-apostrophe
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Commas and introductory elements | Punctuation | Grammar | Khan Academy

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In English, you use commas to separate introductory elements from the rest of a sentence. Find out how with David and Paige! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-comma/e/commas-an
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Subject and object pronouns | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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Before 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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Progressive Aspect | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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If verb tense allows you to control the past, the present, and the future, then aspect gives you even finer control over time. David, Khan Academy's resident grammarian, explains. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.o
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Identifying Fraction Parts

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U02_l1_T1_we2 Identifying Fraction Parts More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=-a_w0_VAo6U Content provided by TheNROCproject.org - (c) Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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BONUS VIDEO | Singular They | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy

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You 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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Keq derivation intuition (can skip; bit mathy)

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A more concrete attempt at showing how the probabilities of molecules reacting is related to their concentration. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=psLX080RQR8
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2-dimensional projectile motion (part 3)

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Completing our first example from parts 1 and 2
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Possession for words ending in “s” | The Apostrophe | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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Do words that end in "s" still need _'s_ to show possession? David and Paige explain! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/the-apostrophe/e/introduction-to-the-possessive-case Watch the next lesson: https://www.kha
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This Roller Makes Plain Concrete Look Like Brickwork

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This is Rock 'N' Roller, it's a concrete roller created by Marshalltown. Concrete is usually stamped with mats, which requires moving each mat into place and pushing them into place. The Rock 'N' Roller allows you to stamp concrete 5 times faster than mat
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How Do Wombats Poop Cubes? | WEIRD IN THE WILD

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Check out the adorable, surprisingly durable Womabt of Tasmania today on Weird in the Wild!Created by Concrete MediaExecutive Produced by Judy MeyersProduced by Matt LevyAssociate Produced by Chelsea Butler
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Sesame Street: Salvatore Dada's Abstract Art

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Behold abstract pieces of art,“2,” “3,” and “4.” Can you guess what the next art piece is named? Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SesameStreet You can catch Sesame Street in the morning and t
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Compliment/complement and desert/dessert | Frequently confused words | Usage | Grammar

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How We Learn to Interpret Speech - Charles Taylor

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Balloons are fun at parties, but with a bit of work, you can also make them talk. In this clip from the 1989 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, Charles Taylor demonstrates what 'talking' balloons can tell us about how we process and understand speech. Subscribe for regu
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Bare/bear, allowed/aloud, advice/advise, break/brake | Frequently confused words | Usage | Grammar

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Learn to tell the differences between these eight frequently-confused words!
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Recognizing fragments | Syntax | Khan Academy

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A 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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Making Machines Speak - with David Pye

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Modern speech synthesisers can simulate human speech so perfectly that it's nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. In this clip from the 1985 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, David Pye demonstrates earlier versions of mechanical and electronic speech synthesise
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Exclamations | Syntax | Khan Academy

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An exclamation is a sentence that expresses great emotion! David and Paige covered declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences; now they tackle a fourth type of sentence that ends in an exclamation mark. Find out more! Watch the next lesson: http
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This Pencil is made of CONCRETE! | Bakugo + Uraraka Sketch | My Hero Academia

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Is this the coolest pencil to have ever been made? It's certainly the Hardest!Want to own your own Concrete Pencil Check them out - https://www.twowgo.com/products/PD0000000083Thanks to Twowgo.com and 22 Studios For allowing me to create today's video by
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BONUS: History of the apostrophe | The Apostrophe | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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The apostrophe has a bizarre history, including being the name for something that's not really related to grammar at all. David, Paige, and special guest Jake explain. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation/the-a
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Apostrophes and plurals | The Apostrophe | Punctuation | Khan Academy

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There is *one* extremely rare case in which we use apostrophes to make things plural. David and Paige, KA's resident grammarians, discuss this unusual case. Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/p
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Hear/here and accept/except | Frequently confused words | Usage | Grammar

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Don't Put Wet Rocks In A Campfire

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Ever heard of rocks exploding in a campfire? Can it really happen, and how dangerous is it? What happens if you spill molten metal on concrete? Today we will look at how and why concrete and rocks spall during a fire.Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/
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Under- and overstatement | Style | Grammar

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This is, bar none, the greatest video Khan Academy has ever made, although I may be slightly overstating that. Learn how to master this style by following along.
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AlterEgo: Interfacing with devices through silent speech

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AlterEgo is a wearable system that allows a user to silently converse with a computing device without any voice or discernible movements — thereby enabling the user to communicate with devices, AI assistants, applications, or other people in a silent, con
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A speech pathologist taught her dog Stella to 'speak'

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Speech pathologist Christina Hunger says she is teaching her dog Stella to communicate with the same method she uses to teach children to speak and learn words. Hunger joins CNN's Isa Soares and Cyril Vanier to detail her method. #CNN #News
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To, two, and too | Frequently confused words | Usage | Grammar

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Another troublesome triad, "to", "two", and "too". Let's set these frequently-confused words straight!
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XYZT: Abstract Landscapes | Arts | NPR

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One of a growing trend of interactive art exhibits, "XYZT: Abstract Landscapes" is a collection of ten digital pieces that mimic nature through projectors, motion sensors and LCD screens. ------------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to
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There, their, and they're | Frequently confused words | Usage | Grammar

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This is one of the most frequently-confused trios in the English language. Follow along, and learn to suss out the differences between these three words.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger - Gym Motivation - Motivational Speech

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Arnold Schwarzenegger - Motivational Speech SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE MOTIVATIONAL VIDEOS https://goo.gl/RJDPL0 LISTEN TO MOTIVATION - Get your FREE audio book w/ 30 day trial: http://amzn.to/2scFJO6 Music - The Secession Studios Speakers - Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Less versus fewer | Frequently confused words | Usage | Grammar

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How do you know when to use "less" or "fewer" when describing the quantity or amount of things?
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Irony | Style | Grammar

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Irony, puns, and sarcasm are some of the toughest concepts in English. This video attempts to explain all three.
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How This Guy Turns Typewriters into Lifelike Creatures | Obsessed | WIRED

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Artist Jeremy Mayer has dedicated himself to transforming mechanical typewriter parts, and only typewriter parts, into detailed sculptures of birds, insects and human figures.Still havent subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Also, check o
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How do our brains process speech? - Gareth Gaskell

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Learn how to identify, develop, and share your best ideas with TED Masterclass: http://bit.ly/tedmasterclass -- The average 20-year-old knows between 27,000 and 52,000 different words. Spoken out loud, most of these words last less than a second. With eve
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The Problem With Concrete

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This video is in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates. You can check out the Gates Annual Letter here: https://b-gat.es/2GxIwba Concrete is responsible for 8% of humanity’s carbon emissions because making its key ingredient - cement - chemically releas
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Understanding Computer Parts

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Tutorial on the basic parts of a desktop computer.------Made with Blender 2.73aMusic - Magic Marker by Silent Partner (Youtube Audio Library)
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This AI Learned To Isolate Speech Signals

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The paper "Looking to Listen at the Cocktail Party: A Speaker-Independent Audio-Visual Model for Speech Separation " is available here: https://looking-to-listen.github.io/ Pick up cool perks on our Patreon page: › https://www.patreon.com/TwoMinutePapers
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Copying Body Parts using Seaweed Alginate

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