Definite and Indefinite Articles (a, an, the) - TIP Sheets - Butte College
The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader. The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not …
Adjectives - TIP Sheets - Butte College
Like indefinite adjectives, the questioning (or interrogative) adjectives can also function as pronouns; see the TIP Sheets "Pronouns" and "Pronoun Reference." Adjective order and punctuation Some stacks …
Pronouns - TIP Sheets - Butte College
While personal pronouns refer to specific persons, places, or things, indefinite pronouns refer to general persons, places, or things. Indefinite pronouns all are third-person pronouns and can be subjects or …
Tip Sheets - CAS - Butte College
May 22, 2024 · Welcome to the online Tip Sheets! The Center for Academic Success is proud to offer an online Tip Sheet system that provides quick and easy access to useful skills and study strategies for …
WRITING SKILLS: GRAMMAR and SENTENCE STRUCTURE
WRITING SKILLS: GRAMMAR and SENTENCE STRUCTURE For TIP Sheets on rules of grammar and sentence structure, please select any topic from the list on the left. Click once and that page will …
Nouns - TIP Sheets - Butte College
NOUNS The first real word you ever used probably was a noun-a word like mama, daddy, car, or cookie. Most children begin building their vocabularies with nouns. A noun names some thing: a person, …
Subject Verb Agreement - TIP Sheets - Butte College
Some indefinite pronouns are always singular, and some are always plural. (Some can go either way; for more on indefinite pronouns, see the TIP Sheets Pronouns and Pronoun Reference, or see a writers' …
The Eight Parts of Speech - TIP Sheets - Butte College
TIP Sheet THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech …
Relative Pronouns: Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses
TIP Sheet RELATIVE PRONOUNS: RESTRICTIVE AND NON-RESTRICTIVE The relative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, which, and that. Relative pronouns introduce subordinate clauses …
Verbs - TIP Sheets - Butte College
TIP Sheet VERBS If a noun was the first word you ever spoke (Mama or cookie), a verb probably followed just as soon as you learned that " Give cookie" got you better results than "Cookie." In a …