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What Are Adjectives? Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also […]
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the [stressed th ee; unstressed before a consonant th uh; unstressed before a vowel th ee] – /stressed ði; unstressed before a consonant ðə; unstressed […]
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Teachers love to assign book reports. Did you ever wonder why? Sure, you could think of it as a cruel attempt to force you to […]
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