The GrammarForge cast
Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.
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Mayor Subject Subject (noun/pronoun performing the action) -
Verb Verity Verb (action / state of being) -
Object Otto Direct / indirect object (receiver of the verb's action) -
Modifier Mike Adverb (modifies verb / adjective / other adverb) -
Modifier Madge Adjective (modifies noun / pronoun) -
Connector Chen Conjunction (coordinating / subordinating — *and*, *but*, *because*, *although*) -
Pronoun Perry Pronoun (substitute for noun — *he*, *she*, *they*, *it*, *who*) -
Article Anne Article (*a*, *an*, *the* — definite vs. indefinite) -
Preposition Pat Preposition (spatial / temporal relations — *on*, *under*, *between*, *before*) -
Clause-Chief Carla Clause-types (independent / dependent / subordinate / relative) -
Punctuator Polly Punctuation guardian (commas, semicolons, apostrophes, colons, dashes) -
Agreement Ada Subject-verb agreement (singular subject → singular verb; plural subject → plural verb; tricky cases — collective nouns, *either/or*, indefinite pronouns)