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a clause that can stand alone and form a complete sentence, e.g. The children ate their supper...

the most important idea in an essay, usually contained in the topic sentence of each paragraph,...

the finite verb in a simple sentence or in the main clause of a sentence.

a figure of speech involving the accidental use of a wrong word which sounds rather like the...

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an infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical parts of the world and is...

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