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Yossarian the Grammarian: Sentence Diagramming 12: The Appositive
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has an appositive phrase.
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Yossarian the Grammarian: Diagramming Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to diagram the Gettysburg Address.
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When "Society" Should Be Replaced by "People": Grammar and Usage
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how decide between using the word "society" and the word "people" when writing or speaking.
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Yossarian the Grammarian: Errors Involving Participial Phrases: Part I
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to edit error in sentences that have participial phrases. [8:53]
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Sentence Diagramming 3: Prepositional Phrases Again: Grammar
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has prepositional phrases.
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Yossarian the Grammarian: Sentence Diagramming Exercise
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to diagram a sentence.
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Yossarian the Grammarian: How to Punctuate Email Greetings
In the video lesson, Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to punctuate email greetings.
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Yossarian the Grammarian: Is My Participle a Verb or an Adjective?
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to determine whether a participle is a verb or an adjective.
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English Grammar Lesson: Sentence Diagramming 5: Direct Objects
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has a direct object in it.
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Punctuation Basics: Restrictive and Non Restrictive
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to determine if a clause is restrictive or nonrestrictive. He also shows where to place each comma after identifying the type of clause. [7:14]
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Yossarian the Grammarian: Sentence Diagramming 6: Gerunds and the Gerund Phrase
This video lesson [5:45] explains how to diagram a sentence that has a gerund or a gerund phrase.
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Participial Phrases and Participles as Adjectives: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the topic of participial phrases and participles as adjectives. [4:34]
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Yossarian the Grammarian: What a Verb Is, and What Verbs Aren't
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian clarifies the function of verbs.
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English Grammar Lesson: Transitive Verbs and Direct Objects
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the role of a transitive verb and the role of the direct object that receives the action.
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English Grammar. What Adjectives Are: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains what adjectives are and how to correctly use them in sentences.
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Sentence Diagramming 13: Participial Phrases and Standalone Participles
There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about when to add, and when not to add commas when working with independent and subordinate clauses. Learn about the rules in this video lesson. [4:38]
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Yossarian the Grammarian: Sentence Diagramming 14: The Expletive
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates what an expletive, a pronoun without an antecedent, is.
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Yossarian the Grammarian: More on Restrictive Elements, Grammar
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to punctuate restrictive clauses and phrases. He also show the viewer how to revise restrictive clauses for clarity. [7:24]
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Grammar. Sentence Diagramming 4: Subjective Complements
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has subjective complements.
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Parsing a Sentence: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to analyze the different words' functions within a complex sentence.
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"Halt! Whom Goes There?" Pronoun Case, Continued: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to determine which pronoun case is needed.
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English Grammar Lesson: Past Participles and Present Participles
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the differences among the following verb tenses: past tense verbs, present participle verbs, and past participle verbs. [4:28]
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I? Me? He? Him? Pronoun Case: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to deternine the appropriate pronoun case in a sentence.
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Yossarian the Grammarian: "Hi, Bob!" Punctuation and the Vocative
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to punctuate a direct address.