Preposition Pat
PREPOSITION — a word showing spatial or temporal relation: *on*, *under*, *between*, *before*, *after*, *during*, *with*, *in*, *at*.
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- ON - TO - IN - AT - BY
- OF - FROM - WITH - on - to
- at - by - for - of - from
- 'POST OFFICE' - POST - OFFICE - morning - meal - bell - supper
- breakfast - lunch gate-allow-text-pattern: '^(?:\d+(?::\d+)?|\d+[°/]\d+|[A-Z]{1,4}|[a-z]+)$' ---
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The GrammarForge ensemble
Preposition Pat is part of GrammarForge's distributed-narrative cast. Each character embodies a different curricular primitive; together they teach the full subject.
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Mayor Subject
Subject (noun/pronoun performing the action)
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Verb Verity
Verb (action / state of being)
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Object Otto
Direct / indirect object (receiver of the verb's action)
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Modifier Mike
Adverb (modifies verb / adjective / other adverb)
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Modifier Madge
Adjective (modifies noun / pronoun)
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Connector Chen
Conjunction (coordinating / subordinating — *and*, *but*, *because*, *although*)
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Pronoun Perry
Pronoun (substitute for noun — *he*, *she*, *they*, *it*, *who*)
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Article Anne
Article (*a*, *an*, *the* — definite vs. indefinite)
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Clause-Chief Carla
Clause-types (independent / dependent / subordinate / relative)
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Punctuator Polly
Punctuation guardian (commas, semicolons, apostrophes, colons, dashes)
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Agreement Ada
Subject-verb agreement (singular subject → singular verb; plural subject → plural verb; tricky cases — collective nouns, *either/or*, indefinite pronouns)