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  2. Fanboy (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Fanboy or fanboys may also refer to: Fanboys, a 2009 American comedy film; FANBOYS, a grammar mnemonic for the coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so) Fan Boy, a character from the X-Statix comic book series; Fanboy, a character from Freakazoid! Fanboy, a character from Fanboy & Chum Chum

  3. Conjunction (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    In grammar, a conjunction (abbreviated CONJ or CNJ) is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses, which are called its conjuncts.That description is vague enough to overlap with those of other parts of speech because what constitutes a "conjunction" must be defined for each language.

  4. List of mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    Commonly-used coordinating conjunctions in English: FANBOYS [30] [31] F or, A nd, N or, B ut, O r, Y et, S o The verbs in French that use the auxiliary verb être in the compound past (sometimes called " verbs of motion ") can be memorized using the phrase " Dr .

  5. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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    Sentence 1 is an example of a simple sentence. Sentence 2 is compound because "so" is considered a coordinating conjunction in English, and sentence 3 is complex. Sentence 4 is compound-complex (also known as complex-compound). Example 5 is a sentence fragment. I like trains. I don't know how to bake, so I buy my bread already made.

  6. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    conjunctions of condition: such as if, unless, only if, whether or not, even if, in case (that); the conjunction that , which produces content clauses , as well as words that produce interrogative content clauses: whether , where , when , how , etc.

  7. How the All-Star Game works: A breakdown of the NBA's ... - AOL

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    But the starter and reserve columns won’t mean much on game night, since there will be 15 different players starting — five from each of the three teams — and only nine players coming off ...

  8. These US cities face a growing rat problem, and scientists ...

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    Scientists have some good news for rats and some bad news for city dwellers. Rat populations are rising in cities including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, reports a study released Friday ...

  9. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    A famous example for lexical ambiguity is the following sentence: "Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher.", meaning "When flies fly behind flies, then flies fly in pursuit of flies." [40] [circular reference] It takes advantage of some German nouns and corresponding verbs being homonymous. While not noticeable ...