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Chapter 6 Closed Classes
Objectives: Learning Objectives
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Distinguish between open and closed word classes and explain why the distinction matters
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Identify and classify determiners by type (articles, demonstratives, possessives, quantifiers)
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Recognize pronoun types and understand their grammatical behavior, including case and antecedent relationships
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Identify prepositions and analyze prepositional phrase structure
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Determine what a prepositional phrase modifies: a noun phrase, a verb phrase, or a sentence
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Understand how closed-class words provide grammatical structure to sentences
