This is going to be a looooong year!

complete these analogies
elephant:  enormous :: mouse: _____________

Thing One wrote "minute"

Teacher marked X and wrote "small" and told him not to use big words unless he knew their exact meaning.

Webster's Dictionary shows the following:

Main Entry: 3mi·nute 
Pronunciation: \mī-ˈnüt, mə-, -ˈnyüt\
Function: adjective
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The night air is chilly.

What is the predicate in that sentence?  Wiki says:  In traditional grammar, a predicate is one of the two main parts of a sentence (the other being the ( Read more... )