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punishment
Noun
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A punishment is a response to bad actions; it is used to try to stop another bad action.
Punishment is hard to accept.
His punishments were financial and verbal.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
criminal
Adjective
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Criminal law, charges, investigations, and so forth are ones related to crime.
criminal
Noun
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A criminal is someone who has commited a crime or been convicted of a crime.
The politician said in a speech, "don't blame society when somebody commits a crime, blame the criminal". "