Grammatical Function
Not All Forms That Function as Adverbials Are AdverbsThe other day I read a tweet that made some claims about adverbs: “The -s in “unawares,” as in “they were...
May 1, 2019- Are ‘Yesterday,’ ‘Today’, and ‘Tomorrow’ Nouns or Adverbs?
Are the words yesterday, today, and tomorrow adverbs or nouns? Oxford Living Dictionaries identifies all three words as an adverb first...
April 14, 2019 - Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Nouns and Adjectives
Notional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Big, cute, green, small, and wonky are prototypical adjectives. In big bully,...
March 31, 2019 - Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Indirect Objects
I recently tweeted my post entitled Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Indirect Objects. To my tweet, I received a comment...
March 29, 2019 - The Appositive in English Grammar
Appositives are words, phrases, and clauses that supports another word, phrase, or clause by describing or modifying the other word, phrase,...
June 14, 2018 - The Adverb Phrase Modifier in English Grammar
Adverb phrase modifiers are words and phrases that that modify or describe an adverb or adverb phrase. Only one grammatical form...
May 27, 2018 - The Determiner Phrase Head in English Grammar
Determiner phrase heads are words that function as the heads of determiner phrases. A determiner phrase consist of two or more...
May 26, 2018 - The Adpositional Phrase Head in English Grammar
Encompassing both prepositional phrase heads and postpositional phrase heads, adpositional phrase heads are words that function as the heads of adpositional...
March 16, 2018 - The Postpositional Phrase Head in English Grammar
Similar to prepositional phrase heads, postpositional phrase heads are words that function as the heads of postpositional phrases. A postpositional phrase...
March 15, 2018 - The Postpositional Complement in English Grammar
Postpositional complements are defined as the word, phrase, or clause that directly precedes the postposition and completes the meaning of the...
January 27, 2018 - The Passive in English Grammar
Passives are words that express the passive voice. Passives function within verb phrases functioning as predicates. Only one grammatical form can...
May 23, 2014 - The Progressive in English Grammar
Progressives are words that express the progressive aspect including the perfect-progressive aspect. Progressives function within verb phrases functioning as predicates. Only...
May 20, 2014 - The Verb Phrase Modifier in English Grammar
Verb phrase modifiers are defined as words, phrases, and clauses that describe a verb phrase. A verb phrase is a phrase...
May 9, 2014 - The Noun Clause Modifier in English Grammar
Noun clause modifiers are defined as words, phrases, and clauses that describe a noun clause. A noun clause is a dependent...
May 6, 2014 - The Adpositional Complement in English Grammar
Adpositional complements are defined as the word, phrase, or clause that directly follows the adposition and completes the meaning of the...
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