Linguistics
- Using Relative Pronouns as Subjects
Traditional grammars define the noun as a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Pronouns are a subcategory of...
Heather JohnsonJune 29, 2013 - Using Noun Clauses as Subjects
Clauses consist of a subject and a predicate. Dependent or subordinate clauses are clauses that cannot function independently as complete sentences...
Heather JohnsonJune 29, 2013 - Using Pronouns as Appositives
The notional definition of a noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Pronouns are a subcategory...
Heather JohnsonJune 28, 2013 - Using Pronouns as Prepositional Complements
Traditional grammars define nouns as words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas. A subcategory of nouns, pronouns are words...
Heather JohnsonJune 27, 2013 - Grammatical Form of English Prepositions
Traditional grammars define prepositions as “words that indicate a relation between the noun or pronoun and another word, which may be...
Heather JohnsonJune 26, 2013 - Grammatical Forms of English Prepositional Phrases
A prepositional phrase is a phrase in which a preposition functions as the head of the phrase plus a prepositional complement....
Heather JohnsonJune 25, 2013 - English Preposition Dictionary
Traditional grammars define prepositions as “words that link nouns and pronouns to other words.” Simple prepositions consist of a single word....
Heather JohnsonJune 24, 2013 - The Noun Phrase Complement in English Grammar
Noun phrase complements are words, phrases, and clauses that complete the meaning of a noun or noun phrase. Unlike noun phrase...
Heather JohnsonJune 23, 2013 - The Noun Phrase Modifier in English Grammar
Noun phrase modifiers are defined as words, phrases, and clauses that describe a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. Although adjectives and...
Heather JohnsonJune 22, 2013 - The Prepositional Complement in English Grammar
Prepositional complements are defined as the word, phrase, or clause that directly follows the preposition and completes the meaning of the...
Heather JohnsonJune 21, 2013 - The Indirect Object in English Grammar
Indirect objects are words, phrases, and clauses that follow a ditransitive verb and indicate to or for whom or what the...
Heather JohnsonJune 21, 2013 - Using Pronouns as Indirect Objects
Nouns are traditionally defined as words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas. A subcategory of nouns, pronouns are words...
Heather JohnsonJune 20, 2013 - Prepositional Verbs and Verb Phrase Complements
Verbs are traditionally defined as “words that indicate action or state of being.” English verbs may be either transitive or intransitive....
Heather JohnsonJune 19, 2013 - Types of Pronouns: Personal, Indefinite, Demonstrative, Interrogative, and Relative
Traditional grammars define pronouns as “small words that take the place of other words, phrases, and clauses.” Pronouns in English more...
Heather JohnsonJune 18, 2013 - Using Pronouns as Direct Objects
Traditional grammars describe nouns as words that name people, places, things, and ideas. Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns that take...
Heather JohnsonJune 17, 2013