Linguistics
Grammatical Forms of English Prepositional PhrasesA prepositional phrase is a phrase in which a preposition functions as the head of the phrase plus a prepositional complement....
June 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....
June 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...
June 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...
June 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...
June 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...
June 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...
June 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....
June 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...
June 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...
June 17, 2013 - Using Pronouns as Subject Complements
Traditional grammars define nouns as naming people, places, things, and ideas. Noun phrases consist of a noun including a pronoun and...
June 16, 2013 - Using Pronouns as Subjects
The traditional definition of the noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun phrase is...
June 15, 2013 - The Imperative Mood of English Verbs
The imperative mood is one of three grammatical moods in the English language. As a grammatical mood, the imperative expresses modality,...
June 14, 2013 - The Object Complement in English Grammar
Object complements are defined as words, phrases, and clauses that directly follow and describe or complete the direct object. Object complements...
June 13, 2013 - English Irregular Verbs: Simple Past and Past Participles
Irregular English verbs are verbs whose conjugations differ from the conjugation patterns of regular verbs. Many common English verbs are irregular...
June 12, 2013
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