Linguistics
Using Relative Pronouns as SubjectsTraditional grammars define the noun as a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Pronouns are a subcategory of...
June 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...
June 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...
June 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...
June 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...
June 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....
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
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