Linguistics
Using Adjectives and Adjective Phrases as Subject ComplementsAccording to traditional grammars, adjectives as words that modify or describe nouns. An adjective phrase is a phrase that consists of...
April 17, 2013- Using Adjectives and Adjective Phrases as Noun Phrase Modifiers
Traditional grammars define adjectives as words that modify or describe nouns. An adjective phrase is a phrase that consists of an...
April 16, 2013 - Grammatical Forms of English Adjective Phrases
An adjective phrase is a phrase in which an adjective functions as the head of the phrase plus any modifiers and...
April 15, 2013 - Predicative-Only Adjectives
Traditional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Prototypical adjectives perform five grammatical functions in English grammar: Adjective phrase head...
April 14, 2013 - Grammatical Form of English Adjectives: Positive, Comparative, and Superlative Adjectives
Traditional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Adjective phrases are phrases formed by an adjective plus any modifiers or...
April 13, 2013 - The Direct Object in English Grammar
Direct objects are words, phrases, and clauses that follow a transitive verb and receive the action of the verb. Although nouns...
April 12, 2013 - Using Adjectives as Adjective Phrase Heads
Traditional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” In grammar, an adjective phrase consists of an adjective plus any modifiers...
April 11, 2013 - Grammatical Functions of English Adjectives and Adjective Phrases
Adjective phrases including adjectives perform four main grammatical functions within sentences in the English language. The four functions of adjectives and...
April 10, 2013 - Punctuation Rules for Commas in Written English
Punctuation is a convention of writing that helps readers more clearly understand written language. There are ten punctuation rules for using...
April 9, 2013 - Grammatical Mood in English
Grammatical mood is defined as a set of distinctive verb forms that express modality. Modality is the grammaticalized expression of the...
April 8, 2013 - Grammatical Voice in English
Grammatical voice is loosely defined as the grammaticalized expression of relationships between predicate and nominal functions such as subject and object....
April 7, 2013 - Tense and Aspect of English Verbs
All finite, or conjugated, verbs in English express grammatical tense and grammatical aspect. Tense is the grammaticalized expression of the location...
April 6, 2013 - Grammatical Aspect in English
Grammatical aspect can be defined as the grammaticalized expression of the temporal structure of an action or state. Temporal structure roughly...
April 5, 2013 - Grammatical Tense in English
Grammatical tense can be defined as the grammaticalized expression of the location in time of an action or state. Verb tense...
April 4, 2013 - The English Interrogative Pronoun System
Interrogative pronouns are a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, or clause. Similar to interrogative determiners,...
April 3, 2013
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