Linguistics
Using Nouns and Pronouns as Noun Phrase HeadsTraditional grammars define nouns as words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas. Pronouns are words that take the place...
March 19, 2013- Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Noun Phrase Modifiers
Traditional grammars define nouns as words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas. A noun phrase is a phrase that...
March 17, 2013 - Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Prepositional Complements
According to traditional grammars, nouns are words that refer to a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun phrase is a...
March 16, 2013 - Forms of the English Predicate
A clause in English grammar is defined as a grammatical structure that contains both a subject and a predicate. The subject...
March 15, 2013 - Grammatical Functions of Verbs in Predicate Verb Phrases
A predicate is defined as a word or phrase that expresses the action performed by the grammatical subject or the state...
March 14, 2013 - The Modal in English Grammar
Modals are words that express modality. Modals function within verb phrases functioning as predicates. Only one grammatical form can perform the...
March 12, 2013 - The Subject in English Grammar
Subjects are words, phrases, and clauses that perform the action of or act upon the verb. Although nouns, pronouns, and noun...
March 10, 2013 - Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Object Complements
Nouns have traditionally been defined as words that refer to a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun phrase is a...
March 9, 2013 - Grammatical Functions of English Nouns and Noun Phrases
Noun phrases including nouns and pronouns perform eleven main grammatical functions within sentences in the English language. The eleven functions of...
March 7, 2013 - Grammatical Functions of English Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Traditional grammars define prepositions as words that “link to other words, phrases, and clauses” and that “express spatial or temporal relations.”...
March 5, 2013 - The Conjunct Adverbial in English Grammar
Conjunct adverbials are words and phrases that express textual relationships and serve to link clauses. Only one grammatical form can perform...
February 22, 2013 - The Disjunct Adverbial in English Grammar
Disjunct adverbials are words and phrases that provide additional information to frame an entire clause, which denotes the attitude of the...
February 21, 2013 - The Adjunct Adverbial in English Grammar
Adjunct adverbials are words, phrases, and clauses that modify an entire clause by providing additional information about time, place, manner, condition,...
February 20, 2013 - Phrasal Verbs: The Elephant Is a Whole, Not Its Parts
Although grammatical relationships among forms of lexemes are expressed through either inflection or periphrasis, English is a highly periphrastic language. According...
January 23, 2012 - Complex Sentences: Subordinate Clauses as Adverb Clauses
Simple sentences such as The fire glowed and Extremely frigid fall winds chilled my sweater-loving puppy of small stature to his...
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