Linguistics
Why Is ‘Love’ Not Spelled ‘Luv’?Have you ever thought about the English language and considered the orthographic system downright wacky? Many words have a “silent e”...
August 30, 2018- No Doubt the “Silent B” Owes a Subtle Debt to History
School children all over the English-speaking world bemoan the many “silent” letters of English spelling. The orthographic system of the English...
August 28, 2018 - Are You Wondering About the ‘R’ in February?
English spelling appears inconsistent at first. From silent letters to doubled letters, the orthography of English seems downright wacky to native...
August 27, 2018 - The Functions of “Silent E” in Written English
E is the most common vowel and letter in the English language. Many words end in e in written English. In...
August 7, 2018 - Types of English Adverbs: Manner, Time, Place, Frequency, Degree
An adverb is a “word that describes a verb, adjective, other adverb, or clause.” An adverb phrase consists of an adverb...
July 13, 2018 - English Adverb Clauses
Traditional grammars describe adverb clauses as dependent or subordinate clauses that consist of a subordinating conjunction followed by a clause and...
July 11, 2018 - English P-words
P-words are prepositions and adverbs that no longer perform prepositional or adverbial functions including particles in phrasal verbs, quasi-modal verbs, and...
July 10, 2018 - Grammatical Form of English P-words
P-words are prepositions and adverbs that no longer perform prepositional or adverbial functions. P-words are also function words, which are defined...
July 9, 2018 - Using Coordinating Conjunctions as Coordinators
Notional grammars define conjunctions as words that “link together other words, phrases, and clauses.” Coordinating conjunctions are a type of conjunction...
July 7, 2018 - Grammatical Form of English Postpositions
Belonging to a grammatical category consisting of a small closed word set, notional grammars define adpositions as “words that indicate a...
July 4, 2018 - Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses in English Grammar
Clauses are defined as grammatical structures that contain a subject and a predicate and that are the smallest grammatical unit that...
July 3, 2018 - English Adverbs
Notional grammars define adverbs as “words that describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and clauses.” An adverb phrase consists of an adverb...
June 30, 2018 - Grammatical Aspect
Grammatical aspect is the grammaticalized expression of the temporal structure of an action or state. Temporal structure roughly relates to duration....
June 20, 2018 - The Appositive in English Grammar
Appositives are words, phrases, and clauses that supports another word, phrase, or clause by describing or modifying the other word, phrase,...
June 14, 2018 - English Determiners
Determiners are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun phrase...
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