One way in which nouns differ from other grammatical forms in the English language is grammatical number. Prototypical English nouns have both singular and plural forms. The holiday season often causes problems for English users when mailing out seasonal cards. While some last names are easy to pluralize (Johnson becomes Johnsons), others are trickier (Does […] More
Adverbs in English are traditionally defined as “words that describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and clauses.” Adverb phrases are phrases formed by an adverb plus any adverb phrase modifiers. In English, prototypical adverbs and adverb phrases perform eight grammatical functions: Adverb phrase head Adjective phrase modifier Adverb phrase modifier Verb phrase modifier Prepositional phrase modifier […] More
Traditional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Adjective phrases are phrases formed by an adjective plus any modifiers or complements. In English, prototypical adjectives and adjective phrases perform four grammatical functions: Adjective phrase head Noun phrase modifier Subject complement Object complement The grammatical functions that a grammatical form can perform are referred to […] More
An affix is a bound morpheme that attaches to the stem of a word to form either a new word or a new form of the same word. The two types of affixes in English are prefixes and suffixes. Affixes may be derivational or inflectional. Derivational affixes create new words. Inflectional affixes create new forms […] More
