All posts tagged "appositive"
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Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Nouns and AdjectivesNotional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Big, cute, green, small, and wonky are prototypical adjectives. In big bully,...
English AdjectivesMarch 31, 2019 -
The Appositive in English GrammarAppositives are words, phrases, and clauses that supports another word, phrase, or clause by describing or modifying the other word, phrase,...
Grammatical FunctionJune 14, 2018 -
Intensive Pronouns in English GrammarPronouns are words that take the place of nouns, noun phrases, and other grammatical forms. Intensive pronouns are pronouns that add...
English PronounsJanuary 14, 2016 -
Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as AppositivesVerbs have traditionally been defined by notional grammars as “words that denote an action or a state of being.” A verb...
English VerbsDecember 6, 2013 -
English Noun ClausesNoun clauses are independent, or subordinate, clauses that perform nominal functions. Clauses are grammatical structures that contain a subject and a...
English NounsSeptember 2, 2013 -
English PronounsNotional grammars define pronouns as “small words that take the place of nouns and other grammatical forms.” Pronoun is a subcategory...
English PronounsAugust 29, 2013 -
Nominal Functions of English Verbs and Verb PhrasesTraditional grammars define verbs as “action or state of being words.” Verb phrases are phrases that consist of a verb plus...
English VerbsAugust 22, 2013 -
Using Noun Clauses as AppositivesIn grammar, a clause is a grammatical structure that consists of a subject and a predicate. A dependent or subordinate clause...
English NounsAugust 19, 2013 -
Using Pronouns as AppositivesThe notional definition of a noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Pronouns are a subcategory...
English PronounsJune 28, 2013 -
English Irregular Verbs: Simple Past and Past ParticiplesIrregular English verbs are verbs whose conjugations differ from the conjugation patterns of regular verbs. Many common English verbs are irregular...
English VerbsJune 12, 2013 -
Grammatical Functions of English Noun ClausesA noun clause is a dependent clause that consists of a subordinating conjunction followed by a clause and that performs a...
English NounsJune 11, 2013 -
Past Participles of Irregular English VerbsPast participles, or -en participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal and adjectival functions. The following sections...
English VerbsMay 14, 2013 -
Past Participles of Regular English VerbsPast participles, or -en participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal and adjectival functions. The following sections...
English VerbsMay 12, 2013 -
Present Participles of English VerbsPresent participles, or -ing participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal, adjectival, and nominal functions. The following...
English VerbsMay 10, 2013 -
Grammatical Functions of English Pronouns and Pronoun PhrasesNouns are traditionally defined as “persons, places, things, and ideas.” Noun phrases are defined as phrases that consist of a noun...
English PronounsApril 20, 2013
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