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  • Using Pronouns as Appositives
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    Using Pronouns as Appositives

    The notional definition of a noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns that take the place of nouns, noun phrases, noun clauses, and other grammatical forms. A noun phrase is a phrase that consists of a noun including a pronoun plus any modifiers, complements, […] More

  • English Irregular Verbs: Simple Past and Past Participles
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    English Irregular Verbs: Simple Past and Past Participles

    Irregular English verbs are verbs whose conjugations differ from the conjugation patterns of regular verbs. Many common English verbs are irregular in the simple past and the past participle. Irregular verbs are verbs in Germanic languages that express the simple past tense by means of changes to the stem vowel (ablaut). Irregular verbs are also referred […] More

  • Grammatical Functions of English Noun Clauses
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    Grammatical Functions of English Noun Clauses

    A noun clause is a dependent clause that consists of a subordinating conjunction followed by a clause and that performs a nominal function. Noun clauses perform nine grammatical functions in English grammar: Subject Subject complement Direct object Object complement Indirect object Prepositional complement Noun phrase complement Adjective phrase complement Appositive The following sections define and […] More

  • Past Participles of Irregular English Verbs
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    Past Participles of Irregular English Verbs

    Past participles, or -en participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal and adjectival functions. The following sections explain how to form past participles of irregular English verbs including anomalous and how to use past participles in English and include examples to illustrate form and function. Past participles are also referred to […] More

  • Past Participles of Regular English Verbs
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    Past Participles of Regular English Verbs

    Past participles, or -en participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal and adjectival functions. The following sections explain how to form past participles of regular English verbs and how to use past participles in English and include examples to illustrate form and function. Past participles are also referred to as -en […] More

  • Present Participles of English Verbs
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    Present Participles of English Verbs

    Present participles, or -ing participles, are a nonfinite verb form in English that perform verbal, adjectival, and nominal functions. The following sections explain how to form present participles and how to use present participles in English and include examples to illustrate form and function. Present participles are also referred to as -ing participles, active participles, […] More

  • Grammatical Functions of English Pronouns and Pronoun Phrases
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    Grammatical Functions of English Pronouns and Pronoun Phrases

    Nouns are traditionally defined as “persons, places, things, and ideas.” Noun phrases are defined as phrases that consist of a noun or pronoun and any number of constituents including adjectives, determiners, prepositional phrases, verb phrases, and adjective clauses. Pronoun is a subcategory of noun. Pronouns and noun phrases headed by pronouns perform eight grammatical functions […] More

  • Predicative-Only Adjectives
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    Predicative-Only Adjectives

    Traditional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Prototypical adjectives perform five grammatical functions in English grammar: Adjective phrase head Noun phrase modifier Subject complement Object complement Appositive The internal structure, or grammatical form, that distinguish adjectives from other grammatical forms includes three degrees of modification: positive, comparative, and superlative. Prototypical adjectives can also […] More

  • Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Appositives
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    Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Appositives

    As defined by traditional grammars, a noun is a word that refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun phrase is a phrase that consists of a noun plus any modifiers, complements, or determiners. Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns and noun phrases. Pronoun is a subcategory of noun. In […] More

  • Grammatical Functions of English Nouns and Noun Phrases
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    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 nouns and noun phrases are: Noun phrase head Subject Subject complement Direct object Object complement Indirect object Prepositional complement Noun phrase modifier Determinative Appositive Adjunct adverbial Nouns are traditionally defined as “persons, places, things, […] More

  • The English Personal Pronoun System
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    The English Personal Pronoun System

    Pronouns are small words that can take the place of nouns and noun phrases. Personal pronouns are pronouns that take the place of common and proper nouns. The English personal pronoun system includes four types of pronouns: subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns, and reflexive pronouns. Pronouns in English can perform six different grammatical functions […] More

  • English Nouns
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    English Nouns

    Notional grammars define nouns as “words that name people, places, things, and ideas.” Noun phrases are phrases that consist of a noun or pronoun plus any modifiers, complements, and determiners. Grammatical Forms Grammatical Form of English Nouns explains the internal structures that distinguish nouns from other grammatical forms, which include number and possession. Types of […] More

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