All posts tagged "noun phrase modifier"
Adjectives Versus Verbs: Participial AdjectivesAs I have written many times before, the line between grammatical forms is blurry at best, especially among lexical categories like...
English AdjectivesJune 4, 2019- Not All Forms That Function as Adverbials Are Adverbs
The other day I read a tweet that made some claims about adverbs: “The -s in “unawares,” as in “they were...
English AdverbsMay 1, 2019 - Are ‘Yesterday,’ ‘Today’, and ‘Tomorrow’ Nouns or Adverbs?
Are the words yesterday, today, and tomorrow adverbs or nouns? Oxford Living Dictionaries identifies all three words as an adverb first...
English AdverbsApril 14, 2019 - Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Nouns and Adjectives
Notional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Big, cute, green, small, and wonky are prototypical adjectives. In big bully,...
English AdjectivesMarch 31, 2019 - Determiners Are Not Adjectives
Traditional grammars categorize determiners with either adjectives or pronouns. But determiners are not adjectives. Repeat after me: Determiners are not adjectives....
English AdjectivesJanuary 12, 2019 - English Adjective Clauses
The basic definition of an adjective clause is a dependent or subordinate clause that consists of a subordinating conjunction, specifically a...
English AdjectivesDecember 20, 2013 - Using Prepositional Phrases as Noun Phrase Modifiers
Traditional grammars define prepositions as words that “link to other words, phrases, and clauses” and that “express spatial or temporal relations.”...
English PrepositionsOctober 27, 2013 - Using Adjective Clauses as Noun Phrase Modifiers
As a type of dependent or subordinate clause, adjective clauses consist of a relative pronoun followed by a clause that consists...
English AdjectivesSeptember 17, 2013 - Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as Noun Phrase Modifiers
Traditional grammars define verbs as “words that denote actions and states of being.” A verb phrase consists of a verb plus...
English VerbsSeptember 15, 2013 - Grammatical Functions of English Adjective Clauses
Adjective clauses are dependent clauses that consists of a relative pronoun followed by a clause and that perform adjectival functions. Adjective...
English AdjectivesSeptember 7, 2013 - Grammatical Functions of English Verbs and Verb Phrases
English verbs and verb phrases perform seven primary grammatical functions within sentences in the English language. Traditional grammars define verbs as...
English VerbsAugust 21, 2013 - The Noun Phrase Modifier in English Grammar
Noun phrase modifiers are defined as words, phrases, and clauses that describe a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. Although adjectives and...
Grammatical FunctionJune 22, 2013 - 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...
English VerbsJune 12, 2013 - Types of Nouns: Common, Proper, Collective, Compound, Count, and Noncount
Traditional grammars define nouns as “words that name people, places, things, and ideas.” Prototypical nouns express grammatical number, singular and plural,...
English NounsMay 19, 2013 - 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...
English VerbsMay 14, 2013
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