All posts tagged "noun"
- English Nouns: Common and Proper
A noun can be defined semantically as “a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.” In English, nouns can...
English NounsHeather JohnsonJune 25, 2020 - Grammarposium: Nouns, Adjectives, and Determiners
I am excited to announce my first Grammarposium: Nouns, Adjectives, and Determiners. The online, real-time class offers an exploration of the...
GrammarposiumHeather JohnsonMay 24, 2020 - Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as Noun Phrase Complements
Notional grammars define verbs as “words that denote actions and states of being.” A verb phrase consists of a verb plus...
English VerbsHeather JohnsonMay 13, 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 AdverbsHeather JohnsonMay 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 AdverbsHeather JohnsonApril 14, 2019 - Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Singular and Plural
I recently shared a photo across my social media accounts of the grammar textbook that I currently use with my oldest....
InformationHeather JohnsonApril 6, 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 AdjectivesHeather JohnsonMarch 31, 2019 - Pluralizing Last Names: Never Use an Apostrophe
One way in which nouns differ from other grammatical forms in the English language is grammatical number. Prototypical English nouns have...
InformationHeather JohnsonNovember 16, 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,...
Grammatical FunctionHeather JohnsonJune 14, 2018 - 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 VerbsHeather JohnsonSeptember 15, 2013 - English Pronouns
Notional grammars define pronouns as “small words that take the place of nouns and other grammatical forms.” Pronoun is a subcategory...
English PronounsHeather JohnsonAugust 29, 2013 - The Noun Phrase Head in English Grammar
Noun phrase heads are words that function as the heads of noun phrases. A noun phrase consists of a noun or...
Grammatical FunctionHeather JohnsonAugust 14, 2013 - The Predicate Nominative in English Grammar
Predicate nominatives, or predicate nouns, are defined as nominal grammatical forms that perform the grammatical function of subject complement. Subject complements...
Grammatical FunctionHeather JohnsonJuly 18, 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 NounsHeather JohnsonMay 19, 2013 - Grammatical Form of English Nouns
Traditional grammars define nouns as “words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas.” Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns. Noun...
English NounsHeather JohnsonMarch 27, 2013