All posts tagged "noun"
English Nouns: Common and ProperA noun can be defined semantically as “a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.” In English, nouns can...
English NounsJune 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...
GrammarposiumMay 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 VerbsMay 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 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: Singular and Plural
I recently shared a photo across my social media accounts of the grammar textbook that I currently use with my oldest....
InformationApril 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 AdjectivesMarch 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...
InformationNovember 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 FunctionJune 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 VerbsSeptember 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 PronounsAugust 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 FunctionAugust 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 FunctionJuly 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 NounsMay 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 NounsMarch 27, 2013
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