All posts tagged "object complement"
Not All Forms That Function as Adverbials Are AdverbsThe 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 - Ambitransitive English Verbs
Verbs are traditionally defined as “words that describe actions or states of being.” Main or principal English verbs may be either...
English VerbsFebruary 25, 2016 - Attributive Ditransitive English Verbs
Traditional notional grammars define verbs as “action or state of being words.” Transitive verbs in English grammar are main verbs that...
English VerbsFebruary 23, 2016 - Ditransitive English Verbs
Verbs have traditionally been defined as “action or state of being words.” Main verbs, or principal verbs, fall into five categories...
English VerbsFebruary 18, 2016 - Transitive English Verbs
Verbs have traditionally been defined as “action or state of being words.” Main verbs, or principal verbs, fall into five categories...
English VerbsFebruary 11, 2016 - Object Pronouns in English Grammar
Pronouns are small words that can take the place of nouns, noun phrases, and other grammatical forms. Object pronouns are pronouns...
English PronounsFebruary 20, 2015 - Using Prepositional Phrases as Object Complements
Traditional grammars notionally define prepositions as words that “link to other words, phrases, and clauses” and that “express spatial or temporal...
English PrepositionsJanuary 24, 2014 - Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as Object Complements
Traditional grammars notionally define verbs as “words that denote an action or a state of being.” A verb phrase is a...
English VerbsDecember 2, 2013 - English Noun Clauses
Noun 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 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 - Using Pronouns as Object Complements
Traditional grammars describe nouns as words that name people, places, things, and ideas. Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns that take...
English PronounsAugust 28, 2013 - Nominal Functions of English Verbs and Verb Phrases
Traditional grammars define verbs as “action or state of being words.” Verb phrases are phrases that consist of a verb plus...
English VerbsAugust 22, 2013
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