All posts tagged "prepositional complement"
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Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Nouns and AdjectivesNotional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Big, cute, green, small, and wonky are prototypical adjectives. In big bully,...
English AdjectivesMarch 31, 2019 -
A Short History of ‘You’“What’s wrong with you?” posits the Oxford Dictionaries. But, seriously, what’s up with the oddness that is the second person personal...
English PronounsMarch 12, 2019 -
Reflexive Pronouns in English GrammarPronouns are small words that can take the place of nouns, noun phrases, and other grammatical forms. Reflexive pronouns are pronouns...
English PronounsJanuary 12, 2016 -
Possessive Pronouns in English GrammarPronouns are small words that can take the place of other grammatical forms such as nouns and noun phrases. Possessive pronouns...
English PronounsMarch 16, 2015 -
Object Pronouns in English GrammarPronouns are small words that can take the place of nouns, noun phrases, and other grammatical forms. Object pronouns are pronouns...
English PronounsFebruary 20, 2015 -
The Adpositional Complement in English GrammarAdpositional complements are defined as the word, phrase, or clause that directly follows the adposition and completes the meaning of the...
Grammatical FunctionFebruary 10, 2014 -
Using Prepositional Phrases as Prepositional ComplementsTraditional notional grammars define prepositions as words that “link to other words, phrases, and clauses” and that “express spatial or temporal...
English PrepositionsJanuary 29, 2014 -
Using Verbs and Verb Phrases as Prepositional ComplementsVerbs are traditionally defined by notional grammars as “words that denote an action or a state of being.” A verb phrase...
English VerbsDecember 4, 2013 -
English Noun ClausesNoun 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 PronounsNotional grammars define pronouns as “small words that take the place of nouns and other grammatical forms.” Pronoun is a subcategory...
English PronounsAugust 29, 2013 -
Nominal Functions of English Verbs and Verb PhrasesTraditional grammars define verbs as “action or state of being words.” Verb phrases are phrases that consist of a verb plus...
English VerbsAugust 22, 2013 -
Using Noun Clauses as Prepositional ComplementsA clause is a grammatical structure that consists of a subject and a predicate. A dependent or subordinate clause is a...
English NounsAugust 17, 2013 -
Using Relative Pronouns as Prepositional ComplementsThe noun is defined in traditional notional grammars as a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. A pronoun...
English PronounsJuly 21, 2013 -
Nominal Functions of English Prepositions and Prepositional PhrasesTraditional grammars define prepositions as “words that indicate a relation between the noun or pronoun and another word, which may be...
English PrepositionsJuly 7, 2013 -
Using Pronouns as Prepositional ComplementsTraditional grammars define nouns as words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas. A subcategory of nouns, pronouns are words...
English PronounsJune 27, 2013
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