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  • Grammatical Functions of English Adjective Clauses
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    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 clauses perform four grammatical functions within sentences in the English language. The four functions of adjective clauses are: Noun phrase modifier Verb phrase modifier Prepositional phrase modifier Noun clause modifier Some grammars use the […] More

  • Using Relative Pronouns as Adjunct Adverbials
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    Using Relative Pronouns as Adjunct Adverbials

    Traditional grammars define nouns as words that name a person, place, thing, or idea. Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns that take the place of nouns, noun phrases, noun clauses, and other grammatical forms. Relative pronouns both a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, or clause and a type of […] More

  • Using Relative Pronouns as Determinatives
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    Using Relative Pronouns as Determinatives

    Traditional notional grammars define the noun as a word that refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. A pronoun is a small word that takes the place of a noun, noun phrase, noun clause, and other grammatical form. Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns. The relative pronoun is both a type of pronoun that […] More

  • Using Relative Pronouns as Indirect Objects
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    Using Relative Pronouns as Indirect Objects

    Nouns are defined in traditional grammars as words that people, places, things, and ideas. A subcategory of nouns, pronouns are traditionally defined as small words take the place of nouns, noun phrases, noun clauses, and other grammatical forms. Relative pronouns are both a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, or […] More

  • Using Relative Pronouns as Object Complements
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    Using Relative Pronouns as Object Complements

    Nouns are defined in traditional grammars as words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas. Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns, noun phrases, noun clauses, and other grammatical forms and are a subcategory of nouns. Relative pronouns are both a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, […] More

  • Using Relative Pronouns as Direct Objects
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    Using Relative Pronouns as Direct Objects

    Traditional grammars define nouns as words that name people, places, things, and ideas. Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns that take the place of nouns, noun phrases, noun clauses, and other grammatical forms. Relative pronouns are both a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, or clause and a type of […] More

  • Using Relative Pronouns as Subjects
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    Using Relative Pronouns as Subjects

    Traditional grammars define the noun as a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Pronouns are a subcategory of nouns that take the place of nouns, noun phrases, noun clauses, and other forms. Relative pronouns both a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, or clause and a type […] More

  • The Noun Phrase Modifier in English Grammar
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    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 adjective phrases most frequently function to describe nouns, five grammatical forms can perform the grammatical function of noun phrase modifier in the English language. The five grammatical forms that can function as noun phrase […] More

  • The English Conjunction System: Coordinating, Correlative, and Subordinating Conjunctions
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    The English Conjunction System: Coordinating, Correlative, and Subordinating Conjunctions

    Conjunctions are traditionally defined as words that link together other words, phrases, and clauses. The English language contains three grammatical forms of conjunctions that perform three grammatical functions. The three forms of conjunctions in English are: Coordinating conjunctions Correlative conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions The three functions of conjunctions in English are: Coordinator Correlator Subordinator Conjunctions are […] More

  • The English Relative Pronoun System
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    The English Relative Pronoun System

    Relative pronouns are both a type of pronoun that take the place of another word, phrase, or clause and a type of subordinating conjunction that introduce adjective, or relative, clauses. Adjective clauses perform the function of noun phrase modifier within noun phrases. The nine relative pronouns in English grammar are: who whom that which Ø […] More

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