Descriptive Grammar |
Contents
INTRODUCTION THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 |
Part I | 9 |
TERMINOLOGY | 11 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
action active voice adjective clause adverb clause adverb modifiers adverbial objective antecedent appositive classified cognate object comparative construed convey coördinating conjunction definite degree denote Dictionary direct object employed English Grammar EXERCISE expletive expressed finite verb following sentences full verb function function words gender gerund gerund phrase give idea indefinite relative indicate infinitive phrase inflectional intransitive introduce join language Latin Lesson live meaning Middle English modal auxiliaries mode Modern English never nonrestrictive noun clause noun or pronoun objective complement Observe Old English passive voice past participle past tense person and number person singular personal pronouns phrasal placed possessive predicate nominative predicate verb prepositional phrase present perfect tense present tense principal clause principal verb relative adverb relative pronoun restrictive sentences containing speech student subjunctive subordinate clause suffix superlative tence tense forms things third person thou tion tive transitive verb usage usually verb form verbal vowel whoever words