Mood : In English there are two moods, the indicative and the subjunctive. The subjunctive is
very rarely used.
Passive : A passive sentence is one in which the subject is the topic of the action, not the actor
or agent.
Example::
The tree was blown over by the wind. In this example, the actor or agent of the
action is
the wind .
Predicate : one of the two essential constituents of a sentence, the other one being the
subject .
The predicate is made up of everything in the sentence that is not contained in the subject. In a
normal affirmative sentence, it follows the subject. It must contain a verb.
Punctuation : an aspect of syntax, punctuation consists of a small number of symbols that are
used to delimit, when necessary, words, phrases or sentences.
Quantifier : A quantifier is a type of
determiner that expresses an imprecise or undefined
quantity; it can be contrasted with a number that expresses a precise quantity. Quantifiers
include words such as
some, many, a few, several. Relative : A
relative clause is a clause introduced by a
relative pronoun such as
who, which, whose etc.
Subject : the actor or topic of a sentence. In a simple sentence, the subject comes first, before
the
predicate .
Subordination : see
subordinate clause above.
Suffix : a morpheme (element of meaning) added to the end of a word. See
endings above.
Style : the manner in which ideas are expressed as words. Style can be anything from formal
to informal, or oral to written.
Superlative : the highest degree of an adjective or adverb. Superlatives are formed either by
adding
-est to an
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