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**** verbs acting as nouns | **** verbs acting as nouns | ||
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***** "to swim" + -ing = "swimming" = a noun for the act of swimming | ***** "to swim" + -ing = "swimming" = a noun for the act of swimming | ||
*** | *** gerunds are often interchangeable with infinitives | ||
*** example" | |||
**** I hate doing math" versus "I hate to do math" | |||
** See | |||
*** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/verbforms Grammar: Verb Forms: "-ing," Infinitives, and Past Participles (Walden Univ)] | |||
*** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/verbtensesMost Common Verb Tenses in Academic Writing (Walden Univ)] | *** [https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/verbtensesMost Common Verb Tenses in Academic Writing (Walden Univ)] | ||
*** [https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/ing-forms/ The -ing forms (ef.edu Resources for Learning English] | *** [https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/ing-forms/ The -ing forms (ef.edu Resources for Learning English] | ||
** see | ** see | ||
=== conjugations === | === conjugations === | ||
* see | * see | ||
Revision as of 22:49, 8 February 2021
Grammar
See Word Parts of Speech & Grammar Rules for list of commonly used words, their parts of speech categories, and the rules governing their use
Parts of Speech[edit | edit source]
nouns[edit | edit source]
- persons, places, things
- proper nouns
- nouns as modifiers
- ex. "dog food"
- see Nouns as Modifiers (meg.com)
- nouns as modifiers
verbs[edit | edit source]
- express action/s
- verb phrases
- verb forms
- -ing
- gerunds
- verbs acting as nouns
- example:
- "to swim" + -ing = "swimming" = a noun for the act of swimming
- gerunds are often interchangeable with infinitives
- example"
- I hate doing math" versus "I hate to do math"
- See
- see
- -ing
conjugations[edit | edit source]
adverbs[edit | edit source]
adjectives[edit | edit source]
- modify nouns
articles[edit | edit source]
- definite
- the
- refers to a specific noun, usually already stated or defined
- indefinite
- a or an
- refers to a general noun, usually not already stated or defined
- indefinite articles are not used to refer to a general noun or one that cannot be counteed
- ex. "water" cannot be counted, so "a water" is incorrect
- "may I have a water" should be instead "may I have some water"
- ex. "water" cannot be counted, so "a water" is incorrect
- zero articles
- when the noun represents a generic idea, the article can be omitted
- ex.
- "They went on vacation" as opposed to "they went on a vacation "
- see
- [https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/using_articles.html Purdue OWN Using Articles}
- What Are Articles?
pronouns[edit | edit source]
- "pro" = for; "noun"
- refer to a noun in oder to avoid repetition
- pronoun forms
- subject
- object
- possessive
- comparisons
- see How to Pick Pronouns for Comparisons (Dummies)
prepositions[edit | edit source]
- express relationship in time, place, or sequence
interjections[edit | edit source]
- aside remarks or interruptions
- exclamation
- expresses a spontaneous reaction or emotion
- examples
- "no!"
- "okay"
- "damn!"
- "heh!"
- examples
- expresses a spontaneous reaction or emotion
Modifiers[edit | edit source]
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/modifiers
Sentence Diagramming[edit | edit source]
- diagraming sentences means identifying every part of speech of the words in a sentence
- see Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Object Complements