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** infinitive | ** infinitive | ||
** conjugations | ** conjugations | ||
** -ing | ** participles | ||
*** | *** verb forms that act like an adjective | ||
**** verbs | *** "past participle" | ||
**** | **** use the -ed forms | ||
**** where the simple past tense of a verb is used to show a condition of something | |||
*** examples: | |||
**** "Boiled water is sanitized" | |||
*** "present participle" | |||
**** uses the -ing form | |||
examples: | |||
**** "Boiling water becomes sanitized" | |||
** gerund | |||
*** verbs that act as nouns | |||
*** use the -ing form | |||
*** examples | |||
***** "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 | *** gerunds are often interchangeable with infinitives | ||
**** I hate doing math" versus "I hate to do math" | **** 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://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/ing-forms/ The -ing forms (ef.edu Resources for Learning English] | |||
** | ** [https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/participles.htm Grammar-Monster.com participles] | ||
=== conjugations === | === conjugations === |
Revision as of 23:12, 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
- infinitive
- conjugations
- participles
- verb forms that act like an adjective
- "past participle"
- use the -ed forms
- where the simple past tense of a verb is used to show a condition of something
- examples:
- "Boiled water is sanitized"
- "present participle"
- uses the -ing form
examples:
- "Boiling water becomes sanitized"
- gerund
- verbs that act as nouns
- use the -ing form
- examples
- "to swim" + -ing = "swimming" = a noun for the act of swimming
- gerunds are often interchangeable with infinitives
- I hate doing math" versus "I hate to do math"
- See
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