Grammar

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 See Parts of Speech for grammar and usage rules on word categories

Modifiers, Qualifiers & Intensifiers

• modifiers v. qualifiers
  • modifiers change or add or "modify" the meaning of a word or sentence
  • modifiers provide or extent additional meaning to the reader
  • qualifiers limit, or "qualify," the meaning of a word
• Intensifiers
  • enhance or strengthen the meaning of a word
    • (opposite of qualifiers which limit the meaning of a word)

Types of Modifiers

• adjectives
• prepositions
  • prepositional phrase
• adverbs
• verbs as modifiers
  • participle phrase
• other
  • adjective clause
  • infinitive phrase
  • adverbial clause
  • absolute phrase

Types of Qualifiers

• Nouns as modifiers

• See
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Sentence Diagramming

• diagraming sentences means identifying every part of speech of the words in a sentence
• See Parts of Speech
• see Using Nouns and Noun Phrases as Object Complements
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