Grammar

Grammar

• Note: "punctuation" is a sub-category of "grammar" <<tbd structure for separate punctuation entry or not

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

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clause

(not Santa)

conjunctions

• see parts of speech

coordinating conjunctions

• = combine independent clauses (clauses that can stand as sentences on their own)

The 7 coordinating conjunctions

Alphab. list	FANBOYS list
and	F	for
but	A	and
for	N	nor
or	B	but
nor	O	or
so	Y	yet
yet	S	so

subordinating conjunctions

• = conjunctions that "subordinate" or turn an independent clause into a subordinate clause, i.e., a sentence that cannot stand on its own

Click EXPAND for partial list of subordinating conjunctions

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Introductory clauses & phrases

introductory clause

• provides information or context to set up a dominant clause
• = a dependent clause (does not stand as a complete sentence)
• usually begin with a subordinating conjunction
  • ex. "If you want to do well on the test, use the study guide"

Modifiers, qualifiers & intensifiers

Modifiers

• modifiers change or add or "modify" the meaning of a word or sentence
• modifiers provide or extent additional meaning to the reader
• types of modifiers
  • adjectives
  • prepositions
    • prepositional phrases
  • adverbs
  • verbs as modifiers
    • participle phrase
• other
  • adjective clause
  • infinitive phrase
  • adverbial clause
  • absolute phrase
  • Nouns as modifiers

Qualifiers

• qualifiers limit, or "qualify," the meaning of a word
• types of qualifiers:

>> to do

Intensifiers

• enhance or strengthen the meaning of a word
  • (opposite of qualifiers which limit the meaning of a word)
• intensifiers are adverbs (which modify verbs and adjectives), such as "he ran very fast" or "he was very late"
• intensifiers can also act as adjectives in order to intensify an noun,
  • as in "a total lie"
• types of intensifiers:
  • positive intensifiers:
    • very, extremely, absolutely, greatly, totally, highly, particularly, seriously, etc.
  • negative intensifiers:
    • never, at all, dangerously, never, etc.
  • intensifiers that can be both positive or negative:
    • awfully, completely

Sources for modifiers, qualifiers & intensifiers

• Modifiers (Walden.edu)]
• Modifiers Intensifiers, Qualifiers (My English Teacher)]
• [Intensifiers (Britishcouncil.org)]
• [Intensifier (Grammar-Monster.com)]
• for Parts of Speech entry on "Very" (s4s wiki)

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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