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**** "The boiling water is hot" ("boiling" describes the water)
**** "The boiling water is hot" ("boiling" describes the water)
** gerund
** gerunds
*** verbs that act as nouns
*** verbs that act as nouns
*** use the -ing form
*** use the -ing form

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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]

verbs[edit | edit source]

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"
    • 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

pronouns[edit | edit source]

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!"

Modifiers[edit | edit source]

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/modifiers


Sentence Diagramming[edit | edit source]

Categories[edit | edit source]

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