Grammar

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


Modifiers, Qualifiers & Intensifiers[edit | edit source]

Modifiers[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

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

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Intensifiers[edit | edit source]

  • enhance or strengthen the meaning of a word
    • (opposite of qualifiers which limit the meaning of a word)
  • 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
  • See

Sentence Diagramming[edit | edit source]

Categories[edit | edit source]