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+Grammar
+Syntax
 == Parts of Speech ==
+* categories for the role of a word in a sentence
+* such as adjective, adverb, noun, verb, etc.
+* many words can operate across or as different parts of speech
+** ex., an "attributive noun" acts as an adjective that modifies another noun ("'''''dog''''' food")
+== Modifier ==
+* a word or set of words that "modify" or change, add to, qualify, or describe another word or another part of a sentence
+* some parts of speech are modifiers:
+** adjective, adverb, article, determiner, preposition
+* phrases and clauses can also act as modifiers
 == Sentence Parts ==
-Subject
-Predicate
+=== Subject ===
-Modifier
+* a noun
+* the actor
+* i.e., the person place or thing that does the action
+* in grammar, "subject" is in the sense of "to subject" or "to force into submission"
+** as in the "doer" of the sentence, the actor that causes the action
+* also related to the word "'''subjective,'''" which means "from the perspective of"
+=== Verb ===
+* word that expresses an action ("make") or existence ("be")
+* '''infinitive''' = "to" + the verb , as in "to make"
+** infinitives express the action in general but not the action itself
+** infinitives can operate as nouns or adjectives
+*** as in "I want '''''to go'''''" ("to go" = the object of the verb "want")
+=== Predicate ===
+* expresses what happens to the subject
+* i.e., = the verb + the result or outcome of an action
+=== Object ===
+* the recipient of the action
+** i.e.,
+* direct object
+* indirect object
 === Sentence ===
 * a grammatically complete thought
 ** contains a subject & verb/predicate