Determinatives In traditional treatments of grammar, nouns are defined as words that denote a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun phrase is a phrase that consists of a noun functioning as the head of the phrase plus any modifiers, complements, or determiners. A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns are a [Read Full Article...]
Noun Phrase Complements Noun phrase complements in English grammar are words, phrases, and clauses that complete the meaning of a noun or noun phrase. Noun phrase complement is a grammatical function. The grammatical form that can function as the noun phrase complement in English grammar is the noun clause. Noun phrase complements are constituents of the noun phrase. References Brinton, [Read Full Article...]
Noun Phrase Modifiers Noun phrase modifiers in English grammar are words, phrases, and clauses that modify or describe a noun including a pronoun or a noun phrase. Noun phrase modifier is a grammatical function. The grammatical forms that can function as the noun phrase modifier in English grammar are noun phrase, adjective phrase, prepositional phrase, verb phrase, and adjective clause. [Read Full Article...]
Infinitive Markers Infinitive markers in English grammar are function words that distinguish the base forms from the infinitive forms of English verbs. Function words perform definite grammatical functions but lack definite lexical meaning. Infinitive marker is a grammatical function. The grammatical form that can function as the infinitive marker in English grammar is the preposition or p-word, specifically the preposition [Read Full Article...]
Indirect Objects Nouns are traditionally defined as words that refer to a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun phrase is a phrase that consists of a noun plus any modifiers, complements, or determiners. A subcategory of nouns, pronouns are words that take the place of nouns and noun phrases. In grammar, an indirect object is word, phrase, or clause [Read Full Article...]
Determinatives Determinatives in English grammar are words that express additional information such as definiteness, proximity, quantity, and relationships about a noun phrase or verb phrase in the form of a present participle. Determinative is a grammatical function. The grammatical form that can function as the determinative in English grammar is the determiner. The six types of determiners are articles, possessive [Read Full Article...]
Predicates Predicates in English grammar are words or phrases that express the action performed by the grammatical subject or the state of the grammatical subject. Predicate is a grammatical function. The grammatical form that can function as the predicate in English grammar is the verb phrase. The predicate is the head of the main clause. Other grammatical functions that appear [Read Full Article...]
Prepositional Complements Prepositional complements in English grammar are words, phrases, and clauses that directly follow a preposition and complete the meaning of the prepositional phrase. Prepositional complement is a grammatical function. The grammatical forms that can function as the prepositional complement in English grammar are noun phrases, prepositional phrases, verb phrases, and noun clauses. Prepositional complements are also called complements [Read Full Article...]
Object Complements Object complements in English grammar are words, phrases, and clauses that directly follow and describe or complete the direct object. Object complement is a grammatical function. The grammatical forms that can function as the subject complement in English grammar are noun phrases, adjective phrases, prepositional phrases, verb phrases, and noun clauses. Object complements are constituents of the predicate. [Read Full Article...]
Direct Objects Nouns have traditionally been defined as words for people, places, things, and ideas. A noun phrase consists of a noun plus any modifiers, complements, and determiners that provide more information about the noun. Pronouns, which are a subcategory of nouns, are words that take the place of nouns and noun phrases. In grammar, direct object is a word, [Read Full Article...]