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| Noun Function 10 - Noun Absolutes And now we reach the end of the list and find one of the most potent structures the English language makes available to aspiring writers. But before visiting noun absolutes, let’s review. Here’s t… |
| What Nouns Do What do nouns do in our language? It’s crucial that you know, for you cannot begin to engage in any kind of grammatical analysis without knowing the roles of all eight parts of speech. The main ro… |
| Auxiliary Verbs - Called “Helping Verbs” Some people refer to auxiliary verbs as helping verbs. The main verbs we use in the English language break down into the four major verb types: 1. action transitive verbs 2. action intransitive… |
| Noun Function 8 - Noun Modifiers Nouns often modify other nouns, as in noun modifier or sentence structure. We have thousands of terms where a first noun modifies an ensuing noun: hotdog bun football |
| More on the Awful “Like” Word In my last blog, I began my diatribe against the awful like word. In this edition, we’ll explore some grammar and see how the like word can serve as seven out of the eight parts of speech. Many child… |
| The “Like” Word Threatens Your Career In my last blog, we looked at some grammar governing the use of the like word. Now let’s see what the experts have to say. As you’ll see, they mince no words. Overusing Like Threatens Your Career Con… |
| Finite Verb - Tense, Person, Number, Mood A finite verb is just that: finite. It’s finite in time, as in present, past, future, and other time dimensions. Tense, What Is It? When we talk about time in relation to verbs… |
| The Awful “Like” Word – Part I If you have a “like” habit, the time has come: Break it. Many people cannot make it through a single sentence without scores of “I’m like” and “She was like” and “She’s all . . . .” For g… |
| The “Like” Word Like, Wow! The word doing the most damage to the communicative “skills” of young people today happens to be a preposition … the word like. It also happens to be a noun, a verb, an… |
| Verb "To Be" To Be or Not To Be The eBook Developing a Powerful Writing Style thoroughly discusses the problem of overusing the verb to be. We urge you to read it. When you do, notice that the… |
| Contractions - Use in Formal Writing Before we leave our general discussion of verbs, we should pause to contemplate contractions. You remember them, don’t you? There. I just used one: don’t. You form contractions by compressing two wor… |
| That vs. Which Which Is It? That? Or Which? Now we open the proverbial can of worms. Some people on earth know the differences between that and which. I’m one of them. So is your boss. Maybe.… |
| "A," "An," "The" - The Articles At this point in our study of the eight parts of speech, it’s a good idea to discuss three little words we have a hard time classifying in the English language—the articles, a, an, and the. They d… |
| Common Grammatical Mistakes We have broken some of the longer topics into multiple pages. So watch for references to “Pages 1-2-3” at the bottom of the topic. Click the next page number to continue reading. Pleas… |
| Plurals of Nouns Notice that words are characterized as nouns by their ability to form plurals. (Some pronouns have this ability as well, e.g., other and others.) You will form the plural for most nouns by adding ‑s … |
| Present Participle - The -ing Verb Every verb in the English language has a present participle, and you form it the same way for every verb: Just add ‑ing. Sometimes you’ll have to drop an ending silent ‑e, as in write and writing. So… |
| Fused Participle - Solutions Whenever you use a noun or pronoun followed by an ‑ing verb, you must figure out whether the issue of the fused participle even arises. Figure out what noun function you need in your sentence. Is it … |
| Noun Functions 1-5 - Verb Dependent Take a look at the first five noun functions: 1. subject of the verb 2. complement of to be or a linking verb 3. direct object of a transitive verb |
| A Final Summary of Verbs Summary of Verbs Verbs fulfill five functions in our language. In their conjugated form, they enable us to form clauses, either as complete sentences or as dependent clauses. They… |
| Noun Functions 1-6 - Dependent Nouns Noun Functions - Dependent on Verbs and Prepositions A noun has a hard time jumping up on the back of a sentence without some help. It turns to the verb for its first five functio… |
| A General Summary of Nouns At this stage, we are still just exploring the eight parts of speech. The first is the noun. Above, we learned that nouns serve to name things, people, places, ideas, feelings, and other abstractions… |
| A Summary of the 10 Functions of Nouns Here they are again—the 10 functions of nouns. 1. Subjects of Sentences The professor, John Smith, is the noun expert, so yesterday he gave the class his views on… |
| Verb Function 4 - Past-Participial Phrase (-ed Phrase) Every verb has a past participle, which we form by adding ‑ed for regular verbs and some other ending for irregular verbs. For the ‑ed verbs, we sometimes have to double up an ending consonant (occur… |
| Main Verbs - Four Kinds We can first divide all main verbs into two broad categories: action verbs and no-action verbs. Thousands reside in the action-verb group, only a handful in the no-action group. Each of these groups … |
| Conjugating in the Progressive Aspect The progressive tenses show an ongoing action. Some grammarians call the progressive tense the progressive aspect. So let's learn the tricks of conjugating in the progressive aspect. Once Amber an… |
