grammar

Benefactive Case

The benefactive case marks a noun phrase that benefits from an action, indicating 'for whom' or 'for what purpose' an…

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Auxiliary Verb

Auxiliary verbs, also known as helping verbs, assist main verbs in sentences. They help form tenses, moods, and voices, playing…

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Assumptive Mood

The assumptive mood is a grammatical mood used to express a speaker's belief that a statement is true or will…

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Apostrophe: Understanding the Punctuation Mark

An apostrophe is a punctuation mark used to indicate possession, contractions, and omissions. It plays a crucial role in English…

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Antipassive Voice

The antipassive voice is a grammatical construction found in some languages, particularly ergative-absolutive languages. It shifts the focus from the…

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Anaphoric Clitic

An anaphoric clitic is a short, unstressed word that refers back to a previously mentioned element in a sentence or…

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Affix (Linguistics)

An affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form.…

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Affix (Grammar)

An affix is a morpheme added to a word's stem to form a new word or word form. Affixes can…

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Adverbializer

An adverbializer is a linguistic tool or process that transforms other word classes, like adjectives or nouns, into adverbs, often…

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Adverbial Clause

An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adverb, modifying a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It…

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