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(Encyclopedia) adjective, English part of speech, one of the two that refer typically to attributes and together are called modifiers. The other kind of modifier is the adverb. Adjectives and adverbs…Buck, Carl Darling
(Encyclopedia) Buck, Carl Darling, 1866–1955, American philologist, b. Orlando, Maine. Buck taught at the Univ. of Chicago from 1892 to 1933. His Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian (1904) is still…Ethiopic
(Encyclopedia) EthiopicEthiopicēthēŏpˈĭk [key], extinct language of Ethiopia belonging to the North Ethiopic group of the South Semitic (or Ethiopic) languages, which, in turn, belong to the Semitic…conjugation, in grammar
(Encyclopedia) conjugation: see inflection.contraction, in grammar
(Encyclopedia) contraction, in writing: see abbreviation.voice, in grammar
(Encyclopedia) voice, grammatical category according to which an action is referred to as done by the subject (active, e.g., men shoot bears) or to the subject (passive, e.g., bears are shot by men…period, in grammar
(Encyclopedia) period: see punctuation.Brewer's: Kings may override Grammar
(See Grammar.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Kingly TitlesKings have Long Hands A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…Grammar Song: Different Types of Nouns
Use collective nouns when referring to one or more person, place, or thing. Apostrophes can also be used to show possession.Grammar Song: Different Types of Pronouns
This jammin' grammar song describes singular, plural, subject, object, and possessive pronouns.Trending
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