Adjective

Adjective is a part of speech that describes, qualifies, or places limits on a noun or pronoun.... More >>

Adverb

Adverb is a part of speech that adds meaning to a verb, to an adjective, to another adverb, or to... More >>

Antecedent

Antecedent, an tuh SEE duhnt, is a word or group of words to which a pronoun refers in a... More >>

Apposition

Apposition extends the meaning of a word or phrase next to it. Words that are in apposition refer... More >>

Article

Article, in grammar, is the name given to one of three words--a, an, and the. They are classified... More >>

Case

Case is a feature of nouns and pronouns that helps show their relation to other parts of speech... More >>

Chomsky, Noam

Chomsky, Noam, CHOM skee, nohm (1928-...), is an American linguist, philosopher, and political... More >>

Clause

Clause is a group of words with a subject and a predicate. A main, or independent, clause can... More >>

Comparison

Comparison, in grammar, is the inflection of some adjectives and adverbs to express a greater or... More >>

Conjugation

Conjugation, kon juh GAY shuhn, is a complete list of the forms of a verb by mood, number,... More >>

Conjunction

Conjunction, kuhn JUHNGK shuhn, is a word used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.... More >>

Declension

Declension is a listing of the different case forms of a noun or pronoun. Some languages, such as... More >>

Gender

Gender. In English, living things are classed as male or female, and things without life as... More >>

Grammar

Grammar is the system by which a language functions. The description of that system is also... More >>

Infinitive

Infinitive, ihn FIHN uh tihv, is the simple or base form of a verb, such as go, see, watch, or... More >>