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Grammar terms

September 3, 2011

Bare infinitive An infinitive not preceded by to. Examples are: write, work, sing, draw, paint etc. Bound morpheme A morpheme which cannot stand alone to make a word. A bound morpheme must be combined with at least one another morpheme within a word. In English, the most familiar types of bound morphemes are prefixes and [...]

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Grammar terms

September 1, 2011

Infinitive The infinitive is a particular verb form which expresses the verbal idea in its simplest form. It has no marking for tense, mood, person or other grammatical categories. In English, the infinitive is the bare form of the verb. It is the form which can immediately follow a modal auxiliary verb like will or [...]

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Grammar terms beginning with the letter I

August 31, 2011

Imperative The sentence type illustrated in English by the following distinctive sentence pattern: Come here! The imperative commonly expresses a command. In English, an imperative usually has no expressed subject (though you is understood as its subject). The verb is in its infinitive form. In writing, an imperative sentence is often punctuated with an exclamation [...]

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Common idioms with take

June 28, 2011

Pick /take up the ball and run with it This is an American idiom. It means take an idea or plan and develop it further. It seems to be a good idea. I think we should pick up the ball and run with it. Take your breath away If something takes your breath away, you [...]

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