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Participial adjective A participial adjective is a word which is identical in form to the present or past participle of a verb. A participial adjective… Continue reading

The label imperative refers to the formal sentence type which has the following distinctive sentence pattern: Keep quiet! This pattern commonly expresses a command. In… Continue reading

On the basis of their grammatical behavior the words of a language are divided into several classes. These different classes of words are called the… Continue reading

Conditional is a traditional label for the modal auxiliary verbs would and should when they do not express obligation. The name is given because sentences… Continue reading

The label complement is applied to several different things. A subject complement A subject complement is a word or phrase which follows a copular verb.… Continue reading