Search Results for: subject verb

Grammar terms beginning with letter F

September 8, 2011 -

False friend A word in a foreign language which looks very much like a word in your own language but which has a very different… Continue reading

Grammar terms beginning with letters D and E

September 7, 2011 -

Double negative A construction in which two or more negative words occur in a single clause. Examples are: I don’t have nothing to prove. I… Continue reading

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… Continue reading

Correct use of some adjectives

August 17, 2011 -

The adjective can be correctly used with a verb when some quality of the subject, rather the action of the verb, is to be expressed.… Continue reading

More about object complements

August 7, 2011 -

Some transitive verbs can be followed by an object together with an object complement (an expression that gives more information about the object). The object… Continue reading