Above all: before all other considerations Above all, be honest. After all: in spite of every fact to the contrary We should let her do… Continue reading
Some adverb phrases in common use
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Grammatical terms
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Person The grammatical category which is used to distinguish participants in a conversation. English distinguishes three persons. The first person represents the speaker or speakers.… Continue reading
Adjective clauses
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Look at the italicized group words in the following sentence. The house that I live in belongs to my father. (Which house?) Here the group… Continue reading
Adjective Phrases
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Sometimes a group of words does the work of an adjective. Study the following examples. The mayor was a wealthy man. The mayor was a… Continue reading
The phrase and the clause
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When we make a sentence, we name a person or thing and say something about that person or thing. Every sentence has two parts –… Continue reading