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English (EN)A word used to connect words or constructions. Co-ordinating conjunctions such as 'and', and 'but' link together elements of equal importance in a sentence ('fish and chips' ...
A word used as the name or designation of a person or thing, such as 'duck' or 'river'. Abstract nouns denote abstract properties, such as 'invisibility', 'gentleness'. ...
Object is the thing upon which the action of a verb is done. More technically a substantive word, phrase, or clause, immediately dependent on, or ‘governed by’, a verb, as expressing, in the case of ...
A word derived from a verb which acts like an adjective, as in 'let sleeping dogs lie'. More technically 'A word that partakes the nature of a verb and an adjective; a derivative of a ...
A part of speech which indicates a connection, between two other parts of speech, such as 'to', 'with', 'by' or 'from'. 'She came from America', 'He gave ...
A part of speech which stands for a noun: "he", "she", "him", "her", "them". Possessive pronouns express ownership ("his", "hers"). Reflexive pronouns are "herself", "himself", "myself" and are used ...
A sentence is a complete linguistic composition containing a subject, main verb and object, and is concluded by a full-stop. It is usually supposed to be 'a sequence of words which makes complete ...
