Tag: VERB

LANGUAGE

Preposition

Devika Panikar - January 11, 2023

A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location or spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Some examples of prep...

LANGUAGE

Concord

Devika Panikar - November 18, 2021

The term Concord refers to the relationship between the subject and verb. The subject of a sentence may be a noun, a pronoun, or a group of words acting as a noun. The subject may be plural or singula...

LANGUAGE

Phrasal Verbs

Devika Panikar - August 6, 2020

A phrasal verb combines two or three words from different grammatical categories — a verb and a particle, such as an adverb or a preposition — to form a single semantic unit on a lexical or syntactic ...

LINGUSTICS

IC Analysis of Sentences

Devika Panikar - July 29, 2020

A single sentence comprises an NP (subject) and a predicate phrase. Apart from a compulsory verbal group, this predicate phrase may optionally have one or more noun phrase(s), preposition phrase(s), a...

LINGUSTICS

Basic Sentence Patterns

Devika Panikar - July 1, 2020

A Basic or a Kernel sentence is the simplest form of sentence, which is simple (not complex or compound), declarative and affirmative, and in the active voice. Such sentences can be broadly classi...