English grammar - Glossary of grammatical terms
 

Grammar Monster Home |  Glossary of Terms  |  Common Errors  |  FAQs  |  Grammar Chat  |  Download  |  Grammar Checker Glossary of grammatical terms A ^ top abbreviation absolute possessive abstract noun accusative case acronym active sentence active voice adjective adjective clause adjective phrase adjunct adverb adverbial clause adverbial phrase affix alliteration anagram analogy anastrophe antecedent antonym apostrophe apposition appositive archaism article aspect auxiliary verb B ^ top basic form brackets C ^ top case clause cliché co-ordinate conjunction collective noun colloquialism colon comma common noun comparative complement complete aspect complete tense complex sentence compound adjective compound noun compound predicate compound sentence compound subject compound verb concrete noun conjunction conjunctive adverb connotation consonant continuing aspect contraction correlative conjunction countable noun D ^ top dangling modifier dash dative case declarative sentence definite article demonstrative adjective demonstrative pronoun denotation dependent adverb clause dependent clause diction direct object direct question double comparative double negative E ^ top ellipsis emotive language enumeration of adjectives euphemism exclamation mark exclamatory sentence F ^ top feminine figurative figure of speech first person full stop future perfect tense future perfect progressive tense future progressive tense future tense G ^ top gender gender-specific noun genitive case gerund gerund phrase H ^ top helping verb homonym hyperbole hyphen I ^ top idiom imperative mood imperative sentence indefinite adjective indefinite article indefinite aspect indefinite pronoun indefinite tense independent clause indicative mood indirect object indirect question infinitive form infinitive phrase intensive pronoun interjection interrogative interrogative adjective interrogative pronoun interrogative sentence intransitive verb irony irregular verb J ^ top K ^ top L ^ top limiting modifier linking verb literal meaning M ^ top masculine mass noun metaphor metonym misplaced modifier modifier mood N ^ top neologism neuter nominative case non-countable noun non-restrictive clause noun noun clause noun phrase number O ^ top object object of a preposition objective case object complement objective personal pronoun onomatopoeia oxymoron P ^ top paradox paragraph parentheses parenthesis parenthesis in apposition participle participle phrase parts of speech passive sentence passive voice past form past participle past perfect tense past perfect progressive tense past progressive tense past tense perfect aspect perfect progressive aspect perfect progressive tense perfect tense periodic sentence person personal pronoun personification phrase plural positive degree possessive adjective possessive case possessive noun possessive personal pronoun possessive pronoun predicate prefix preposition prepositional phrase present participle present perfect tense present perfect progressive tense present progressive tense present tense progressive aspect progressive tense pronoun proper noun prose punctuation Q ^ top question mark quotation quotation marks R ^ top reciprocal pronoun reflexive pronoun regular verb relative pronoun restrictive clause restrictive modifier rhetorical question root run-on sentence S ^ top satire simile second person semicolon sentence simple aspect simple future tense simple past tense simple present tense simple sentence simple subject simple tense singular split infinitive squinting modifier subject subjective case subject complement subjective personal pronoun subjunctive mood subordinate clause subordinating conjunction suffix superlative syllable synonym T ^ top tautology tense third person title case transitive verb U ^ top V ^ top verb verb root verbal verbal noun vocative case voice vowel W ^ top weak verb X ^ top Y ^ top Z ^ top Jade, try this

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