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  • 31Dependent clause — In linguistics, a dependent clause (sometimes called a subordinate clause) is a clause that augments an independent clause with additional information, but which cannot stand alone as a sentence. Dependent clauses modify the independent clause of …

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  • 32glossary —    Grammatical terms are, to quote Frank Palmer, largely notional and often extremely vague. In I went swimming, for instance, swimming is a present participle; but in Swimming is good for you, it is a gerund. Because such distinctions are for… …

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  • 33as — 1. problems with as…as… In this common construction, the first as is an adverb, and the second is either a preposition or a conjunction. a) When no verb follows, e.g. as good as we / as good as us, there is no problem with nouns after as because… …

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  • 34Classical Chinese grammar — is systematically complex, and greatly differs from the grammar of modern vernacular Chinese. Contents 1 Overview 2 Word order 3 Sentence formation 4 …

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  • 35HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …

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  • 36Toki Pona — Infobox Language name=Toki Pona caption=Symbol creator=Sonja Elen Kisa date=2001 setting=testing principles of minimalism, the Sapir Whorf hypothesis and pidgins speakers=at least three fluent, [http://bknight0.myweb.uga.edu/toki/lesson/lesson1.ht… …

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  • 37Relative clause — A relative clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun. For example, the noun phrase the man who wasn t there contains the noun man , which is modified by the relative clause who wasn t there . In many languages, relative clauses are… …

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  • 38Spanish prepositions — Spanish language …

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  • 39List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …

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  • 40part of speech — noun one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑form class, ↑word class • Hypernyms: ↑grammatical category, ↑syntactic category • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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