Writing 2121F/G Study Guide - Adpositional Phrase, Adverb, Preposition And Postposition
1 Mar 2013
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Can put an article in front: verb. To be is the most common (linking a verb) Some can function as actions or states of being (ex. Adverbs that modify sentences are conjunctive adverbs (however, moreover), they provide a link between two sentences. Can take more than one position in the sentence without changing meaning. Some tell the place of an action, when an action occurred, and the extent of an action: adjective. Clause pattern opens with a subject and ends with an object. Look to the left of verb for subject. Linking verbs don"t describe an action, what follows is the subject complement. An adjective by itself cannot be a grammatical object but can be a subject complement. I endured an informative grammar (adj. ) lesson (n) The lesson was (lv) very (sc) informative (adj. ) Words that tell us something about the adjective is an adverb. The lesson was not (adverb) very (adverb) informative: pro-noun.
