Grammar and Punctuation

In this section of our site, we offer examples of grammar and punctuation.  Definitions are also provided for you. 

 

Grammar

 

Adjectives-- An adjective can modify a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying a one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase.

Adverbs-- An adverb can modify a verb, and adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause.  An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how", "when", "where" , "how much". (uOttawa)  Many adverbs end in "ly".

Verbs--The verb is could be the most important part of the sentence.  A verb or compound verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states fo being. (uOttawa)

Nouns-- A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing.

Pronouns-- A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun.

Prepositions-- A word or phrase placed typically before a substantive and indicating the relation of that substantive to a verb, an adjective, or another substantive.

Sentence Structures-- The grammatical arrangements of words in a sentence.

Punctuation

Apostrophes -- This site gives you over 20 rules and examples on when, where, and how to use a comma. 

Quotation Marks -- This site gives you over 15 rules and examples on when, where, and how to use quotation marks. 

Commas --

Hyphens --

Other Punctuation --