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.
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Other Punctuation --


