grammar

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what is grammar

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The way individual words are structured and arranged together in sentences.
grammar is comprised of rules which connect the way communication systems work

Question 2

prescriptivists approach

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is one that gives hard and fast rules about what is right and wrong often with little explanation

• distinguished in classes
• wanted a standard grammar

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descriptivist approach

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is a scientific approach to the study of language and observes linguistics

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two elements of grammar

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morphology and syntax

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define the two affixes

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A suffix is a word part added to the end of a word

A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word or base word

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derivational

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changes to a word class or original meaning

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inflectional

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functional or grammatical change in word eg:cat”s”

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auxiliary verbs

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modal auxiliary:that is usually used with another verb to express ideas such as possibility, necessity, and permission.
primary auxiliary:The primary auxiliary verbs are ‘be’, ‘have’ and ‘do’

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what are clauses

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phrases that form a larger structure called clauses these are groups of words centered around verb phrases and its constituent elements

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subject

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usually a noun phrase, usally the focus of the clause

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object

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usually a noun phrase, being acted on

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complement

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is the attribute of the subject

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adverbial

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identifyes the cricumstance usally and adverb

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what is agency?

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The relationship of the subject and verb is called agency.

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what is a coordinated clause

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it is two clauses that are of equal status both can make sense on their own and are joined together and/or

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what is a subordinating clause

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it cannot make sense on its own and has to be a main clause for it to make sense

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what is an adverbial clause

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An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adverb

Question 18

what are the four types of scentsicles

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he four types of sentences are declarative sentences, imperative sentences, interrogative sentences, and exclamatory sentences

Question 19

what’s an orthographic sentence

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stylistic purposes

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parallel structures

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Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

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embedded clauses

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An embedded clause is a type of subordinate clause that is placed within another clause and is usually marked by commas

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Morphology

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The forms and formations of words in a sentence

how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language. It analyzes the structure of words and parts of words such as stems, root words, prefixes, and suffixes.

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Syntax

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syntax, the arrangement of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases,