MILAZO

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

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a-, an meaning 'not'

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ab-
a-
abs-

abduct
avert*
abstruse

ad-, meaning to, toward or near

advertise
aspire
accept
affect
agglutinative
alliteration
annihilate*
appoint
arrest
assign
attenuate

a-an-, meaning not or without

agnostic
anarchy
anonymous
apolitical
asexual
atypical

abbreviation

In forming the plural of an abbreviation use a lower case 's' Drs, MPs, TVs.

-able, suffix used to form adjectives

acceptable, adaptable, admirable, adorable, consolable, consumable, degradable, etc

an abstract noun, will refer to a 'state', 'feeling','quality', 'concept' or 'idea'

anger, beauty, belief, bravery, charity, comfort, compassion, danger, faith, hate, hope, joy, liberty, love, mystery, omen, pain, pride, principle, romance, safety, skill, sympathy, truth, vanity, zeal

active voice

The subject performs the action. The cat caught a mouse. Zidane scored a goal. We saw the pyramids in Egypt. They ate an early dinner.

-ade,

adjectival clause, or relative clause is introduced by

a relative pronoun: who, which, that, whose
where, why and when instead of a relative pronoun

adjective

An adjective qualifies a noun or pronoun by generally adding details of colour, size, number, quality or type. One noun can be qualified by a single adjective or a string of adjectives.

Many adjectives are formed by adding -ed or -ing to a participle. Examples: hunt:- hunted, hunting; fade:-faded, fading; satisfy:- satisfied, satisfying.

adjectives ending in -ible

accessible, admissible, audible, compatible, credible, discernible, divisible, edible, eligible, fallible, feasible, flexible, gullible, irascible, legible, negligible, passible, permissible, reversible, sensible, suseptible, tangible, terrible, visible

adverb

An adverb modifies a verb or an adjective.

adverbs of degree, formed by generally adding -ly to an adjective

adequately, almost, comprehensively, entirely, extremely, hugely, greatly, immensely, moderately, partially, practically, profoundly, quite, really, relatively, strongly, totally, very, virtually, wholly

adverbs of duration

always, briefly, ceaselessly, forever, incessantly, indefinitely, long, momentarily, permanently, temporarily,

adverbs of emphasis

absolutely, certainly, definitely, emphatically, indeed, positively, quite, really, simply, truly

adverbs of frequency

always, annually, constantly, continually, daily, frequently, intermittently, monthly, never, often, regularly, seldom, sometimes, sporadically, weekly

adverbs of manner, formed by generally adding -ly to an adjective

actively, boldly, bravely, cutely, deeply, deftly, evenly, fairly, finely, firmly, flatly, fondly, freely, fully, gladly, glibly, glumly, grimly, hardly, idly, kindly, lamely, lazily, loudly, mildly, neatly, spryly, surely, tamely, tartly, tidily, truly, warmly, wisely

adverbs of place

anywhere, downstairs, eastward, elsewhere, everywhere, here, northwards, nowhere, soutwards, there, upstairs, westward,

adverbs of probability

certainly, conceivably, definitely, doubtlessly, hopefully, maybe, perhaps, possibly, presumably, probably, undeniably

adverbs of time

always, currently, last night, late, later, next morning, now, next time, next year, posthumously, presently, previously, recently, retrospectively, subsequently, today, tomorrow, tonight, yesterday,

adverbs that do not end in -ly

about, afar, almost, always, anew, around, away, back, best, down, easy, else, fair, fast, first, free, full, half, hard, here, high, home, just, late, less, long, loud, more, most, near, never, next, none, now, often, once, only, over, quite, slow, sometimes, soon, still, straight, such, that, then, there, this, tomorrow, too, twice, very, well, when, wide, yet

interrogative adverbs

how, when, where, why

adverbial clause of concession, introduced by a conjunction like

although, even though, though, whereas, while, whilst

adverbial clause of condition, introduced by a conjunction like

as long as, if, only if, provided, providing, unless,

adverbial clause of manner, introduced by a conjunction like

as, as if, as though, like

adverbial clause of place, introduced by a conjunction like

anywhere, everywhere, where, wherever

adverbial clause of reason, introduced by a conjunction like

as, because, since

agreement or concord

In a clause or sentence there should be agreement in respect of the noun and verb with regard to number, person or gender. A singular noun must be followed by a singular verb and vice versa for a plural noun.

A singular verb should follow the indefinite pronouns - anyone, either, everyone, neither, no one, someone.

A singular verb should follow group nouns unless the context suggests otherwise - audience, band, class, committee, company, congregation, crew, family, gang, government, herd, school, team.

A plural verb should follow a compound noun formed with 'and' - Clyde and Bonny were..., winter and summer are..., buses and taxis were..The exceptions are: A cheese and tomato sandwich is ..., Fish and chips is being served for lunch. Bread and butter is standard fare for breakfast.

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