Glossary of Grammatical Terms

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A

Abbreviation

Absolute Modifiers

Accented Syllables

Acronym

Active Voice of Verbs

Adjective

Adjective Clause

Adverb

Adverb Clause

Ambiguous

Antecedent

Appositive

Archaic/Archaism

Article

Auxiliary Verb

B

Basic Tenses

Verb To Be

C

Capitalize

Capital Letters

Case

Clause

Clam Chowder

Cliche

Comparative Degree

Complement

Complex Sentence

Compound

Compound-Complex Sentence

Compound Sentence

Conjunction

Conjunctive Adverbs

Contraction

Coordinate Adjectives

Cumulative Adjectives

D

Dangling Modifier

Declarative Sentence

Demonstratives

Dependent Clause

Direct Address

Direct Object

Direct Quotation

E

Ellipsis

Elliptical Clause

Emphatic Tenses

Exclamation

F

Formal

Fragment

Fragmentary Response

G

Gerund

H

He Said/She Said Clause

I

Imperative Mood

Imperative Sentence

Imperfect Tense

Indefinite Pronoun

Independent Clause

Indicative Mood

Indirect Object

Indirect Question

Indirect Quotation

Infinitive

Informal

Intensive Pronoun

Interjection

Interrogative Pronoun

Interrogative Sentence

Intransitive Verb

Irony

J

jargon

L

Linking Verb

Ligature

M

Main Clause

Misplaced Modifier

Mood

Modifier

Modify

N

Negative

Nomenclature

Nominative Absolute

Nominative Case

Nonrestrictive Modifiers

Nonstandard

Noun

O

Object Complement

Object of Preposition

Objective Case

Onomatopoeia

P

Parenthetical Expression

Participle

Part of Speech

Passive Voice

Perfect Tenses

Person

Phrase

Plural

Positive Degree

Possessive Case

Possessive Pronoun

Predicate

Predicate Nominative

Preposition

Prepositional Phrase

Principal Parts

Progressive Tenses

Pronoun

Proper Noun

Proper Adjective

Punctuation

R

Redundant

Reflexive Pronoun

Relative Pronoun

Run-on Sentence

S

Schwa

Sentence

Singular

Syllable

Standard English

Series

Stilted

Subject of Infinitive

Subject

Subordinate Clause

Subordinating Conjunction

Subjunctive Mood

Superlative

T

Tense of Verbs

Transitive Verbs

V

Verb (Part of Speech)

Verb (Sentence Part)

Verbal

Verb To Be

W

Wordy/Wordiness

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