Predicates in English Grammar

Most sentences‏‎ have a subject; the Predicate is the rest of the sentence which tells us about that subject. In these examples, the subject of the sentence is Plato and the predicate is highlighted bold. Plato thought. Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher. Plato is the name of my dog. […]

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Possessive Pronouns‏‎ in English Grammar

Possessive pronouns are pronouns used to show ownership. They tell us who owns what when we don’t want to or don’t need to repeat the name of what is owned. As with all pronouns, possessive pronouns replace a noun (the word pronoun comes from Latin and means in place of […]

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Possessive Apostrophes

Possessive Apostrophes are added to the end of a noun to show possession‏‎. This car belongs to John. It is John’s car. That dog belongs to that girl. It is that girl’s dog. Note, a Possessive Apostrophe is sometimes known as a Saxon Genitive. Plural Nouns If there is a […]

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Possessive Adjectives‏‎ in English Grammar

We use possessive adjectives with nouns to show possession‏‎ or ownership. Like most adjectives‏‎ they come before the noun which they describe: {possessive adjective} + {noun} your + car his + mother its + food There are seven possessive adjectives in English: my (something belongs to me – I own […]

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Phrases‏‎ in English Grammar

A Phrase is a group of two or more words‏‎ which work grammatically the same as a single word. As such a phrase can function as a verb‎, a noun, an adverb‏‎, a preposition or an adjective‏‎. For example these are all phrases: the old man standing on the beach […]

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