ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

A noun idiom is a unique noun phrase with a unique meaning. It can be replaced by another noun phrase, usually a noun and its modifier(s), with a corresponding meaning ...

The word "noun" is derived from the Latin word. "nomen", which means name. Nouns are traditionally defined as names of persons, places, things, animals, days, months, associations, ideas, qualities, states, ...

Parts of speech are classes of words that perform different functions in the sentence. They are like members of a family, each member performing his assigned function for the smooth ...

Syntax, a very important branch of grammar, means the ordering or arrangement of words (from Greek syn "together" and taxis "arranging") in a sentence and the grammatical rules governing this ...

An idiom is a group or sequence of words whose meaning cannot be deciphered logically through our knowledge of the constituent words in the group. It possesses a unique meaning ...

When we talk of verbs and verbals in English, we loosely refer to finite and nonfinite verbs respectively. FINITE VERBS are of three kinds - transitive, intransitive and auxiliary. NON-FINITE ...

(Verb-noun, verb-adjective, and verb-adverb) Form The infinitive, derived from the Latin word infinitus, means infinity, unlimited, without end. It is, therefore, the form of the verb which is not limited ...

Seven cardinal principles (or changes) governing the conversion of direct speech to the indirect speech are: Verb changes.  Pronoun changes. Adverb changes. Adjective changes. Structural changes. Punctuation/mechanical changes. Vocative changes ...

THE SUBJECT AND THE PREDICATE Notably, every sentence may be divided grammatically into two broad parts: Subject and Predicate. The subject may be a noun or a noun-equivalent, a noun ...

THE GERUND (a verb-noun: verb in appearance but noun in action) Form The gerund ends in -ing. (e.g. singing, swimming, teaching). It is the present. participial form of a verb ...