Rankscale and Rankshift Before we look at the meaning of Rankscale and Rankshift, let us first look at the meaning of rank. The term ‘rank’ in grammar, therefore, refers to a distinct grammatical unit. It could be a clause, a phrase,...
Adverbial Phrase An adverbial phrase is a group of words without a finite verb that has an adverb as a headword. Or It is a group of related words without a finite verb that is introduced by a preposition and does...
Adjective and Adjectival Phrase An adjective phrase is a group of words without a finite verb that has an adjective as a headword. Examples; very beautiful, very humble, so calm, too hot, extremely beautiful, really etc. Structure of the Adjective Phrase...
The Noun Phrase The noun phrase refers to a group of related words without a finite verb that has a noun as the headword. Or, a noun phrase is a group of related words that have a noun function.Examples; the wicked...
Meaning of phrase Phrase is a group of related words without a finite verb that expresses an incomplete thought. Examples;The man, the three men, the three handsome men, the three handsome men in the world, very good, has come, very late,...
Meaning Coordinating ConjunctionsThese are conjunctions that are used to join units of equal grammatical rank or structure.Equal grammatical rank means the units that are joined are equal and similar; i.e. word and word, e.g. ladies and gentleman, men or women, beautiful...
In English Language, some words express the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and other parts of a sentence.The relationship be; time relationship, position relationship, direction relationship among others.For example; ‘Ayisha placed the book on the table’, the word ‘on‘...
Meaning of Adverbs Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. E.g wonderfully, very, so, gradually etc.a. The lady writes beautifully. (modifies the verb ‘writes’)b. The lady writes beautifully legible. (modifies the adjective ‘legible’)c. The lady writes beautifully well....
Meaning of verb A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. Examplesa. The hunter killed a lion. (action)b. Hawa is angry. (State of being) .Every complete sentence has a verb. Types of Verbs There are...
Meaning of AdjectivesAn adjective is a word that modifies/describes a noun or a pronoun, thus, an adjective gives more information about a noun or a pronoun.Example; Mary is beautiful. (beautiful is giving information about Mary, and Mary is a noun. We...
