Grammatical units, by dr. shadia yousef banjar

Grammatical Units

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By: Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar

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Basic grammatical notions:– form and function;– grammatical unit,– grammatical class,– part of speech,– grammatical category,– grammatical function

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Grammatical Units

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word

phrase

clause

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The main word classes are: 1. verb, 2. noun, 3. adjective, 4. adverb, 5. preposition,6. determiner, 7. Pronoun, and 8. conjunction.

Word classes

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There are these kinds of phrase: 1.verb phrase, 2.noun phrase, 3.adjective phrase,4.adverb phrase, and 5.prepositional phrase.

Phrases

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Clauses are:1.Main clauses2.Subordinate clauses

Clauses

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Sentences are:1.Simple,2.Compound3.Complex

Sentences

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