Grammar Vocabulary
Across
- 3. of, relating to, or constituting a grammatical form or category characteristically indicating predication of an action or state in some manner other than as a simple fact.
- 4. any of a small set of words (such as I, she, he, you, it, we, or they) in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context.
- 5. a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, adverb, or phrase.
- 8. a group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex or compound sentence.
- 9. the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
- 10. introducing a subordinate clause qualifying an expressed or implied antecedent also introduced by such a connective.
Down
- 1. a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas.
- 2. the action or fact of forming a united whole.
- 6. a word placed in front of a noun to specify quantity (e.g., "one dog," "many dogs") or to clarify what the noun refers to (e.g., "my dog," "that dog," "the dog")
- 7. two symbols put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writing to show that what is between them should be considered as separate from the main part.