prepare a glossary of 25 terms related to English Grammer and explain them
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Explanation:
Active voice
Active voice is a type of sentence or clause in which the subject performs or causes the action expressed by the verb. Contrast with Passive Voice.
(See also: Practice in Changing Verbs From Passive to Active.)
Example:
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
(Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, 1991)
Adjective
An adjective is the part of speech (or word class) that modifies a noun or a pronoun.
(See also: Adding Adjectives and Adverbs to the Basic Sentence Unit.)
Example:
"Send this pestilent, traitorous, cow-hearted, yeasty codpiece to the brig."
(Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007)
Adverb
An adverb is the part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
(See also: Practice in Turning Adjectives Into Adverbs.)
Example:
"There I was, standing there in the church, and for the first time in my whole life I realized I totally and utterly loved one person."
(Charles to Carrie in Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1994)
Clause
A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate. A clause may be either a sentence (independent clause) or a sentence-like construction included within another sentence (that is, a dependent clause).
Example:
"Don't ever argue with the big dog [independent clause], because the big dog is always right [dependent clause]."
(Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive, 1993)
Complex Sentence
A complex sentence is a sentence that contains at least one independent clause and one dependent clause.
(See also: Sentence-Imitation Exercise: Complex Sentences.)
Example:
"Don't ever argue with the big dog [independent clause], because the big dog is always right [dependent clause]."
(Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive, 1993)
Compound Sentence
A compound sentence is a sentence that contains at least two independent clauses, often joined by a conjunction.
(See also: Sentence-Imitation Exercise: Compound Sentences.)
Example:"Don't ever argue with the big dog [independent clause], because the big dog is always right [dependent clause]."
(Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive, 1993)
Direct Object
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb.
Example:
"All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers."
(Sophia in The Color Purple, 1985)
Exclamatory Sentence
An exclamatory sentence is a sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation.
Example:
"God! Look at that thing! You would've gone straight to the bottom!"
(Jack Dawson looking at Rose's ring in Titanic, 1997)
Imperative Sentence
An imperative sentence is a sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or a command.
Example:
"Send this pestilent, traitorous, cow-hearted, yeasty codpiece to the brig."
(Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007)