An adjective is a type of word in a language that is used to describe things or people. Words like “hot,” “sweet,” “boring,” and “beautiful” are adjectives. Usually, in English, adjectives come…
Language Notes
Grammar glossary: infinitive
The infinitive in English is the form that we use to refer to a verb generally. It is the form that we use to name a verb or in making a list…
WH-word
“WH-word” is a term used in linguistics and education to make it simple to refer to any of the question words that begin with the letters “wh” as well as the question…
Grammar Glossary: tense
The word “tense” refers to time. It refers to how verbs show time by their form. The words “slept” and “sleeps” are really the same word, but they differ with respect to tense. In English, there are really only…
Grammar glossary: subjunctive
The term “subjunctive” refers to one of the grammatical “moods” that color the verb in a sentence. Verbs in the subjunctive mood indicate that the action or state described by the verb is hypothetical…