Grammar Definitions
Prescriptive Grammar: Should not change, stick to tradition
Descriptive Grammar: Change and adapt, new words can be accepted and join
Nouns
Concrete Noun: things that physically exist
Abstract Noun: ideas to do with feelings/emotions
Proper Noun: Names of people, places or times of year (capital latter)
Collective Noun: Names of groups of people/animals/things
Common Noun: Clarify things into general types of categories
Adjectives
Descriptive Adjective: used to express the size, colour, or shape of a person, a thing, an
animal, or a place.
Evaluative Adjective: evaluating something, your opinion/ideas
Emotive Adjective: used to express emotions/thoughts, evokes sympathy
Pre-Modifier: adjective used before noun/verb
Post Modifier: adjective used after noun/verb
Comparative: comparing something to something
Superlative: highest/most extreme thought
Intensifier: use a word to add to/hyperbolise the description
Verbs
Dynamic Verb: Physical action
Stative Verb: Concerning ideas/thoughts
Modal Auxiliary Verbs: help out main verbs but carry particular connotations
(e.g. could/can, would/will, should/shall, may/might/must, ought)
Pronouns: Replace nouns in a sentence
1st Person Singular: I (subject), Me (object)
1st Person Plural: We (subject), Us (Object)
1st Person Possessive: My (Subject), Mine (Object)
2nd Person Singular: You (Subject and Object)
2nd Person Plural: You (Subject and Object)
2nd Person Possessive: Your/Yours (Subject and Object)
3rd Person Singular: He (Subject), Him (Object), She (Subject), Her (Object)
3rd Person Plural: They (Subject), Them (Object)
3rd Person Possessive: Their (Singular), Theirs (Plural)
Prepositions: Relate one thing to another in terms of place or time
(e.g.- On, outside, across, within, up, down, off, front of, behind, by)
Syntax: Order of words
Prescriptive Grammar: Should not change, stick to tradition
Descriptive Grammar: Change and adapt, new words can be accepted and join
Nouns
Concrete Noun: things that physically exist
Abstract Noun: ideas to do with feelings/emotions
Proper Noun: Names of people, places or times of year (capital latter)
Collective Noun: Names of groups of people/animals/things
Common Noun: Clarify things into general types of categories
Adjectives
Descriptive Adjective: used to express the size, colour, or shape of a person, a thing, an
animal, or a place.
Evaluative Adjective: evaluating something, your opinion/ideas
Emotive Adjective: used to express emotions/thoughts, evokes sympathy
Pre-Modifier: adjective used before noun/verb
Post Modifier: adjective used after noun/verb
Comparative: comparing something to something
Superlative: highest/most extreme thought
Intensifier: use a word to add to/hyperbolise the description
Verbs
Dynamic Verb: Physical action
Stative Verb: Concerning ideas/thoughts
Modal Auxiliary Verbs: help out main verbs but carry particular connotations
(e.g. could/can, would/will, should/shall, may/might/must, ought)
Pronouns: Replace nouns in a sentence
1st Person Singular: I (subject), Me (object)
1st Person Plural: We (subject), Us (Object)
1st Person Possessive: My (Subject), Mine (Object)
2nd Person Singular: You (Subject and Object)
2nd Person Plural: You (Subject and Object)
2nd Person Possessive: Your/Yours (Subject and Object)
3rd Person Singular: He (Subject), Him (Object), She (Subject), Her (Object)
3rd Person Plural: They (Subject), Them (Object)
3rd Person Possessive: Their (Singular), Theirs (Plural)
Prepositions: Relate one thing to another in terms of place or time
(e.g.- On, outside, across, within, up, down, off, front of, behind, by)
Syntax: Order of words
