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• Grammatical modifier — In grammar, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure;[1] the removal of the modifier typically doesn t affect the grammaticality of the sentence. In English, adverbs and adjectives prototypically function as… …   Wikipedia

• Dangling modifier — A dangling modifier, a specific case of which is the dangling participle,[1] is an error in sentence structure whereby a grammatical modifier is associated with a word other than the one intended, or with no particular word at all. For example, a …   Wikipedia

• Non-finite verb — In linguistics, a non finite verb (or a verbal) is a verb form that is not limited by a subject and, more generally, is not fully inflected by categories that are marked inflectionally in language, such as tense, aspect, mood, number, gender, and …   Wikipedia

• Toki Pona — Infobox Language name=Toki Pona caption=Symbol creator=Sonja Elen Kisa date=2001 setting=testing principles of minimalism, the Sapir Whorf hypothesis and pidgins speakers=at least three fluent, [http://bknight0.myweb.uga.edu/toki/lesson/lesson1.ht… …   Wikipedia

• Appalachian English — is a common name for the Southern Midland dialect of American English. This dialect is spoken in Northeastern Georgia , Northwestern South Carolina, Southern West Virginia, Southwestern Virginia, Southern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, the Upper Potomac …   Wikipedia

• German orthography reform of 1996 — The German orthography reform of 1996 (Rechtschreibreform) was an attempt to simplify the spelling of the German language and thus to make it easier to learn, without substantially changing the rules familiar to all living users of the language.… …   Wikipedia

• content word — noun a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned • Syn: ↑open class word • Hypernyms: ↑word • Hyponyms: ↑headword, ↑head word, ↑noun, ↑verb, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• open-class word — noun a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned • Syn: ↑content word • Hypernyms: ↑word • Hyponyms: ↑headword, ↑head word, ↑noun, ↑verb, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• extend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French estendre, from Latin extendere, from ex + tendere to stretch more at thin Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to spread or stretch forth ; unbend < extended both her arms… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• modify — verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English modifien, from Anglo French modifier, from Latin modificare to measure, moderate, from modus Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make less extreme ; moderate 2. a. to limit or rest …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• countify — verb To use as a count noun. We can, for instance, “countify” <! [sic] quotation marks in original mass nouns which come to be associated with a standard counter or container. Also in distinguishing some particular kind or type of the mass… …   Wiktionary