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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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noun phrase (NP)

Language; Grammar

Any word or group of words based on a noun or pronoun that can function in a sentence as a subject, object or prepositional object; can be one word or many words; can be very ...

number

Language; Grammar

Change of word form indicating one person or thing (singular) or more than one person or thing (plural).

interrogative pronoun

Language; Grammar

Pronoun that asks a question.

intransitive verb

Language; Grammar

Verb that does not take a direct object; see also transitive verb.

inversion

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Any reversal of the normal word order, especially placing the auxiliary verb before the subject; used in a variety of ways, as in question formation, conditional clauses and ...

aspect

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Feature of some verb forms that relates to duration or completion of time; verbs can have no aspect (simple), or can have continuous or progressive aspect (expressing duration), ...

bare infinitive

Language; Grammar

Unmarked form of the verb (no indication of tense, mood, person, or aspect) without the particle "to"; typically used after modal auxiliary verbs; see also infinitive.