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Language

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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conditional

Language; Grammar

Structure in English where one action depends on another ("if-then" or "then-if" structure); most common are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd conditionals.

conjugate

Language; Grammar

To show the different forms of a verb according to voice, mood, tense, number and person; conjugation is quite simple in English compared to many other languages.

content word

Language; Grammar

Word that has meaning in a sentence, such as a verb or noun (as opposed to a structure word, such as pronoun or auxiliary verb); content words are stressed in speech.

continuous

Language; Grammar

Verb form (specifically an aspect) indicating actions that are in progress or continuing over a given time period (can be past, present or future); formed with "BE" + "VERB-ing".