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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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passive voice
Language; Grammar

A verb form in which the subject receives the verb's action. Contrast with active voice. The passive voice is used when the subject is being acted upon rather than doing ...

active voice
Language; Grammar

In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action. For example, "She visited her friends in Chicago."

auxiliary verb
Language; Grammar

A verb that is used with a main verb to provide further information about the action. For example, '''be''', '''do''' and '''have''' are auxiliary verbs. The words '''can''', ...

helping verb
Language; Grammar

A verb that is used with a main verb to provide further information about the action. For example, '''be''', '''do''' and '''have''' are auxiliary verbs. The words '''can''', ...

modal verb
Language; Grammar

An auxiliary verb such as '''can''', '''may''', '''must''' that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility and probability, etc.

modal auxiliary verb
Language; Grammar

An auxiliary verb such as '''can''', '''may''', '''must''' that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility and probability, etc.

part of speech
Language; Grammar

A part of speech is the grammatical or functional classification of words in a given language. In the English language, there are eight parts of speech: '''noun''', '''verb''', ...

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