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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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reflexive pronoun

Language; Grammar

Pronoun ending in -self or -selves, used when the subject and object are the same, or when the subject needs emphasis

regular verb

Language; Grammar

Verb that has "-ed" as the ending for past tense and past participle forms; see also irregular verb.

relative adverb

Language; Grammar

Adverb that introduces a relative clause; there are four in English: where, when, wherever, whenever; see also relative pronoun.

relative clause

Language; Grammar

Dependent clause that usually starts with a relative pronoun such as who or which, or relative adverb such as where.

relative pronoun

Language; Grammar

Pronoun that starts a relative clause; there are five in English: who, whom, whose, which, that; see also relative adverb.

second conditional

Language; Grammar

"If-then" conditional structure used to talk about an unlikely possibility in the future.

sentence

Language; Grammar

Largest grammatical unit; a sentence must always include a subject (except for imperatives) and predicate; a written sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full ...