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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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split infinitive
Language; Grammar
Situation where a word or phrase comes between the particle "to" and the verb in an infinitive; considered poor construction by some.
Standard English (S.E.)
Language; Grammar
"Normal" spelling, pronunciation and grammar that is used by educated native speakers of English.
structure word
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Word that has no real meaning in a sentence, such as a pronoun or auxiliary verb (as opposed to a content word, such as verb or noun); structure words are not normally stressed in ...
subjunctive
Language; Grammar
Fairly rare verb form typically used to talk about events that are not certain to happen, usually something that someone wants, hopes or imagines will happen; formed with BARE ...
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