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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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word order
Language; Grammar
Order or sequence in which words occur within a sentence; basic word order for English is subject-verb-object or SVO.
yes-no question
Language; Grammar
Question to which the answer is yes or no; yes-no questions are "closed" questions; see also WH-question.
zero conditional
Language; Grammar
"If-then" conditional structure used when the result of the condition is always true (based on fact).
part of a speech
Language; Grammar
One of the classes into which words are divided according to their function in a sentence.
participle
Language; Grammar
Verb form that can be used as an adjective or a noun; see past participle, present participle.
past continuous
Language; Grammar
Tense often used to describe an interrupted action in the past; formed with WAS/WERE + VERB-ing.
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