Home > Industry/Domain > Language > General language

General language

Use this category for general terms related to languages.

Contributors in General language

General language

dangling gerund phrase

Language; General language

An introductory gerund phrase that is not logically related to the subject.

dangling modifier

Language; General language

A word or phrase that modifies something that is not clearly present or identified in the sentence.

dash (– and —)

Language; General language

A horizontal punctuation mark of varying length that is used, for example, to indicate pauses or breaks in a sentence and omissions of words or letters.

dative case

Language; General language

The case that indicates that the marked referent is the verb's indirect object.

dead metaphor

Language; General language

A metaphor made up of words whose literal meanings have ceased to be generally understood.

declarative content clause

Language; General language

A type of clause that (usually) consists of the conjunction that plus an independent clause, e.g. "It is fortunate that they came."

declension

Language; General language

The systematic modification of pronouns, nouns, and adjectives to show number, case, and gender. For example, using s to show plural.

Featured blossaries

The Big 4 Accounting Firms

Category: Business   2 4 Terms

The most dangerous mountains in the world

Category: Geography   1 8 Terms