Grammar Glossary

This glossary provides definitions and discussions of grammatical and grammar-related terms.
abbreviation
absolute adjective
acronym
active voice
adjective
adverb
agreement
antecedent
appositive
article
attributive
auxiliary verb
cardinal number
case
clause
collective noun
comma fault
comparison
complement
compound
compound subject
conjunction
conjunctive adverb
contact clause
contraction
count noun
dangling modifier
dangling participle
demonstrative adjective
demonstrative pronoun
direct object
direct question
direct quotation
double genitive
double negative
gender
genitive
gerund
idiom
imperative
indefinite pronoun
indicative
indirect object
indirect question
indirect quotation
infinitive
infinitive phrase
inflection
initialism
intensifier 		  interjection
interrogative pronoun
intransitive verb
linking verb
main clause
mass noun
modifier
mood
nominative
nonrestrictive clause
noun
noun phrase
number
object
objective
parallelism
participial phrase
participle
parts of speech
passive voice
person
personal pronoun
phrase
possessive
possessive with gerund
predicate
predicate adjective
prefix
preposition
prepositional phrase
pronoun
proper adjective
proper noun
reflexive pronoun
relative pronoun
restrictive clause
sentence
sentence adverb
split infinitive
subject
subject-verb agreement
subjunctive
subordinate clause
suffix
superlative
tense
transitive verb
verb
voice