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Units of grammar - Coggle Diagram
Units of grammar
A sentence is the highest unit in Grammar
Sentence
Compound
Consists of two independent clauses
Complex
Inside of the complex clause there is always a subordinate clause
When John arrived Mary had already left.
Simple
One independent Clause
John is intelligence
Higher than the word and lower than the sentence
phrase
A word is the lowest unit in Grammar
Word
Minor Word Class
The membership of this class is limited.
Pronouns
Determiners
Conjuctions
Prepositions
Interjections
Major Word Class
The membership of this class is unrestricted, it allows the creation of new words.
Adjectives
Nouns
The form
Plural S
Boys
Teachers
Possessive S
John's house
Mary's moustache
Derivational Suffix
Hones--ty
Fit--ness
Partner--ship
The position
After a determiner
The girl
Any job
One horse
Before an Adjective
Secretary
general
The function
Hadchi mafhmtouch mzian
Adverbs
Verbs
It cannot consist of two elements
Parts of Speech
Parts of speech are identified by
Form
Position
Function