An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...

A small clause is the syntactic equivalent of the basic proposition. Small clauses occur in sever constructions. Some examples are shown below. The small clauses are enclosed in square brackets. The ...

In addition, some of these verbs need an object, usually a person or people. The police warned us not to enter the building. The speaker invited the audience to ask questions. The best way to learn ...

To recall, intransitive verbs are handicapped by their inability to take a direct object. Another way of saying this is that a subject cannot perform the action of intransitive verbs on a direct ...

There are three basic kinds of verbs plus many subclasses. Here we cover only the three basic types. Initially, verbs are divided into main verbs and auxiliary verbs. Then auxiliary verbs are divided ...

Present and past particples are used as parts of certain verb constructions but they can be used in a number of different ways. Present participle (verb-ing) clauses can be used without a subject ...