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Sentence structure

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

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Phrase structure noun · 86% connection

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Spelling and grammar, Sentence structure, Stylistics.

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Syntax noun · 86% connection

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Spelling and grammar, Sentence structure, Stylistics.

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Voice noun · 85% connection

A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.

Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Spelling and grammar, Sentence structure.

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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

similarity by virtue of corresponding

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Foreground processing noun · 78% connection

the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system

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Foregrounding noun · 78% connection

the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system

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Parallelism noun · 78% connection

similarity by virtue of corresponding

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Active noun · 78% connection

a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"

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Active voice noun · 78% connection

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the v…

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Adjunct noun · 78% connection

a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence

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Adverbial adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or functioning as an adverb; "adverbial syntax"

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Complement noun · 78% connection

a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction

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Constituent noun · 78% connection

(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

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Dependent adjective · 78% connection

(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or…

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Direct verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Direct object noun · 78% connection

the object that receives the direct action of the verb

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Engineer verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Grammatical constituent noun · 78% connection

(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

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Cohesion noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.; "While l…