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Trigraph

  • October 1, 2015
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The smallest element of sound in speech that can make one sound different from another is called a phoneme. The two major categories of phoneme sounds are consonant and vowel. Common consonant phonemes in English are -b, -n, -t and -r. Note how the smallest phoneme alteration in the following example changes each word completely. Ray,…

Suffix

  • September 30, 2015
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A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word that forms a derivative of the original and gives extra or a different meaning. It can’t be complete without some sort of root and cannot stand alone in a sentence. Common Suffix Examples in English Many suffixes, as well…

Subordinate clause

  • September 29, 2015
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A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb; it is either part of a sentence or it is an entire sentence in itself. A subordinate clause cannot stand by itself and depends on the main clause. For this reason, it is also called a dependent clause. Dependent clause starts with…

Subjunctive mood

  • September 28, 2015
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Verb moods in English show how the sentence is being used. The most used moods for English verbs are imperative, indicative, interrogative, conditional and subjunctive. Subjunctive Mood This is called the least used mood of verb and sentence, and it could be argued that it is dying off. It suggests a situation that has not…

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