additional information in a sentence given between brackets, commas or dashes, e.g. Mr Smith...
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Type: Glossary
a humorous imitation of a well-known work, e.g. Roald Dahlâ??s Revolting Rhymes in which he...
Type: Glossary
a word formed from a foreign word e.g. preface is a paronym of the Latin word prefatio.
Type: Glossary
a non-finite form of the verb. In English, there are two forms of the particle. See present...
Type: Glossary
the parts that make up any book, e.g. title page, table of contents, preface, body, bibliography...
Type: Glossary
a term used for words that have different functions (uses) in a sentence. See adjective, adverb...
Type: Glossary
When the object of the sentence is linked to the action expressed by the verb, e.g. The boy was...
Type: Glossary
a participle that usually ends in ed, en or t, e.g. written, completed, lost. Past participles...
Type: Glossary
a paragraph in which the topic sentence is at the end of the paragraph.
Type: Glossary
a sentence in which the main clause is at the end of the sentence, e.g. Although it is raining,...