Grammar

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Grammatical relationships can be very subtle. In speech we often use things besides words to affect the grammar. The sentence "Your name is Mary," can be made into a question just by changing the tone at the end of the sentence: "Your name is Mary?" Other things like sarcasm and verbal irony are very difficult to program.

There are regional variations as well. In most areas, for example, people say, "I am waiting for you." However, in the southern United States, people say, "I am waiting on you." Popular novelist John Grisham is from Mississippi and that is the way he writes. In other regions, to wait on means "to attend to, to serve," hence the words waiter and waitress.

Follow the CAPS grammar tutorial to gain a greater understanding of sentences, words, punctuation, and how to fit them all together.

Contents

• Sentence Fragments
• Run-On & Fused Sentences
• Prepositions & Prepositional Phrases
• Transition Words
• Comma Splices
• Basic Comma Rules
• Quotation Marks
• Grammar Tips for ESL Students: Nouns
• Grammar Tips for ESL Students: Articles

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