if a word such as a verb or adjective agrees with a noun or pronoun, it has the correct form for the noun or pronoun, according to whether it is singular or plural, masculine or feminine

noun

a situation in which a word such as a verb or adjective has the correct form for the noun or pronoun that it refers to, according to whether it is singular or plural, masculine or feminine

noun

a relationship between sentences or parts of a piece of writing that is shown by particular words or phrases

verb

words that collocate are often used together

noun

the fact that a word collocates with other words

noun

changes in the form of an adjective or adverb to show that someone or something has more of a quality, such as the change from ‘good’ to ‘better’ and ‘best’

noun

the words or phrases used as complements in a sentence

noun

the fact of a word such as verb or adjective having the correct form for the noun or pronoun that goes with it, according to whether it is singular or plural, masculine or feminine, first person or second person etc

verb

to state the different forms a verb can have, for example according to the number of people it refers to and whether it refers to the present, past, or future

verb

if a verb conjugates, it has different forms

noun

the way in which words are put together to form a sentence or phrase

noun

the process by which the form of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns changes in some languages depending on their relationship to other words in a sentence

verb

if a noun, adjective, or pronoun declines, its form changes depending on its relationship to other words in a sentence

verb

to list all the forms of the declension of a noun, adjective, or pronoun

noun

the logical relationships on which the different parts of a phrase or sentence are based

noun

the practice of leaving a word or words out of a sentence when they are not necessary for understanding it

verb

if a word inflects, you change its form to go with the grammar of the other words you are using with it

verb

if a language inflects, it has words that do this

noun

changes in the basic form of a word to show something such as tense or number

noun

an addition or a change to the basic form of a word

verb

to add to the meaning of another word or a phrase by giving more information about it

a British spelling of passivize

verb

to change a sentence so that the verb becomes passive

verb

a word that qualifies another word gives more information about it. For example, in ‘the dog barked furiously’, the adverb ‘furiously’ qualifies the verb ‘barked’.

noun

the structure that a sentence has when you consider only the classes of its words, which may be different when you also consider the meaning of the sentence, as opposed to the logical relationships on which this structure is based