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Structure word

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Word that has no real meaning in a sentence, such as a pronoun or auxiliary verb (as opposed to a content word, such as verb or noun); structure words are not normally stressed in speech.

One of the two main parts (subject and predicate) of a sentence; the subject is the part that is not the predicate; typically, the subject is the first noun phrase in a sentence and is what the rest ...

Singular

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Of a noun or form indicating exactly one person or thing; singular nouns are usually the simplest form of the noun (as found in a dictionary); see also plural, number.

Standard English (S.E.)

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"Normal" spelling, pronunciation and grammar that is used by educated native speakers of English.

Part of a speech

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One of the classes into which words are divided according to their function in a sentence.

Noun phrase (NP)

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Any word or group of words based on a noun or pronoun that can function in a sentence as a subject, object or prepositional object; can be one word or many words; can be very simple or very complex.