What is grammar?
Grammar is a field of linguistics that involves all the various things that make up the rules of language. Subfields of linguistics that are considered a part of grammar include syntax, phonetics, morphology, and semantics. Grammar is also used as a term to refer to the prescriptive rules of a given language, which may change over time or be open to debate. Grammar may be separated into two common broad categories: descriptive and prescriptive. Both views of grammar are in wide use, although in general, linguists tend towards a descriptive approach to grammar, while people teaching a specific language such as English might tend towards a more prescriptive approach. Usually, there is a bit of give and take in any approach, with a prescriptivist being at least somewhat descriptive, and a descriptivist having some prescriptivist tendencies.
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Grammar
Pronouns
Part of speech
Prefixes and suffixes
Sentences and Punctuation
Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homographs
Writing strategies
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Grammar
Pronouns
Part of speech
Prefixes and suffixes
Sentences and Punctuation
Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homographs
Writing strategies