User:Foxjwill/English Grammar Reference

Word order

 * Subject verb object

Declarative content clause

 * 1) As direct objects
 * He told her (that) she was smart.
 * 1) Similarly with verb-like adjectives
 * Convinced (that) he could manage it without help, he decided to proceed.

Subject complement
Tells more about the subject by means of the verb.
 * She looks sick.
 * Apples are red.

Subject

 * 1) Determinerless noun phrase
 * Builders are at work.
 * 1) Determiner phrase
 * The large car stopped at my house.
 * 1) Gerund – can form a determiner phrase
 * Eating is pleasure.