The theory of grammar adopted here is that grammar is based on a logical form based on proposition structure. A proposition is that part of a sentence less its modal modifiers--roughly, the node S. A ...

The theory of grammar adopted here is that grammar is linked to the semantic notion of conceptual which includes proposition structure. A proposition is that part of a sentence less its modal ...

A lot of people struggle with affect vs. effect, but let's assume that you've got the difference down cold: Affect is a verb (usually), and effect is a noun (usually). But how did it happen that two ...

Last week’s column discussed the two general forms of noun clauses in English, namely finite noun clauses and nonfinite noun clauses. A finite noun clause is a subordinate clause in which the ...