Need – English editing.
A verb that can be used as a normal MAIN VERB or a MODAL AUXILIARY VERB. For this reason it…
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Neither … nor … – English editing.
When these two conjunctions are used as a pair the two expressions that are linked should be of the same…
Must – English editing.
A modal auxiliary verb used to express the speaker’s view of how necessary or desirable an event may be: ‘I…
Multiple sentence – English editing.
A sentence that contains more than one Finite clause. (As opposed to a Simple sentence that only contains one finite…
Morphology – English editing.
The study of how words are built up and how they change according to their use in sentences. With SYNTAX…
Morpheme – English editing.
The lowest unit of language that can convey meaning. You cannot break a morpheme down into anything smaller that has…
Modify/ Modifier – English editing.
In grammar, to modify is to change or add to the meaning of another word. A modifier is a word…
May – English editing.
A modal auxiliary verb with two meanings:  Permission: Thank you, Mrs Prynn, you may leave us now.  Possibility:…