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  2. Conjunction (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    3. An adjective (or adjectival phrase) or an adverb (or an adverbial phrase) paired with an ensuing conjunction, e.g. - "Successes that are as scattered as they are rare." "He ran both far and fast." "She's either a singer or an actress." "A puppy that's not only cute but also smart." "Neither the caller’s name nor the number was visible."

  3. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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    The clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction, a semicolon that functions as a conjunction, a colon instead of a semicolon between two sentences when the second sentence explains or illustrates the first sentence and no coordinating conjunction is being used to connect the sentences, or a conjunctive adverb preceded by a semicolon. A ...

  4. Conjunctive adverb - Wikipedia

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    A conjunctive adverb, adverbial conjunction, or subordinating adverb is an adverb that connects two clauses by converting the clause it introduces into an adverbial modifier of the verb in the main clause. For example, in "I told him; thus, he knows" and "I told him. Thus, he knows", thus is a conjunctive adverb. [1]

  5. Conjunctive grammar - Wikipedia

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    Besides explicit conjunction, conjunctive grammars allow implicit disjunction represented by multiple rules for a single nonterminal symbol, which is the only logical connective expressible in context-free grammars. Conjunction can be used, in particular, to specify intersection of languages.

  6. English adverbs - Wikipedia

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    William Bullokar wrote the earliest grammar of English, published in 1586.It includes a chapter on adverbs. His definition follows: An adverb is a part of speech joined with a verb or participle to declare their signification more expressly by such adverb: as, come hither if they wilt go forth, sometimes with an adjective: as, thus broad: & sometimes joined with another adverb: as, how soon ...

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    National varieties of English (for example, American English or British English) differ in vocabulary (elevator vs. lift ), spelling (center vs. centre), and occasionally grammar (see § Plurals, below). Articles such as English plurals and Comparison of American and British English provide information about such differences. The English ...

  8. Adjunct (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Adjuncts that modify adjectives and adverbs are occasionally called adadjectival and adadverbial. the discussion before the game – before the game is an adnominal adjunct. very happy – very is an "adadjectival" adjunct. too loudly – too is an "adadverbial" adjunct. Adjuncts are always constituents. Each of the adjuncts in the examples ...

  9. Chomsky normal form - Wikipedia

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    Obtain an intermediate grammar by replacing each rule A → X 1... X n. by all versions with some nullable X i omitted. By deleting in this grammar each ε-rule, unless its left-hand side is the start symbol, the transformed grammar is obtained. [4]: 90 For example, in the following grammar, with start symbol S 0, S 0 → AbB | C B → AA | AC ...