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The Tongue Untied

A Guide to Grammar, Punctuation and Style

  • Parts of Speech
    • Adjectives
      • Descriptive
      • Limiting
      • Predicate Adjective
      • Participles
    • Adverbs
    • Conjunctions
      • Coordinating Conjunctions
      • Subordinating Conjunctions
      • Correlative Conjunctions
      • Conjunctive Adverbs
      • Conjunctions vs Prepositions
    • Nouns
      • Subjects
      • Objects
        • Direct Object
        • Indirect Object
        • Obj. of the Preposition
        • Obj. of the Verbal
      • Predicate Nominative
      • Gerunds
    • Prepositions
    • Pronouns
      • Personal
      • Relative
      • Indefinite
      • Demonstrative
      • Interrogative
      • Reflexive
    • Verbs
      • Verb Parts
        • Lexical
        • Auxilliary
      • Verb Types
        • Transitive
        • Intransitive
        • Linking
    • Verbals
      • Gerunds
      • Participles
      • Infinitives
  • The Sentence
    • Clauses
      • Clauses, Independent
      • Clauses, Dependent
    • Phrases
      • Prepositional
      • Participial
      • Gerund Phrase
      • Appositives
  • Case
    • Nominative-Subjective
    • Objective
    • Possessive
    • Possessive Nouns
  • Agreement
    • Always Plural
    • Always Singular
    • Singular or Plural — It Depends
    • Antecedents
  • Punctuation
    • Apostrophe
    • Commas
    • Colon
    • Dash
    • Hyphens
    • semicolon
    • Quotation Mark
  • Writing/Editing
    • Accuracy
    • Clarity
    • Conciseness
    • Misplaced Modifiers
    • Small Things That Matter
    • Spelling/Word Choice
  • Practice

Adjectives: How Do We Use Thee?

April 6, 2014 by TheTongueUntied 1 Comment

Ah, the adjective. The exquisite, illustrative, compelling adjective. How Do We Use Thee? How do we use thee? Let us count the ways We use thee to the interesting, fun, cool heights our purple prose can reach, when pushing past the limits of … [Read more...]

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Adjectives: The basics

April 2, 2014 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

Adjectives are one of the eight parts of speech. Just as a reminder, the others are the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. The primary purpose of an adjective is to modify a noun. They … [Read more...]

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Adjectives: Limiting

April 1, 2014 by TheTongueUntied 4 Comments

These types of adjectives specify or limit the noun. An adjective that limits a noun; they include definite articles, indefinite articles, possessive adjectives, demonstrative adjectives, indefinite adjectives, interrogative adjectives, cardinal … [Read more...]

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Adjectives: Limiting (more detail)

March 30, 2014 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

A limiting adjective, rather than describing a noun, defines it. To put it more simply, limiting adjectives either point out or set a numerical limit to the noun. These limiting adjectives are grouped into three classes of limiting adjectives: 1) … [Read more...]

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Adjectives: Descriptive

March 29, 2014 by TheTongueUntied 9 Comments

Help keep The Tongue Untied free, and we’ll send you an easy-to-read PDF of the entire 10-week curriculum, including extensive topic explanations and usage examples. Perfect for learning AND teaching!. $15.00  These types of adjectives add detail … [Read more...]

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Adjectives: Predicate Adjective

March 28, 2014 by TheTongueUntied 5 Comments

This is a special type of adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies (directly refers to) the subject of the sentence. [In the following examples, the predicate adjective is bold and the subject/noun is underlined.] People are interested … [Read more...]

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Types of Adjectives

March 18, 2014 by TheTongueUntied 5 Comments

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE: These types of adjectives add detail or description to the noun. For examples and explanations, read about them here: Descriptive Adjectives LIMITING ADJECTIVE: These types of adjectives specify or limit the noun. For … [Read more...]

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List of Adjectives

March 17, 2014 by TheTongueUntied 28 Comments

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Verbals: Participles

February 27, 2014 by TheTongueUntied 2 Comments

A participle is the form of a verb, but it is NOT a verb. A participle is an adjective. A participle ends in "ing" or "ed" or "en." [In the following examples, the participle is bold and the verb is underlined.] As the colonies became a … [Read more...]

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Interactive Adjectives Quiz #1

November 13, 2012 by TheTongueUntied Leave a Comment

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