GLOSSARY

Absolute—Free from the usual grammatical relations.

Antecedent—That to which a relative pronoun or a relative clause refers.

Apposition—When the meaning of a noun or pronoun is made clear or emphatic by the use of another noun or pronoun, the two are said to be in apposition.

Clause—A group of words consisting of a subject and predicate with their modifiers and forming a part of a sentence; a sentence within a sentence.

Compound Sentence—A sentence consisting of several clauses.

Coördinate Clauses—Clauses of equal rank.

Declarative Sentence—A sentence which states a fact.

Exclamatory Sentence—A sentence which utters an exclamation.

Independent Adverbs—Adverbs not in grammatical relations with other words in the sentence.

Interrogative Sentence—A sentence which asks a question.

Minor Clauses—Clauses other than the principal clause or main statement of a sentence.

Parenthetical—Incidental; not an essential part of a sentence or statement.

Particle—One of the minor parts of speech not inflected, that is, not undergoing changes in form.

Phrase—An expression consisting usually of but a few words, denoting a single idea, or forming a separate part of a sentence.

Relative Clause—A clause joined to the rest of the sentence by a relative pronoun.

Salutation—A form of greeting, especially at the beginning or end of a letter.

Salutatory Phrase—The words forming a salutation, or greeting.