Grammar
This is the verb in this clue
Is
Strunk and White's 5th rule of usage says, do not join independent clauses with this; use a semicolon, as we just did.
a comma
Speech
This type of word often ends with -ly, but not in phrases like "often ends."
Adverb
Do you know how fast you were going you blew past that stop sign you didn't use a period you ended up with this hyphenated error.
a run-on sentence
Used to mark a major division in a sentence, it shares its name with a section of your large intestine.
a colon
Besides fancy-sounding, "in lieu of salary" is this type of grammatical phrase.
The "main" type of these can stand alone as a sentence; the "subordinate" type can't
Clause
The prohibition from splitting these may derive from the fact that in Latin they're one word.
Infinitives
"Herb, with his in-laws, are going to Tahiti." Good for Herb, but here's your ticket for violating subject-verb this.
Agreement
"In," "out," "on," and "off" are 4 of these words usually used at the beginning of phrases.
prepositions
A holding group, like the ladies' one of the VFW, or a helping verb like will or may
auxiliary
"Went" for the verb "go", "had" for "have", or what we did walking through a campground
Past tense
Sometimes ignored in English, it's the mood of hypothetical statements, as in "If I were king."
Subjunctive
You know you got a dangling this? Yeah, I saw it when you wrote, "Landing on the Moon, the nation erupted in cheers."
This punctuation mark is also known as an interrogation point.
reflexive
Absolutes shouldn't be used in comparative forms, so the Constitution's "A More" this kind of "Union" is wrong.
Perfect
This word for sentences like "You've grown another food" comes from Latin for "to go around."
Ambiguous
30 years on the force, but I was sickened by "I went to lunch, Time showed up" --what animal does this act with an innocent comma?
splice
In English grammar, the 2 "voices" are active and this
This 5-letter word means break down a sentence into subject, object, and predicate, or describe a word's grammatical role.
parse
Straightforward term for the type of "object" that follows a transitive verb.
Direct
A clause that modifies a main clause, or term for a soldier of lower rank than another.
Subordinate
a preposition