Grammar

Grammar

Grammar covers everything from bits of words to entire sentences.

1. grammar is a set of structural rules that control how language works.

2. There a three aspects - word classes, syntaxes, and morphology.

3. Word classes define the roles of each word in a sentence, syntaxes control where each word class can appear in a sentence, morphology describes the construction of each individual word.

There are eight main word classes:

Word Class	Function	Example
Nouns	‘naming’ words/things	London, book, romance
Adjectives	Describes nouns (sometimes pronouns)	Large, sunny, featureless
Verbs	‘Doing’ words	Jump, read, return
Adverbs	Describes verbs (sometimes adjectives and other adverbs too)	Steadily, incredibly, sadly
Pronouns	Take the place of nouns	You, they, me, him, it
Conjunctions	‘connecting’ words	And, or, but, because
Prepositions	Defines relationships between words in term of time, space and directions	Before, underneath, through
Determiners	Give specific kinds of information about a noun e.g. quantity and possession	A, the, two, his, few, those

Word class rules:

Word classes can have different positions within a sentence, but their are rules about how they work together.

e.g.

She saw the new manager and his assistant at the store yesterday.

She	saw	the	new	manager	and	his	assistant
pronoun	verb	determiner	adjective	noun	conjunction	determiner	noun

at	the	store	Yesterday
preposition	determiner	noun	adverb

1. People instinctively know the rules for connecting words. you can rearrange word into making an understandable sentence.

2. People also know less obvious rules, like saying an adjective of size before colour e.g. the big brown bear.

3. Sometimes there are less restrictions, some sentences make sense whichever way it is put, especially adverbs.

4. Sometimes the meaning of a sentence changes depending on where the word is.

Word formation/morphology:

Grammar affects morphology because inflections can be added to change the number or tense.

• S is added to change singular to plural.
• ED is added to change the tense to past.

Influencing the reader through grammar:

•  Tense- Events that happened in the past can be described in the past tense or sometimes in present tense forms. If it is past tense, there is a clear indication that some time has passed since the actual event. However, present tense makes a ore immediate and dramatic.
• Plurals- Plurals can increase the scale of a scene as well. e.g. a mass of people vs. masses of people.
• Adjectives- Using simple or superlative adjectives can have different effects. 

Grammar Article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-33273707
This article is about the new meaning of the word 'silo' and it's controversy. I believe that people should not be shocked over this new development of the word because many words change meaning and adapt according to our modern society and the way that our language has changed in its use.