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101Dunglish — on a door in Port Zélande. Note that all three languages have errors, Paarden Uitdeelplaats for example should have been Paardenuitdeelplaats and is in fact an example of the influence of English on Dutch. (The English line is a too literal… …
102Irrealis mood — Irrealis moods (abbreviated irr) are the main set of grammatical moods that indicate that a certain situation or action is not known to have happened as the speaker is talking. Every language has a formula for the unreal. The Indian languages of… …
103University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt — The University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt (or Scav Hunt) is an annual four day team based scavenger hunt held at the University of Chicago in May. It is often called the largest scavenger hunt in the world. During Scav Hunt, teams compete to… …
104Indo-European copula — A feature common to all Indo European languages is the presence of a verb corresponding to the English verb to be . General featuresThis verb has two basic meanings. In a less marked context it is a simple copula ( I m tired ; That s a shame! ),… …
105English passive voice — This article is about the passive voice in English. For the passive voice generally, including its use in other languages, see Passive voice. English grammar series English grammar Contraction Disputes in English grammar English compound English… …
106Medieval Greek — Ἑλληνική Ellinikí Spoken in eastern Mediterranean Extinct developed into Modern Greek by 1453 …
107Sequence of tenses — In grammar, the sequence of tenses (known in Latin as consecutio temporum, and also known as agreement of tenses, succession of tenses, tense harmony, and backshifting) is a rule of a particular language governing the relationship between the… …
108Welsh morphology — The morphology of the Welsh language shows many characteristics perhaps unfamiliar to speakers of English or continental European languages like French or German, but has much in common with the other modern Insular Celtic languages: Irish,… …
109Accusative and infinitive — In grammar, accusative and infinitive is the name for a syntactic construction of Latin and Greek, also found in various forms in other languages such as English and Spanish. In this construction, the subject of a subordinate clause is put in the …
110Hindi-Urdu grammar — Modern Standard Hindi is the official language of India, [] The future suffix, conjunctive participle, and suffix vālā are treated as bound morphemes in written Hindi, but as separate words in written Urdu. Again followed here is the example of… …
