The linking of lexical items/ideas that do not hold equal ...

★ Grammar: Syntax

The linking of lexical items/ideas that do not hold equal importance. For example, ‘After the oppressive heat of the day, the cool evening was a welcome relief.’ In this sentence, the main clause has the higher level of grammatical status.

A. co-ordination

B. interrogative

C. modals

D. subordination

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Refers to a group of words that function as a single syntactical unit. For example, in the sentence, ‘The grey cat sat on the mat,’ the ________ ‘The grey cat’ acts as a single unit. ______ are identified by their main head word.

A. phrase

B. clause

C. sentence

D. active voice

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