Collins Cobuild

cardinal
number
a number used in counting; eg one, seven, nineteen.
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2
,
13
,
23
,
26
,
30
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31
clause
a group of words containing a verb. See also
main clause
 and

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subordinate clause
.
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1
collective
noun
a noun that refers to a group of people or things, which
can be used with a singular or plural verb; eg committee, team, family.
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14
comparative
an adjective or adverb with ‘–er’ on the end or ‘more’ in
front of it; eg slower, more important, more carefully.
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35
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36
complement
a noun group or adjective, which comes after a link verb
such  as  ‘be’,  and  gives  more  information  about  the  subject  of  the
clause; eg She is a teacher… She is tired.
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1
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3
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73
complex
sentence
 a  sentence  consisting  of  a  main  clause  and  a
subordinate clause; eg She wasn’t thinking very quickly because she was
tired.
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1
compound
sentence
a sentence consisting of two or more main clauses
linked by ‘and’, ‘or’ or ‘but’; eg They picked her up and took her straight
into the house.
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1