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Adaptive grammar

Have you ever seen a puzzle that has different shapes and sizes, and you have to put them together to create a picture? Well, a similar concept exists in the English language.

Adaptive grammar is like a puzzle for sentences. It helps us put together the right words and phrases in the correct order to make sense in a sentence.

Think of a sentence as a house. A house needs a strong foundation to stand, just like a sentence needs a strong structure to make sense. That structure is built by using different parts of speech, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more.

But each sentence is different, like each puzzle. Sometimes the sentence needs more verbs, sometimes it needs adverbs, or sometimes it needs more nouns.

This is where adaptive grammar comes in. It "adapts" to the needs of the sentence and helps us put the right pieces in the right place. It helps us build a strong foundation for our sentences so that they stand up and make sense.

Just like how you need different puzzle pieces to make different pictures, we need different words and parts of speech to make different sentences. And adaptive grammar helps us put those puzzle pieces, or words, in the right place.
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