Grammatical category

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In linguistics, a grammatical category or grammatical feature is a property of items within the grammar of a language. Within each category there are two or more possible values (sometimes called grammemes), which are normally mutually exclusive. Frequently encountered grammatical categories include: Case, varying according to the relations between the participants in an action (e.g. subject, object, possession, direction, accompaniment etc.). Noun classes, such as gender, animacy, and so on. Number, varying according to the number of things (e.g. singular or plural). Tense, varying according to when an action takes place (e.g. present, past or future). Aspect, varying according to the state of an action in relation to time (e.g. completed, ongoing, repeated, habitual etc.). Mood and modality, varying according to the speaker's attitude towards an action and its relation to reality (e.g. statement of fact, hypothetical, questioning, ordering, suggesting etc.). Voice, varying according...

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