Grammar

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• An emotional disposition that governs indicative or subjunctive states (4)
• More than singular, but not quite a crowd (6)
• An active player in a sentence that sometimes gets passive (4)
• The case for the indirect recipient of a generous act (6)
• A verbal hybrid that can dangle dangerously in a sentence (10)
• A lesser clause that relies entirely on a main support (11)
• A tiny piece of journalism that defines a noun (7)
• A prescription designed to be broken by descriptive users (4)
• Highly-strung temporal state (5)
• A person, place, or thing that cannot act alone without a predicate (4)
• To bring elements together on equal footing (10)
• The base of a family tree where all derivatives begin (4)

Down

• The smallest unit of meaning that cannot be carved any further (8)
• A modifier that often ends in a questionable manner (6)
• It can be active or passive but never silent (5)
• A spatial relation you should never end a sentence with (11)
• The systematic downfall of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns (10)
• A sudden outburst that interrupts the flow of conversation (12)
• A specificity specialist that points out exactly which one (10)
• It holds the leaves of meaning before the endings attach (4)
• A detective's pursuit might determine your subjective position (4)

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