Word OrderOriginally Posted by anitha
1) English is an SVO (Subject + Verb + Object) language,
EX: John likes cake. (SVO)
2) Prepositions come before the nouns they modify,
John sang with the band. (Preposition + noun)
3) Adjectives come before the nouns they modify,
A blue book. (adjective + noun)
1) Words are classified into several categories: Noun, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, etc.
EX: eat (Verb), book (Noun), etc.
2) Verbs take inflection for person and number,
He walks. (-s is the 3rd person singular marker)
3) Nouns can be plural or singular,
EX: book, books (-s marks plural in number)
4) Verbs take tense markings,
EX: walked (Past tense)
In short, word order is dealt with in Syntax and word form is dealt with in Morphology.
All the best, :D