Syntax, lexical categories, and morphology - Assets
... will be used to refer to this second aspect of syntactic structure. Consider the eight words in the sentence The teacher read a book in the library. What units are these words organized into? Intuitively, it seems clear that the article the or a goes with, or forms a unit with, the noun following it ...
... will be used to refer to this second aspect of syntactic structure. Consider the eight words in the sentence The teacher read a book in the library. What units are these words organized into? Intuitively, it seems clear that the article the or a goes with, or forms a unit with, the noun following it ...
Glossary of Grammatical Terms
... I wish I could go. [modal auxiliary expressing a wish] I wish I were a rock star. [subjunctive verb form expressing a wish] Each member must pay her dues by December 1. [modal auxiliary expressing a requirement] The rules require that each member pay her dues by December 1. [subjunctive verb form ex ...
... I wish I could go. [modal auxiliary expressing a wish] I wish I were a rock star. [subjunctive verb form expressing a wish] Each member must pay her dues by December 1. [modal auxiliary expressing a requirement] The rules require that each member pay her dues by December 1. [subjunctive verb form ex ...
Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous • Have
... Learn Modals of Certainty Must, Has to, Can’t and Might • Your gums are swollen. That must hurt. (You know something is true.) • You might have a cavity. Your teeth have been hurting all day. It can’t feel good to have a toothache! (You know something is not possible.) ...
... Learn Modals of Certainty Must, Has to, Can’t and Might • Your gums are swollen. That must hurt. (You know something is true.) • You might have a cavity. Your teeth have been hurting all day. It can’t feel good to have a toothache! (You know something is not possible.) ...
4 WORD CLASSES AND OVERVIEW OF MORPHOLOGY
... and particles form a continuum, rather than discrete categories. The possessives are discussed last. Sometimes in the following, the same information will be given several times. This is because of items such as verb class II stems and their obligatory subject prefixes, which to some extent define e ...
... and particles form a continuum, rather than discrete categories. The possessives are discussed last. Sometimes in the following, the same information will be given several times. This is because of items such as verb class II stems and their obligatory subject prefixes, which to some extent define e ...
Doing more with less: Verb learning in Korean
... difficulty learning the meanings of novel transitive verbs if they appear in rich linguistic contexts, with the noun phrases fully specified, than in sparse linguistic contexts, with both noun phrases elided. Plausibility for this hypothesis comes from Japanese, where 5-year-old children more succes ...
... difficulty learning the meanings of novel transitive verbs if they appear in rich linguistic contexts, with the noun phrases fully specified, than in sparse linguistic contexts, with both noun phrases elided. Plausibility for this hypothesis comes from Japanese, where 5-year-old children more succes ...
Active and Passive Voice
... Form of Passive Voice Verbs Examples: Passive: The cookies were eaten by the children. Active: The children ate the cookies. Passive: The tunnels are dug by the gophers. Active: The gophers dug the tunnels. ...
... Form of Passive Voice Verbs Examples: Passive: The cookies were eaten by the children. Active: The children ate the cookies. Passive: The tunnels are dug by the gophers. Active: The gophers dug the tunnels. ...
Pseudo-coordinative construction (jít)
... 1. “actual motion” is the basic meaning of all schemas in Figures 1-4; that is the reason, why we do not consider jít to be a semantically empty auxiliary. 2. meanings like “continuous action” and “progressive aspect” more generally can be accounted for in terms of a metaphorical extension of the s ...
... 1. “actual motion” is the basic meaning of all schemas in Figures 1-4; that is the reason, why we do not consider jít to be a semantically empty auxiliary. 2. meanings like “continuous action” and “progressive aspect” more generally can be accounted for in terms of a metaphorical extension of the s ...
Conceptual Analysis of Garden-Path Sentences
... Passive participles and past main verbs are indicated by a ...
... Passive participles and past main verbs are indicated by a ...
SVA Rules
... singular. So are pronouns like each and every. Words like all or some may be singular. That means that a possessive pronoun referring to these singular words must also be singular. In standard written English the possessive pronoun his is used to refer to a singular indefinite pronoun unless the gro ...
... singular. So are pronouns like each and every. Words like all or some may be singular. That means that a possessive pronoun referring to these singular words must also be singular. In standard written English the possessive pronoun his is used to refer to a singular indefinite pronoun unless the gro ...
Konjunktiv II - intro to forms
... There are three primary categories of verbs in German. Students must memorize which verbs fall into which categories. “Weak” verbs are those verbs that have no internal changes in any of the forms in any of the tenses. The participles of these verbs always end in “t” and there are never any irregula ...
... There are three primary categories of verbs in German. Students must memorize which verbs fall into which categories. “Weak” verbs are those verbs that have no internal changes in any of the forms in any of the tenses. The participles of these verbs always end in “t” and there are never any irregula ...
Subject, Verb, Object - Simpson`s Basic English
... and down the grimy streets of London in the fog. ...
... and down the grimy streets of London in the fog. ...
Chapter Excerpt
... (pronounced differently); but mean (intend) and mean (average) are not. They are pronounced the same, or are homonyms. Another similar occurrence in English is the capitonym, a word that is spelled the same but has different meanings when it is capitalized and may or may not have different pronuncia ...
... (pronounced differently); but mean (intend) and mean (average) are not. They are pronounced the same, or are homonyms. Another similar occurrence in English is the capitonym, a word that is spelled the same but has different meanings when it is capitalized and may or may not have different pronuncia ...
grammar review
... “–ing” and functioning as a noun. – Ex: Swimming is a sport. • A gerund can be used in a sentence as a predicate nominative, a subject, a direct object, and the object of a preposition. ...
... “–ing” and functioning as a noun. – Ex: Swimming is a sport. • A gerund can be used in a sentence as a predicate nominative, a subject, a direct object, and the object of a preposition. ...
Participles - The Latin Library
... Uses of the Participle: The tense of a participle is always relative to that of the main verb. A present participle refers to action contemporaneous with that of the main verb (whether the main verb is past, present or future). A perfect participle refers to action prior to that of the main verb. A ...
... Uses of the Participle: The tense of a participle is always relative to that of the main verb. A present participle refers to action contemporaneous with that of the main verb (whether the main verb is past, present or future). A perfect participle refers to action prior to that of the main verb. A ...
Conventions Resource 3rd-5th
... o Commas: between main clauses, in compound sentences, in a series (3rd-4th) o Prepositions (3rd) o Prepositional Phrases (3rd) o Conjunctions (3rd-4th) o Nominative and objective case pronouns (3rd) o Subject-verb agreement (4th) o Past, present, and future verb tenses (4th) o Adverbs of time, plac ...
... o Commas: between main clauses, in compound sentences, in a series (3rd-4th) o Prepositions (3rd) o Prepositional Phrases (3rd) o Conjunctions (3rd-4th) o Nominative and objective case pronouns (3rd) o Subject-verb agreement (4th) o Past, present, and future verb tenses (4th) o Adverbs of time, plac ...
GERUND or INFINITIVE
... like/dislike, love/hate, miss, prefer, recommend, suggest) Ann hates flying Doctors recommend eating five pieces of vegetables each day ...
... like/dislike, love/hate, miss, prefer, recommend, suggest) Ann hates flying Doctors recommend eating five pieces of vegetables each day ...
watch Out for –ing!
... string of words that can act as a single part of speech. The head of the phrase is the word that determines what kind of phrase it is (eg, a verb phrase or a noun phrase). The rest of the phrase is called the complement of the phrase. Note that the head of the phrase is not always the first word in ...
... string of words that can act as a single part of speech. The head of the phrase is the word that determines what kind of phrase it is (eg, a verb phrase or a noun phrase). The rest of the phrase is called the complement of the phrase. Note that the head of the phrase is not always the first word in ...
Phrases and Using Phrases
... Appositive phrase: an appositive plus its modifiers. Appositives are noun phrases that follow other nouns and explain them. the neighbor's dog, a very large beast, ...
... Appositive phrase: an appositive plus its modifiers. Appositives are noun phrases that follow other nouns and explain them. the neighbor's dog, a very large beast, ...
doc - (`Dick`) Hudson
... should be relevant to one another so that the reader can follow the meaning. The term cohesion refers to the grammatical features in a text which enable the parts to fit together. One way of creating cohesion is the use of connectives: I sat down and turned on the television. Just then, I heard a st ...
... should be relevant to one another so that the reader can follow the meaning. The term cohesion refers to the grammatical features in a text which enable the parts to fit together. One way of creating cohesion is the use of connectives: I sat down and turned on the television. Just then, I heard a st ...
6-Prescriptive
... • Verb conjugation: third personal singular verbs lack an [-s] marker. • Ex: He look, it do, she have • “Paradigm leveling” • = making a set of related forms more uniform • (similar to “he don’t”/”she don’t”) • Under certain conditions, the verb “to be” can be deleted. • Ex: you so crazy, she workin ...
... • Verb conjugation: third personal singular verbs lack an [-s] marker. • Ex: He look, it do, she have • “Paradigm leveling” • = making a set of related forms more uniform • (similar to “he don’t”/”she don’t”) • Under certain conditions, the verb “to be” can be deleted. • Ex: you so crazy, she workin ...
SKILL 18: INVERT THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH NEGATIVES
... INVERSION: COMPARATIVE + Aux/V + S My sister spends more hours in the office than does John. We were more prepared than the other performers. We were more prepared than the other performers were. ...
... INVERSION: COMPARATIVE + Aux/V + S My sister spends more hours in the office than does John. We were more prepared than the other performers. We were more prepared than the other performers were. ...
Grammar Basics
... Prepositions are words like “after,” “in,” “on,” “during,” “by,” “for,” “with,” “of,” and so on, that usually express relationships in space and time between words. We call any noun or pronoun that comes after a preposition an object of the preposition. Pronouns in this position are always in the ob ...
... Prepositions are words like “after,” “in,” “on,” “during,” “by,” “for,” “with,” “of,” and so on, that usually express relationships in space and time between words. We call any noun or pronoun that comes after a preposition an object of the preposition. Pronouns in this position are always in the ob ...
“Yes, Ms. Blossom,” said Alf and - Superkids
... what is happening. (Alf is making a face and maybe bugging or teasing someone.) Ask if it is possible to “bug” someone. (yes) Have children give examples of a time they bugged someone or were bugged by someone who was acting like a pest. Explain that to bug someone is an action; it is a verb. List o ...
... what is happening. (Alf is making a face and maybe bugging or teasing someone.) Ask if it is possible to “bug” someone. (yes) Have children give examples of a time they bugged someone or were bugged by someone who was acting like a pest. Explain that to bug someone is an action; it is a verb. List o ...
LANGUAGE ARTS
... personification-part of speech where things, ideas, or qualities are represented as people phonetic-representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols for each sound plagiarism-taking credit for something that is not yours plot-general plan or sequence of events; the action or events o ...
... personification-part of speech where things, ideas, or qualities are represented as people phonetic-representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols for each sound plagiarism-taking credit for something that is not yours plot-general plan or sequence of events; the action or events o ...