Practical Guide to English Usage
... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives .......................................................... 2.6. Interrogative adjectives .................. ...
... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives .......................................................... 2.6. Interrogative adjectives .................. ...
Manhattan Elite Prep GMAT Verbal Sentence Correction Guide
... The above sentence sets forth a likely condition anticipated by the speaker. The use of the past tense is incorrect. The sentence may be corrected thus: As soon as I hear the dog bark, I will know you are at the door. In the above example, the future tense makes clear that the dog's barking is antic ...
... The above sentence sets forth a likely condition anticipated by the speaker. The use of the past tense is incorrect. The sentence may be corrected thus: As soon as I hear the dog bark, I will know you are at the door. In the above example, the future tense makes clear that the dog's barking is antic ...
English Sentence Analysis : an Introductory Course
... Out of all the details in an event or situation, a speaker can name the following aspects: one or more participants, attributes of these participants, and information about the setting of the event or situation. First of all, the speaker names at least one person or thing and says something about hi ...
... Out of all the details in an event or situation, a speaker can name the following aspects: one or more participants, attributes of these participants, and information about the setting of the event or situation. First of all, the speaker names at least one person or thing and says something about hi ...
Topics in Corpus-Based Dutch Syntax Beek, Leonoor Johanneke
... NP and PP recipients and one between the canonical and non-canonical word order. This results in a total of four different realizations for ditransitive verbs, which give us the opportunity to study the two alternations separately. One could expect, then, that the factors that have been claimed to i ...
... NP and PP recipients and one between the canonical and non-canonical word order. This results in a total of four different realizations for ditransitive verbs, which give us the opportunity to study the two alternations separately. One could expect, then, that the factors that have been claimed to i ...
Guide to Revising Grammar and Punctuation
... noun. They 'determine' how definite or specific a noun is, whether a noun is singular or plural. that, this, these, those, my, yours, his, her, its, our, their, some, any, each, every, enough 9. Noun Nouns are naming words. Nouns can name things, people, animals, places a a wide range of processes a ...
... noun. They 'determine' how definite or specific a noun is, whether a noun is singular or plural. that, this, these, those, my, yours, his, her, its, our, their, some, any, each, every, enough 9. Noun Nouns are naming words. Nouns can name things, people, animals, places a a wide range of processes a ...
The finite independency A study of the relevance of the notion of
... do, that they do it in a different way than finite verbs. In generative grammar, verb-subject agreement has been suggested to be necessary in finite clauses. However, Koptjevskaja-Tamm demonstrates that these definitions may not hold universally. Even in an Indo-European language such as French, sub ...
... do, that they do it in a different way than finite verbs. In generative grammar, verb-subject agreement has been suggested to be necessary in finite clauses. However, Koptjevskaja-Tamm demonstrates that these definitions may not hold universally. Even in an Indo-European language such as French, sub ...
Practical Guide to English Usage
... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives .......................................................... 2.6. Interrogative adjectives .................. ...
... Use of subject and object pronouns in comparisons .................................................................................................... 2.5. Participial and gerundial adjectives .......................................................... 2.6. Interrogative adjectives .................. ...
Carnets de Grammaire - CLLE-ERSS - Université Toulouse
... it would be a perfect engine of conceptual expression. Unfortunately, or luckily, no language is tyrannically consistent. All grammars leak.” (Sapir 1921: 38). Sapir understood that a perfect language, a grammar that didn’t leak, would never change. Not b ...
... it would be a perfect engine of conceptual expression. Unfortunately, or luckily, no language is tyrannically consistent. All grammars leak.” (Sapir 1921: 38). Sapir understood that a perfect language, a grammar that didn’t leak, would never change. Not b ...
Martha Palmer`s 2004 talk slides
... Successful Casting Call & Shoot for ``Clash of Empires'' ... thank everyone for their participation in the making of yesterday's movie. Demme's casting is also highly entertaining, although I wouldn't go so far as to call it successful. This movie's resemblance to its predecessor is pretty vague ...
... Successful Casting Call & Shoot for ``Clash of Empires'' ... thank everyone for their participation in the making of yesterday's movie. Demme's casting is also highly entertaining, although I wouldn't go so far as to call it successful. This movie's resemblance to its predecessor is pretty vague ...
Grammar Context
... 1. Both the active voice and the passive voice can be used with different tenses and with modals. The tense of the passive sentence is shown in the verb be. Use the past participle with every tense. 2. If two verbs in the passive voice are connected with and, do not repeat be. The Oscar ceremony is ...
... 1. Both the active voice and the passive voice can be used with different tenses and with modals. The tense of the passive sentence is shown in the verb be. Use the past participle with every tense. 2. If two verbs in the passive voice are connected with and, do not repeat be. The Oscar ceremony is ...
Phrases
... A prepositional phrase includes a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object. EXAMPLES during the days with us of noble deeds about them A prepositional phrase can have more than one object. EXAMPLE for the parents and their children EXERCISE A cross-out each prepos ...
... A prepositional phrase includes a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object. EXAMPLES during the days with us of noble deeds about them A prepositional phrase can have more than one object. EXAMPLE for the parents and their children EXERCISE A cross-out each prepos ...
Overview of the Different Complementation Patterns and
... should be said about verbs and especially transitivity and intransitivity in order to understand the aspect of complementation. Verbs can be sub classified, as mentioned above, into transitive and intransitive. The most typical type of a core complement is an object. Depending on the nature of the v ...
... should be said about verbs and especially transitivity and intransitivity in order to understand the aspect of complementation. Verbs can be sub classified, as mentioned above, into transitive and intransitive. The most typical type of a core complement is an object. Depending on the nature of the v ...
Expository Writing Tutorial
... “Sentences are choppy, incomplete, rambling or awkward. Phrasing does not sound natural—the way someone might speak. . . My verbs do not always capture the precise meaning, or sometimes shift tense. . .It is difficult to sense the writer behind the words. . .” ...
... “Sentences are choppy, incomplete, rambling or awkward. Phrasing does not sound natural—the way someone might speak. . . My verbs do not always capture the precise meaning, or sometimes shift tense. . .It is difficult to sense the writer behind the words. . .” ...
ra - Stichting Papua Erfgoed
... syllable boundary morphophonological representation morpheme boundary covert person prefix place from which a constituent has been (re)moved in person prefixes: first person; second person; third person in examples: translation derived from translation including complete glosses in the running text ...
... syllable boundary morphophonological representation morpheme boundary covert person prefix place from which a constituent has been (re)moved in person prefixes: first person; second person; third person in examples: translation derived from translation including complete glosses in the running text ...
“Indeed, it takes only a single system of grammar to provide
... Chol’s five ejective consonants are contrastive with their non-ejective counterparts in all positions. Compare for example, Chol ty’añ ‘word’ and tyañ ‘lime’, or buts’ ‘smoke’ and buts ‘sprout’. In Chol and other Mayan languages there are no truly vowel-initial roots; all have a glottal onset (cf. ...
... Chol’s five ejective consonants are contrastive with their non-ejective counterparts in all positions. Compare for example, Chol ty’añ ‘word’ and tyañ ‘lime’, or buts’ ‘smoke’ and buts ‘sprout’. In Chol and other Mayan languages there are no truly vowel-initial roots; all have a glottal onset (cf. ...
Prepositions: Locators in Time and Place
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
Deriving Greenberg`s Asymmetry in Arabic
... hand, in languages like Latin or English words are formed by joining or concatenating sequences of recombinable phonological strings. So the word ‘speaking’ [spiki_], for instance, is formed by joining the sound sequence of the verb ‘to speak’ [spik], the stem, with the sound sequence of ‘-ing’ [i_] ...
... hand, in languages like Latin or English words are formed by joining or concatenating sequences of recombinable phonological strings. So the word ‘speaking’ [spiki_], for instance, is formed by joining the sound sequence of the verb ‘to speak’ [spik], the stem, with the sound sequence of ‘-ing’ [i_] ...
Document
... NB: some theorists refer to certain GOALs as RECIPIENTs especially in the case of give and similar verbs ...
... NB: some theorists refer to certain GOALs as RECIPIENTs especially in the case of give and similar verbs ...
effects of concord errors in the essays of students in selected senior
... Therefore, the need to improve proficiency in English has led many studies on the use of English among students. Various scholars like Ofuokwu (1982), Anasiudu (1983), Banjo (1969), Olaofe (1986) among others studied the grammatical errors made in the written and spoken English of users of English i ...
... Therefore, the need to improve proficiency in English has led many studies on the use of English among students. Various scholars like Ofuokwu (1982), Anasiudu (1983), Banjo (1969), Olaofe (1986) among others studied the grammatical errors made in the written and spoken English of users of English i ...
Now!
... to choose and use his words correctly and the underbred, vulgar boor, whose language grates upon the ear and jars the sensitiveness of the finer feelings. The blunders of the latter, his infringement of all the canons of grammar, his absurdities and monstrosities of language, make his very presence ...
... to choose and use his words correctly and the underbred, vulgar boor, whose language grates upon the ear and jars the sensitiveness of the finer feelings. The blunders of the latter, his infringement of all the canons of grammar, his absurdities and monstrosities of language, make his very presence ...
Syllabus - Harvard University
... More than two absences may result in a failing grade for the course. The course grade will be based on performance on two midterms, short written exercises and the final exam, weighted in the ...
... More than two absences may result in a failing grade for the course. The course grade will be based on performance on two midterms, short written exercises and the final exam, weighted in the ...
Object Markers in Amharic
... o Clitic doubling does not involve the valuation of phi-features o Clitic doubling is not necessarily associated with Case assignment ...
... o Clitic doubling does not involve the valuation of phi-features o Clitic doubling is not necessarily associated with Case assignment ...
writer`s guide for engineers
... This chapter focuses on three essential principles that will make your writing more readerfriendly: • According to the given-new principle(section 1.1), sentences should begin with something that has already been mentioned, or is otherwise familiar to the reader, before introducing new information. ...
... This chapter focuses on three essential principles that will make your writing more readerfriendly: • According to the given-new principle(section 1.1), sentences should begin with something that has already been mentioned, or is otherwise familiar to the reader, before introducing new information. ...
It’s All In The Verbs
... to examine something in great detail in order to understand it better or discover more about it to find out what something is made up of by identifying its constituent parts ...
... to examine something in great detail in order to understand it better or discover more about it to find out what something is made up of by identifying its constituent parts ...
6:201-236 - Linguistics at Cambridge
... 2008) claim that the two cannot be separated in Bantu languages. That is, the element which determines agreement on the verb must always end up in a structurally higher position. This is most obvious in a canonical SVO sentence, where the subject marker on the verb agrees with the preverbal subject ...
... 2008) claim that the two cannot be separated in Bantu languages. That is, the element which determines agreement on the verb must always end up in a structurally higher position. This is most obvious in a canonical SVO sentence, where the subject marker on the verb agrees with the preverbal subject ...