Editorial Style Guide, March 2013
... lan what you are going to write before you start. The more you plan, the more organised and effective your writing will be. • Write a skeleton outline or a mind-map of the main points you know you must cover. Get them in the correct order first, then flesh them out into logically arranged senten ...
... lan what you are going to write before you start. The more you plan, the more organised and effective your writing will be. • Write a skeleton outline or a mind-map of the main points you know you must cover. Get them in the correct order first, then flesh them out into logically arranged senten ...
Cuing a new grammar
... grammar change is fused with work on variation and the acquisition of grammars. We explain the emergence of the new grammar and the explanation illuminates the nature of the child’s triggering experience and the way in which children acquire their linguistic capacities; the study of grammar change ...
... grammar change is fused with work on variation and the acquisition of grammars. We explain the emergence of the new grammar and the explanation illuminates the nature of the child’s triggering experience and the way in which children acquire their linguistic capacities; the study of grammar change ...
to Idiomatic English
... when analysing literature because it implies that you are a passive witness of the events described. Think rather that reading is creative; the text is nothing but inert little black marks on white paper until you start to read it and bring it to life. So use some other expression, even as neutral a ...
... when analysing literature because it implies that you are a passive witness of the events described. Think rather that reading is creative; the text is nothing but inert little black marks on white paper until you start to read it and bring it to life. So use some other expression, even as neutral a ...
Adjectives
... Extend: Choose an author you enjoy and select a passage from one of her or his books. Make a list of the adjectives you find there. Share your list with a classmate. Ask questions such as "How often does this author use adjectives?"; "Which adjectives are the most powerful?"; or "How do the adjectiv ...
... Extend: Choose an author you enjoy and select a passage from one of her or his books. Make a list of the adjectives you find there. Share your list with a classmate. Ask questions such as "How often does this author use adjectives?"; "Which adjectives are the most powerful?"; or "How do the adjectiv ...
LOU`s Rules for Writing
... -Mind the coherence and unity of your text! Every sentence and paragraph must bear some relationship to the stated topic. Include proper transitions and signposts to facilitate legibility and understanding. - Use a (semi-)formal register! • Use vocabulary that is as specific as possible. Choose word ...
... -Mind the coherence and unity of your text! Every sentence and paragraph must bear some relationship to the stated topic. Include proper transitions and signposts to facilitate legibility and understanding. - Use a (semi-)formal register! • Use vocabulary that is as specific as possible. Choose word ...
An Expert Lexicon Approach to Identifying English Phrasal Verbs
... system for identifying PVs should match the inflected forms, both regular and irregular, of the leading verb. The second is the representation of the lexical identity of recognized PVs. This is to establish a PV (a compound word) as a syntactic atomic unit with all its lexical properties determined ...
... system for identifying PVs should match the inflected forms, both regular and irregular, of the leading verb. The second is the representation of the lexical identity of recognized PVs. This is to establish a PV (a compound word) as a syntactic atomic unit with all its lexical properties determined ...
Lecture37
... of events that you are describing. Often, the particular sequence of events that you are describing will require you to use several different verb tenses within a single sentence or paragraph. Although it is appropriate to vary your verb tenses in accordance with the actual timing of the events, you ...
... of events that you are describing. Often, the particular sequence of events that you are describing will require you to use several different verb tenses within a single sentence or paragraph. Although it is appropriate to vary your verb tenses in accordance with the actual timing of the events, you ...
lec37 - uogenglish
... of events that you are describing. Often, the particular sequence of events that you are describing will require you to use several different verb tenses within a single sentence or paragraph. Although it is appropriate to vary your verb tenses in accordance with the actual timing of the events, you ...
... of events that you are describing. Often, the particular sequence of events that you are describing will require you to use several different verb tenses within a single sentence or paragraph. Although it is appropriate to vary your verb tenses in accordance with the actual timing of the events, you ...
Grammar Practice #12 (PNs and PAs)
... Cornelius stayed quietly in the room and waited patiently for her arrival. There are actually two verbs this time, “stayed” and “waited.” “stayed” can be a linking or action verb and here it works as an action verb. “waited” is always an action verb. Work the predicates of each verb one at a time – ...
... Cornelius stayed quietly in the room and waited patiently for her arrival. There are actually two verbs this time, “stayed” and “waited.” “stayed” can be a linking or action verb and here it works as an action verb. “waited” is always an action verb. Work the predicates of each verb one at a time – ...
Writing Guide
... These words describe/modify/give more information about verbs, other adverbs and adjectives. For example: happily, loudly, slowly, neatly, very, fast ...
... These words describe/modify/give more information about verbs, other adverbs and adjectives. For example: happily, loudly, slowly, neatly, very, fast ...
Grammar Review
... • What is a sentence? • Two types of clauses: – Independent: forms a complete thought and can stand on its own. – Dependent: cannot stand on its own ...
... • What is a sentence? • Two types of clauses: – Independent: forms a complete thought and can stand on its own. – Dependent: cannot stand on its own ...
Conciseness - Troy University
... on the field that alternates between the players' passively waiting with no action taking place between the pitches to the batter and exploding into action when the batter hits a pitched ball to one of the players and he fields it. Revised: Baseball has a rhythm that alternates between waiting and e ...
... on the field that alternates between the players' passively waiting with no action taking place between the pitches to the batter and exploding into action when the batter hits a pitched ball to one of the players and he fields it. Revised: Baseball has a rhythm that alternates between waiting and e ...
Using Modifiers
... • There are three rules to remember when using these demonstrative adjectives • They must agree in number with the words that they modify Ex. These kinds (plural) or this kind (sing.) • Never use here or there with these demonstrative adjectives Ex This here or that there • Never use the pronoun the ...
... • There are three rules to remember when using these demonstrative adjectives • They must agree in number with the words that they modify Ex. These kinds (plural) or this kind (sing.) • Never use here or there with these demonstrative adjectives Ex This here or that there • Never use the pronoun the ...
The Eight Parts of Speech
... Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am relieved about passing my exam. Now you try it. Wow! You did a fabulous job. What is the interjection in this sentence? ...
... Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am relieved about passing my exam. Now you try it. Wow! You did a fabulous job. What is the interjection in this sentence? ...
Unit 2: Make a Difference!
... with a clear beginning, middle and end. Students will be able to use the writing process to write a narrative. ...
... with a clear beginning, middle and end. Students will be able to use the writing process to write a narrative. ...
Towards an Automatic Translation of Medical Terminology and Texts
... who are trying toencourage the use of Arabic in science and technology. The translation is performed by the CAT2 MT system, and the syntactic representation in Arabic is then passed to the NALG morphological generator for generation of the Arabic target text with its full derivational and inflectio ...
... who are trying toencourage the use of Arabic in science and technology. The translation is performed by the CAT2 MT system, and the syntactic representation in Arabic is then passed to the NALG morphological generator for generation of the Arabic target text with its full derivational and inflectio ...
Locative and locatum verbs revisited
... This leads us to pursue an explanation of locative and locatum verbs in another different framework, that of Hale and Keyser (1998), where the lexical decomposition of these verbs is carried out on the basis of restricted and well-established syntactic principles (section 3). Of course, there is ano ...
... This leads us to pursue an explanation of locative and locatum verbs in another different framework, that of Hale and Keyser (1998), where the lexical decomposition of these verbs is carried out on the basis of restricted and well-established syntactic principles (section 3). Of course, there is ano ...
The Eight Parts of Speech
... Interjection- An interjection is a word that shows strong emotion. Such examples are Wow!, Ouch!, Hurray!, and Oh no! Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am ...
... Interjection- An interjection is a word that shows strong emotion. Such examples are Wow!, Ouch!, Hurray!, and Oh no! Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing. Check this out. Whew! I am so glad to have passed my exam. The word “Whew!” shows that I am ...
Trond Trosterud University of Tromsø
... or the Uralic languages of Russia, there is not a choice between using the multimillion electronically available corpus or not. There is no such corpus. Rather, what is available is a grammar, and in most cases a reasonably good dictionary. With these two tools (especially if the dictionary is elect ...
... or the Uralic languages of Russia, there is not a choice between using the multimillion electronically available corpus or not. There is no such corpus. Rather, what is available is a grammar, and in most cases a reasonably good dictionary. With these two tools (especially if the dictionary is elect ...
Identifying Verbs and Adverbs
... 3. The driver was nervous and asked us to assist with the injured passenger. A. Was is a verb. B. Was is a verb to be. C. Asked is a verb. D. Injured is a verb. 4. The marchers were suddenly confronted by the police. A. Were is the main verb. B. Suddenly is an adverb. C. Confronted is the main verb. ...
... 3. The driver was nervous and asked us to assist with the injured passenger. A. Was is a verb. B. Was is a verb to be. C. Asked is a verb. D. Injured is a verb. 4. The marchers were suddenly confronted by the police. A. Were is the main verb. B. Suddenly is an adverb. C. Confronted is the main verb. ...
What paradox? A response to Naigles (2002)
... in young children. The basic idea is that children look through a book containing pairs of pictures. For each pair they first hear (and in some conditions produce themselves by repeating) one described with, for example, a passive sentence (e.g. “The car got smashed by the tree”); then they are aske ...
... in young children. The basic idea is that children look through a book containing pairs of pictures. For each pair they first hear (and in some conditions produce themselves by repeating) one described with, for example, a passive sentence (e.g. “The car got smashed by the tree”); then they are aske ...
Smart Paradigms and the Predictability and Complexity of
... this to be true, the smart paradigms must have a “worst case scenario” version that is able to generate all forms. In practice, this was not always the case but we checked that the number of problematic words is so small that it wouldn’t be statistically significant. A typical problem word was the e ...
... this to be true, the smart paradigms must have a “worst case scenario” version that is able to generate all forms. In practice, this was not always the case but we checked that the number of problematic words is so small that it wouldn’t be statistically significant. A typical problem word was the e ...
How to use www.conjuguemos.com
... vocabulary practice except instead of getting a word in English to put in French, you will get a pronoun (je, tu, etc…) in the “Pronoun” box and a verb (aimer, détester) in the “Verb” box and you will have to put the conjugated form of the verb in the “Answer” box (no subject – just the verb). Hit t ...
... vocabulary practice except instead of getting a word in English to put in French, you will get a pronoun (je, tu, etc…) in the “Pronoun” box and a verb (aimer, détester) in the “Verb” box and you will have to put the conjugated form of the verb in the “Answer” box (no subject – just the verb). Hit t ...
L4 Shurley Grammar Student Workbook
... It usually forms a question. Inverted Order: Will we Natural Order: We ...
... It usually forms a question. Inverted Order: Will we Natural Order: We ...
The Russian agentive passive construction with Agent–Verb
... Linguistic descriptions of verbal prefixes have been sparse during and after the Serbo-Croatian era. As far as I am aware, no study focusing on the verbal prefix po- in Croatian exists beyond brief treatments in reference works, e.g., Babić 1986. As Slavic linguists outside the former Yugoslavia lea ...
... Linguistic descriptions of verbal prefixes have been sparse during and after the Serbo-Croatian era. As far as I am aware, no study focusing on the verbal prefix po- in Croatian exists beyond brief treatments in reference works, e.g., Babić 1986. As Slavic linguists outside the former Yugoslavia lea ...