LECT 3B
... In a non-finite verb phrase, all verbs are non-finite. There are three types of non-finite verb phrases, the to infinitive, the ing participle, and the -ed participle. Non-finite verb phrases normally do not occur as the verb phrase of an independent sentence. That is, they are always embedded ...
... In a non-finite verb phrase, all verbs are non-finite. There are three types of non-finite verb phrases, the to infinitive, the ing participle, and the -ed participle. Non-finite verb phrases normally do not occur as the verb phrase of an independent sentence. That is, they are always embedded ...
Quick links
... Number: singular, plural, dual. In some languages a distinction made between a ‘little plural’ and ‘a big plural’, e.g. Semitic. Person: classification of pronouns: 1st – person speaking; 1, we 2nd – person spoken to; you. 3rd – person or thing spoken about; he, she, it In some languages these three ...
... Number: singular, plural, dual. In some languages a distinction made between a ‘little plural’ and ‘a big plural’, e.g. Semitic. Person: classification of pronouns: 1st – person speaking; 1, we 2nd – person spoken to; you. 3rd – person or thing spoken about; he, she, it In some languages these three ...
Abstract: The Adjectival “fluidity” and its linguistic implications
... Since the pioneering study of Dixon (1977, 1982), the adjective is the most controversial and problematic category for the definition of parts of speech systems. Some languages, like English, have open classes of adjectives, whereas others (Yoruba, Hausa, Mandarin, etc.) only have a few, and the cat ...
... Since the pioneering study of Dixon (1977, 1982), the adjective is the most controversial and problematic category for the definition of parts of speech systems. Some languages, like English, have open classes of adjectives, whereas others (Yoruba, Hausa, Mandarin, etc.) only have a few, and the cat ...
Pronouns
... interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, and relative. In order for a sentence to work, the pronoun must clearly refer to the antecedent – the noun that it replaces. The pronoun and antecedent must agree in number with the noun or phrase it references. Therefore, if a noun or pronoun is singular or ...
... interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, and relative. In order for a sentence to work, the pronoun must clearly refer to the antecedent – the noun that it replaces. The pronoun and antecedent must agree in number with the noun or phrase it references. Therefore, if a noun or pronoun is singular or ...
Your turn. Exercise 1
... Singular + Plural Nouns • Singular – refer to one • Plural – refer to more than one – Most countable nouns add –s – Nouns ending whit ch, sh, s,ss or x add –es – Some words can take both –s or –es – Eg: mangos / mangoes volcanos / volcanoes – For a –ve or unknown quantity , we normally use the plur ...
... Singular + Plural Nouns • Singular – refer to one • Plural – refer to more than one – Most countable nouns add –s – Nouns ending whit ch, sh, s,ss or x add –es – Some words can take both –s or –es – Eg: mangos / mangoes volcanos / volcanoes – For a –ve or unknown quantity , we normally use the plur ...
NP - Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Culture Moderne
... • If it contains one verb, it is a lexical verb, e.g. went, arrives • It there are more verbs, there is a lexical verb pre-modified by one or more auxiliary verbs • Auxiliary verbs have a specific function: to express categories such as aspect, voice, and modality and to signal negation and clause t ...
... • If it contains one verb, it is a lexical verb, e.g. went, arrives • It there are more verbs, there is a lexical verb pre-modified by one or more auxiliary verbs • Auxiliary verbs have a specific function: to express categories such as aspect, voice, and modality and to signal negation and clause t ...
singular - Washington Latin Grade 8
... In this example ‘ego’ is the nominative and so is the doer of the verb ‘sum.’ However, the verb ‘to be’ (sum) doesn’t act like normal verbs, and the thing that ‘ego’ is in this sentence (food) goes into the nominative ‘cibus’. ...
... In this example ‘ego’ is the nominative and so is the doer of the verb ‘sum.’ However, the verb ‘to be’ (sum) doesn’t act like normal verbs, and the thing that ‘ego’ is in this sentence (food) goes into the nominative ‘cibus’. ...
Identifying the Parts of Speech
... basic tasks: they name, modify, express action or state of being, or connect. By the arrangement of words in a sentence and the task that each word performs within a sentence, you can understand a sentence’s meaning. To illustrate how parts of speech work together, try to decipher the following nons ...
... basic tasks: they name, modify, express action or state of being, or connect. By the arrangement of words in a sentence and the task that each word performs within a sentence, you can understand a sentence’s meaning. To illustrate how parts of speech work together, try to decipher the following nons ...
words - Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere
... contextual meaning: “information signalled about the kind of use a linguistic unit has in its social context, e.g. whether it has a ‘restricted’ use (as in social pleasantries, or religious settings), or how it relates to such factors as age, sex or class of the speakers” (Crystal, 2011, p. 109); ...
... contextual meaning: “information signalled about the kind of use a linguistic unit has in its social context, e.g. whether it has a ‘restricted’ use (as in social pleasantries, or religious settings), or how it relates to such factors as age, sex or class of the speakers” (Crystal, 2011, p. 109); ...
A Writer`s Five Basic Grammar Brush Strokes for Vivid Sentences
... There was a rat under my bed. –being verb with there A rat hid under my bed. – action verb Action Verb/Active Voice Exercise: Rewrite the sentences so that passive voice is transformed into active voice or being verbs are replaced with action verbs. ...
... There was a rat under my bed. –being verb with there A rat hid under my bed. – action verb Action Verb/Active Voice Exercise: Rewrite the sentences so that passive voice is transformed into active voice or being verbs are replaced with action verbs. ...
What is a participle?
... 1. Daniel started doing his homework at 12:30 PM. 2. He apologized for being late. 3. He insisted on speaking to the manager because there was a fly in his soup. 4. She made plans for going to Fiji. 5. Swimming was her favorite activity. ...
... 1. Daniel started doing his homework at 12:30 PM. 2. He apologized for being late. 3. He insisted on speaking to the manager because there was a fly in his soup. 4. She made plans for going to Fiji. 5. Swimming was her favorite activity. ...
World Englishes_Strand4
... was not the language spoken by most of the population. It is used for a range of functions among those who speak or write it in the region where it is used. It has become ‘localised’ or ‘nativised’ by adopting some language features of its own (e.g., sounds, intonation patterns, ...
... was not the language spoken by most of the population. It is used for a range of functions among those who speak or write it in the region where it is used. It has become ‘localised’ or ‘nativised’ by adopting some language features of its own (e.g., sounds, intonation patterns, ...
Grammar Guide
... Indefinite Pronouns: Indefinite pronouns refer to unnamed persons, places, or things. They refer generally, not specifically, to persons, places, or things. Examples: Someone is at the door. I’ve brought everything that I need. Few of us remember that movie. Please take some of the snacks. Several ...
... Indefinite Pronouns: Indefinite pronouns refer to unnamed persons, places, or things. They refer generally, not specifically, to persons, places, or things. Examples: Someone is at the door. I’ve brought everything that I need. Few of us remember that movie. Please take some of the snacks. Several ...
Grammar and Documentation
... feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, and taste. Radiotherapy is the treatment of disease with radiation. ...
... feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, and taste. Radiotherapy is the treatment of disease with radiation. ...
Subject – Verb Agreement Rules
... • The girls or the boy (like, likes) science best. • Since subjects are joined by “or” use the one closest to the verb: boy likes science best. • Each of the cars (race, races) down the street. • Since the subject is a singular distributive pronoun, you can use: It races. • Every boy and girl (make, ...
... • The girls or the boy (like, likes) science best. • Since subjects are joined by “or” use the one closest to the verb: boy likes science best. • Each of the cars (race, races) down the street. • Since the subject is a singular distributive pronoun, you can use: It races. • Every boy and girl (make, ...
(1) The Parts of Speech
... space, but in the second case, “in that room” is modifying the verb “is talking,” telling where he is talking. Here’s a list of prepositions copied from The Bedford Handbook: about above across after against along among around as at before behind below ...
... space, but in the second case, “in that room” is modifying the verb “is talking,” telling where he is talking. Here’s a list of prepositions copied from The Bedford Handbook: about above across after against along among around as at before behind below ...
Extracting Information from Participial Structures
... • comparative: “mérsékeltebb kereslet” more moderate demand ...
... • comparative: “mérsékeltebb kereslet” more moderate demand ...
Linguistic Typology: Word Order
... In the house I take house rather than the as the head. In other words, I follow the old NP analysis, not the more recent DP analysis. Perhaps the latter is more appropriate syntactically, but semantically the noun is clearly the most important element and thus should be the head. ...
... In the house I take house rather than the as the head. In other words, I follow the old NP analysis, not the more recent DP analysis. Perhaps the latter is more appropriate syntactically, but semantically the noun is clearly the most important element and thus should be the head. ...
Present Perfect Tense
... • The word order for a past tense sentence in PD uses these equations: • subject – hawwe/sei – other stuff – past participle. • hawwe/sei – subject – other stuff – past participle? • Ich hab Deitsch gelannt. – I learned Dutch. • Er iss nooch Kanadaa gfaahre. – He drove to Canada. ...
... • The word order for a past tense sentence in PD uses these equations: • subject – hawwe/sei – other stuff – past participle. • hawwe/sei – subject – other stuff – past participle? • Ich hab Deitsch gelannt. – I learned Dutch. • Er iss nooch Kanadaa gfaahre. – He drove to Canada. ...
PARTS OF SPEECH 1. Nouns 2. Pronouns 3. Adjectives 4. Verbs 5
... MEMORIZE THESE WORDS. THEY ARE ALWAYS VERBS. ...
... MEMORIZE THESE WORDS. THEY ARE ALWAYS VERBS. ...
Year Four - Rivington Primary School
... Use apostrophes for possession for both singular and plural nouns (the girl’s shoes, the boys’ game) and know the grammatical difference between plural and possessive -s ...
... Use apostrophes for possession for both singular and plural nouns (the girl’s shoes, the boys’ game) and know the grammatical difference between plural and possessive -s ...
TENSE AND ASPECT IN GREEK
... The stem indicates the meaning, while the personal ending indicates the person and number, and often the voice (three characteristics fused into one morpheme). But the verb also contains other information, either packed into the stem, or added by means of another morpheme. Two closely associated pie ...
... The stem indicates the meaning, while the personal ending indicates the person and number, and often the voice (three characteristics fused into one morpheme). But the verb also contains other information, either packed into the stem, or added by means of another morpheme. Two closely associated pie ...
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
... George worked in a national forest last summer. This may be his life's work. (What word does "this" refer to?) ...
... George worked in a national forest last summer. This may be his life's work. (What word does "this" refer to?) ...
ultimate grammar rules
... Ex: Activists who defend endangered species from poaching do it (so) on the grounds that such animals, once gone, are irreplaceable. What does ‘it’ refer to in this sentence? Defending endangered species. But since the gerund ‘defending’ doesn’t actually appear in the sentence, ‘it’ has no real ante ...
... Ex: Activists who defend endangered species from poaching do it (so) on the grounds that such animals, once gone, are irreplaceable. What does ‘it’ refer to in this sentence? Defending endangered species. But since the gerund ‘defending’ doesn’t actually appear in the sentence, ‘it’ has no real ante ...
Brushstrokes
... Painting with Action Verbs • be – is a verb • It is a linking verb and a helping verb. • Sometimes using a be verb is necessary, but most being verbs should be eliminated in editing. Verbs a good writer tries to eliminate: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, has, have, had, does, do, did, shall, w ...
... Painting with Action Verbs • be – is a verb • It is a linking verb and a helping verb. • Sometimes using a be verb is necessary, but most being verbs should be eliminated in editing. Verbs a good writer tries to eliminate: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, has, have, had, does, do, did, shall, w ...