an introduction to english syntax for czech students
... McNeil was watching the student nurses covertly. [direct object] It gave her an aroma of licentiousness, and she adored that. [indirect object] The complement, as we have already seen above, tells us more about another element in the clause. Complements as their name says complement or supplement th ...
... McNeil was watching the student nurses covertly. [direct object] It gave her an aroma of licentiousness, and she adored that. [indirect object] The complement, as we have already seen above, tells us more about another element in the clause. Complements as their name says complement or supplement th ...
ADJECTIVES
... "My daughter really wants a dog for Christmas." This refers to any dog. We don't know which dog because we haven't found the dog yet. "Somebody call a policeman!" This refers to any policeman. We don't need a specific policeman; we need any policeman who is available. "When I was at the zoo, I saw a ...
... "My daughter really wants a dog for Christmas." This refers to any dog. We don't know which dog because we haven't found the dog yet. "Somebody call a policeman!" This refers to any policeman. We don't need a specific policeman; we need any policeman who is available. "When I was at the zoo, I saw a ...
Maltese Morphology - Stony Brook Linguistics
... bulk of its vocabulary and morphology from Arabic, North African vernacular Arabic to be precise. Most descriptions of Maltese morphology therefore describe it as if it were in fact Arabic, and treat the more recent layers of vocabulary and morphology, acquired through subsequent contact with Sicili ...
... bulk of its vocabulary and morphology from Arabic, North African vernacular Arabic to be precise. Most descriptions of Maltese morphology therefore describe it as if it were in fact Arabic, and treat the more recent layers of vocabulary and morphology, acquired through subsequent contact with Sicili ...
Linguistics Tripos Part One, Paper 2 Lecture Two
... a.Alex hopes that Wayne will be fit for the match. b.*Hopes Alex that Wayne will be fit for the match. c. *Hopes that Alex Wayne will be fit for the match. There are 3,628,800 possible orders for this 10-word sentence, 3,628,798 of which are ungrammatical. What is the other two grammatical order? ...
... a.Alex hopes that Wayne will be fit for the match. b.*Hopes Alex that Wayne will be fit for the match. c. *Hopes that Alex Wayne will be fit for the match. There are 3,628,800 possible orders for this 10-word sentence, 3,628,798 of which are ungrammatical. What is the other two grammatical order? ...
HELP Yourself Resource Transcript: Prepositions Common
... Multiple and overlapping meanings Prepositions can be challenging. One reason for this is because the same word often has several meanings or functions. For example, if you look up the word by in your dictionary, you will see nine or more different definitions and examples, as per the examples on yo ...
... Multiple and overlapping meanings Prepositions can be challenging. One reason for this is because the same word often has several meanings or functions. For example, if you look up the word by in your dictionary, you will see nine or more different definitions and examples, as per the examples on yo ...
INTRANSITIVE PREDICATES
... a. An old woman lodged at Mrs Parker’s. b. *There lodged an old woman at Mrs Parker’s. ...
... a. An old woman lodged at Mrs Parker’s. b. *There lodged an old woman at Mrs Parker’s. ...
Pronouns and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
... Although the various shades of time and sequence are usually conveyed adequately in informal speech and writing, especially by native speakers and writers, they can create havoc in academic writing and they sometimes are troublesome among students for whom English is a second language. This difficul ...
... Although the various shades of time and sequence are usually conveyed adequately in informal speech and writing, especially by native speakers and writers, they can create havoc in academic writing and they sometimes are troublesome among students for whom English is a second language. This difficul ...
Dative Plural
... with/from/by/in prepositional phrase, “Acc” if it the object of an idea of motion towards, “Voc” if the noun is being addressed directly, and lastly “Nom” if the noun is used as a complement with a linking verb 4. Percy lives on Long Island, then moved from his home to Camp Half-Blood. ...
... with/from/by/in prepositional phrase, “Acc” if it the object of an idea of motion towards, “Voc” if the noun is being addressed directly, and lastly “Nom” if the noun is used as a complement with a linking verb 4. Percy lives on Long Island, then moved from his home to Camp Half-Blood. ...
Chapter 2. Style
... • Use a comma before "and" or "or" in a series of three or more items. Examples: “0.8, 2.1, and 3.9 kg ha−1”; “shoot biomass, root biomass, leaf blade or leaflet length and width, and plant height”; but “nodule weight and size and N2 fixation.” • Use a semicolon to separate a series of items withi ...
... • Use a comma before "and" or "or" in a series of three or more items. Examples: “0.8, 2.1, and 3.9 kg ha−1”; “shoot biomass, root biomass, leaf blade or leaflet length and width, and plant height”; but “nodule weight and size and N2 fixation.” • Use a semicolon to separate a series of items withi ...
Avoiding Fragments - Clarion University
... He dropped his keys. Running for the door. The word “to” + verb (infinitive phrase)? Mark went downtown on Tuesday. To find an apartment. Also, ask yourself WHO or WHAT is doing the action. Jim dropped his keys. Running for the door. (WHO was running for the door?) ...
... He dropped his keys. Running for the door. The word “to” + verb (infinitive phrase)? Mark went downtown on Tuesday. To find an apartment. Also, ask yourself WHO or WHAT is doing the action. Jim dropped his keys. Running for the door. (WHO was running for the door?) ...
English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage and Style
... While doing my research for this book I analyzed papers written in a wide range of disciplines. What I discovered confirmed that each discipline (and indeed subdiscipline) tends to use English in very specific ways that are not consistent across disciplines. An obvious example is the use of we. In s ...
... While doing my research for this book I analyzed papers written in a wide range of disciplines. What I discovered confirmed that each discipline (and indeed subdiscipline) tends to use English in very specific ways that are not consistent across disciplines. An obvious example is the use of we. In s ...
Passive Voice - UW Tacoma - University of Washington
... "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a novel set amidst the Spanish Civil War. It was written by Ernest Hemingway. In the example above, the novel––not Hemingway––is the writer's topic. So, the writer uses passive voice to keep the novel ("it") as the subject. Passive Voice in Academic Discourse Academic ...
... "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a novel set amidst the Spanish Civil War. It was written by Ernest Hemingway. In the example above, the novel––not Hemingway––is the writer's topic. So, the writer uses passive voice to keep the novel ("it") as the subject. Passive Voice in Academic Discourse Academic ...
A MARANAO DICTIONARY
... 3.21 Adverbs (adv.) add to the meaning of phrases, or introduce certain clauses. Examples include anda 'where', peman 'again' , imanto 'now', den [emphasis], di' ' no'. Sentence illustrations are Anda ka gomegenek. 'Where are you staying.' Ay arga' o maregas imanto. 'What is the price of rice now.' ...
... 3.21 Adverbs (adv.) add to the meaning of phrases, or introduce certain clauses. Examples include anda 'where', peman 'again' , imanto 'now', den [emphasis], di' ' no'. Sentence illustrations are Anda ka gomegenek. 'Where are you staying.' Ay arga' o maregas imanto. 'What is the price of rice now.' ...
Agreement in Slavic languages poses a serious problem for
... appropriate positions. It seems that the alternative forms, one strictly syntactic, another more semantic, allowed in certain agreement positions imply that this phenomenon is not governed strictly by syntactic rules. Most promising in dealing with these agreement alternations seem to be two hierarc ...
... appropriate positions. It seems that the alternative forms, one strictly syntactic, another more semantic, allowed in certain agreement positions imply that this phenomenon is not governed strictly by syntactic rules. Most promising in dealing with these agreement alternations seem to be two hierarc ...
Grammar 2 20th meeting
... superlatives are often used on their own if it is clear what or who is being compared. If you want to be specific about what you are comparing, you can do this with a noun, or a phrase beginning with in or of, e.g.: – Annabel was the youngest child. – Annabel was the youngest of the children. – This ...
... superlatives are often used on their own if it is clear what or who is being compared. If you want to be specific about what you are comparing, you can do this with a noun, or a phrase beginning with in or of, e.g.: – Annabel was the youngest child. – Annabel was the youngest of the children. – This ...
Analyzing Texts
... Only one syllable of a word may be stressed. Now, we have to pick on the two allomorphs in the first set. In the second there is but one allomorph. We select that one first. Now we return to the first set. In view of Rule , we must select the unstressed allomorph. If we select the stressed allomorp ...
... Only one syllable of a word may be stressed. Now, we have to pick on the two allomorphs in the first set. In the second there is but one allomorph. We select that one first. Now we return to the first set. In view of Rule , we must select the unstressed allomorph. If we select the stressed allomorp ...
Endocentric（向心结构）
... verb phrases (will have been working), adjective phrases (really very late) The head: 1) the last constituent, or 2) at the beginning the book on the shelf, the man about whom I’ve been talking, walked away immediately, hot beyond endurance, afraid of the talk ...
... verb phrases (will have been working), adjective phrases (really very late) The head: 1) the last constituent, or 2) at the beginning the book on the shelf, the man about whom I’ve been talking, walked away immediately, hot beyond endurance, afraid of the talk ...
Vendredi le 16 mai
... How do I know if I should use lui and leur? Or Le, la, les? As we’ve said, lui and leur replace à + a person. In French, some verbs always have à after them. You need to learn these verbs. When you see them, use lui or leur to replace the person instead of le, la, les. If the verb is not on the à l ...
... How do I know if I should use lui and leur? Or Le, la, les? As we’ve said, lui and leur replace à + a person. In French, some verbs always have à after them. You need to learn these verbs. When you see them, use lui or leur to replace the person instead of le, la, les. If the verb is not on the à l ...
Two Kinds of Prepositional Phrases:
... behind the garage. The first prepositional phrase in this sentence, “in the window,” is an adverb phrase that modifies the verb “flew” and answers the question where. The second prepositional phrase, “behind the garage,” modifies the noun “window,” and answers the question which one, or which window ...
... behind the garage. The first prepositional phrase in this sentence, “in the window,” is an adverb phrase that modifies the verb “flew” and answers the question where. The second prepositional phrase, “behind the garage,” modifies the noun “window,” and answers the question which one, or which window ...
Universal Annotation of Slavic Verb Forms
... The first work on Slavic-specific issues in UD was Zeman (2015). The present article focuses on part-of-speech tags and features of individual words, not on interword dependency relations. Some verb forms are analytical (periphrastic), made of two or more individual words. We occasionally use the peri ...
... The first work on Slavic-specific issues in UD was Zeman (2015). The present article focuses on part-of-speech tags and features of individual words, not on interword dependency relations. Some verb forms are analytical (periphrastic), made of two or more individual words. We occasionally use the peri ...
Put ESTAR in its PLACE and everything else is SER!
... aesthetic (such as the use of the 'n' with the indefinite article in English: "an apple" vs. "a apple"). Although you'll see the pesky 'se' everywhere in standard writing in Spanish (i.e., newspaper articles, literature, manuals, etc.), you should be aware that there are many uses of 'se', and that ...
... aesthetic (such as the use of the 'n' with the indefinite article in English: "an apple" vs. "a apple"). Although you'll see the pesky 'se' everywhere in standard writing in Spanish (i.e., newspaper articles, literature, manuals, etc.), you should be aware that there are many uses of 'se', and that ...
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers PPt II
... More Misplaced Modifiers Squinting modifiers A modifier caught between two words, either of which might be the modified word Example: Little boats sailing quickly found tar close to shore (Did the boats sail quickly or quickly find tar?) Improved: When the little boats sailed near to shore, ...
... More Misplaced Modifiers Squinting modifiers A modifier caught between two words, either of which might be the modified word Example: Little boats sailing quickly found tar close to shore (Did the boats sail quickly or quickly find tar?) Improved: When the little boats sailed near to shore, ...
Diachronic and Typological Properties of Morphology and
... we can categorize morphemes for their 'degree of grammaticization.' Nonaffixed forms such as auxiliaries are less grammaticized than affixes; affixes are more grammaticized if they are more reduced (e.g., shorter), cause changes in the stem, or undergo changes caused by the stem. As one instance of ...
... we can categorize morphemes for their 'degree of grammaticization.' Nonaffixed forms such as auxiliaries are less grammaticized than affixes; affixes are more grammaticized if they are more reduced (e.g., shorter), cause changes in the stem, or undergo changes caused by the stem. As one instance of ...
Complete Subjects and Predicates
... Underline the verb phrase in each sentence. Include main verbs and helping verbs. 1. The human brain is receiving messages all the time. 2. Some messages are telling the brain about conditions in the body. 3. Our senses will send messages about the world around us. 4. The brain can process the messa ...
... Underline the verb phrase in each sentence. Include main verbs and helping verbs. 1. The human brain is receiving messages all the time. 2. Some messages are telling the brain about conditions in the body. 3. Our senses will send messages about the world around us. 4. The brain can process the messa ...