Grammar Issues for ESL Writers
... Not Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and looking up irregular verbs. Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to look up word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and irregular verbs. ...
... Not Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and looking up irregular verbs. Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to look up word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and irregular verbs. ...
A Guide to Phrases and Clauses Phrases 1. Prepositional phrases
... Absolute phrases are optional in sentences: i.e., they can be removed without damaging the grammatical integrity of the sentence. They do not directly connect to or modify any specific word in the rest of the sentence; instead, they modify the entire sentence, adding information. They are always tre ...
... Absolute phrases are optional in sentences: i.e., they can be removed without damaging the grammatical integrity of the sentence. They do not directly connect to or modify any specific word in the rest of the sentence; instead, they modify the entire sentence, adding information. They are always tre ...
Baker affirms that, in a bottom-up approach to translation
... The category of person relates to the notion of participant roles. In most languages these roles are defined through a closed system of pronouns. The most common distinction is that between first person (which identifies the speaker or a group including the speaker: I/we), second person (which ident ...
... The category of person relates to the notion of participant roles. In most languages these roles are defined through a closed system of pronouns. The most common distinction is that between first person (which identifies the speaker or a group including the speaker: I/we), second person (which ident ...
The parts of speech
... Latin. Except that Latin lacks articles, it could be analyzed in terms of the seven other parts of speech used by the Greeks; the Latin grammarians then added the category of interjections, giving Latin, like Greek, eight parts of speech. The tradition of saying that there are eight parts of speech ...
... Latin. Except that Latin lacks articles, it could be analyzed in terms of the seven other parts of speech used by the Greeks; the Latin grammarians then added the category of interjections, giving Latin, like Greek, eight parts of speech. The tradition of saying that there are eight parts of speech ...
Parts of a Sentence File
... receives the action of an action verb. A direct object answers the question whom or what following the verb. Jerome carried his backpack (DO) to school. [He carried—what?—a backpack.] We spotted the ranger (DO) and the horse (DO) by the falls. [We spotted—whom or what?—the ranger and the ...
... receives the action of an action verb. A direct object answers the question whom or what following the verb. Jerome carried his backpack (DO) to school. [He carried—what?—a backpack.] We spotted the ranger (DO) and the horse (DO) by the falls. [We spotted—whom or what?—the ranger and the ...
How to conjugate regular verbs
... it. But sometimes we do add letters or change the word. • I go. You go. He goes. She goes. It goes. ...
... it. But sometimes we do add letters or change the word. • I go. You go. He goes. She goes. It goes. ...
Helpful Grammatical Facts and Examples
... Stumbling and falling, the explorer found his way out of the forest. after an introductory word or phrase, to set it off from the main part of the sentence Ex. After dinner, Leo usually takes a walk. For example, this comma is needed to set off the introductory phrase. with an appositive (a word ...
... Stumbling and falling, the explorer found his way out of the forest. after an introductory word or phrase, to set it off from the main part of the sentence Ex. After dinner, Leo usually takes a walk. For example, this comma is needed to set off the introductory phrase. with an appositive (a word ...
AfriGIS_LanguagesInitiative_Episode_7 Structure of simple sentences
... sense in Setswana. However, the “o” is not the same for all nouns, it is a concord. Every noun has a concord and every sentence uses concords to connect the noun to the verb, therefore, it is important to be familiar with them. What is a concord? A concord is a linking pronoun. When a noun prefix st ...
... sense in Setswana. However, the “o” is not the same for all nouns, it is a concord. Every noun has a concord and every sentence uses concords to connect the noun to the verb, therefore, it is important to be familiar with them. What is a concord? A concord is a linking pronoun. When a noun prefix st ...
A “Gerund”
... and “reading” are the objects in these sentences and they both function as nouns. ...
... and “reading” are the objects in these sentences and they both function as nouns. ...
MODERN GREEK VERBS (without much grammatical jargon)
... Command and Past Continuous (also called Past Progressive or Imperfect by some grammar books). Another number of Tenses are formed after the stem (root) of the verb in the Past Tense. They are called ‘Simple’ or ‘Perfective’ Tenses and describe the action of the verb as one to be completed once or d ...
... Command and Past Continuous (also called Past Progressive or Imperfect by some grammar books). Another number of Tenses are formed after the stem (root) of the verb in the Past Tense. They are called ‘Simple’ or ‘Perfective’ Tenses and describe the action of the verb as one to be completed once or d ...
Agreement
... Examples: The car comes to a sudden stop. Car (offense) does not have the ball (“s”) Comes (defense) has to have the ball (“s”) Many senators oppose the new tax bill. Senators (offense) has the ball (“s”) Oppose (defense) cannot have the ball (“s”) ...
... Examples: The car comes to a sudden stop. Car (offense) does not have the ball (“s”) Comes (defense) has to have the ball (“s”) Many senators oppose the new tax bill. Senators (offense) has the ball (“s”) Oppose (defense) cannot have the ball (“s”) ...
McKinley CLA World Language Curriculum Frameworks French: 6th
... Banking and the postal service Making past participles agree with preceding direct objects Expansion of food vocabulary French gastronomy (including cooking terms) Conjugating in the future tense Culture: French cuisine, French artists, The TGV ...
... Banking and the postal service Making past participles agree with preceding direct objects Expansion of food vocabulary French gastronomy (including cooking terms) Conjugating in the future tense Culture: French cuisine, French artists, The TGV ...
Typology 6: Parts of speech
... space presented here must be seen as a small part out of a much more complex space for language and languages in general. In the horizontal dimension of the conceptual space for parts of speech as presented in table 1 below, we find the pragmatic functions or propositional acts of REFERENCE, MODIFIC ...
... space presented here must be seen as a small part out of a much more complex space for language and languages in general. In the horizontal dimension of the conceptual space for parts of speech as presented in table 1 below, we find the pragmatic functions or propositional acts of REFERENCE, MODIFIC ...
See p. 69
... (See p. 36; 72; 249; 250-Hint box) 1. Meat-eating dinosaurs had large strong claws to grab their prey. 2. Some dinosaurs lived 70 million years ago but others were much older. 3. Dinosaurs were reptiles such as lizards crocodiles and alligators. 4. Where was the first dinosaur fossil found and who f ...
... (See p. 36; 72; 249; 250-Hint box) 1. Meat-eating dinosaurs had large strong claws to grab their prey. 2. Some dinosaurs lived 70 million years ago but others were much older. 3. Dinosaurs were reptiles such as lizards crocodiles and alligators. 4. Where was the first dinosaur fossil found and who f ...
The Sentence and Its Parts
... • A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. • Every complete sentence has two basic parts: a subject and a predicate. – The complete subject includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about. – The complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that ...
... • A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. • Every complete sentence has two basic parts: a subject and a predicate. – The complete subject includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about. – The complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that ...
This place is a ZOO.
... shift two others after the noun. EX: The fierce cheetah, tired and hungry, stared at the gazelle, which would soon become her dinner. ...
... shift two others after the noun. EX: The fierce cheetah, tired and hungry, stared at the gazelle, which would soon become her dinner. ...
Nouns: subject and object
... beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun above the tree near that girl ...
... beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun above the tree near that girl ...
8. english sentence structure
... NOTE: Some verbs can express more than one thing, depending on how they are used. Look at the differences in the meaning of look and taste in the following sentences. I looked at him in total surprise. (Looked expresses an action.) You look tired today. (Look expresses a state of being.) Jerome tast ...
... NOTE: Some verbs can express more than one thing, depending on how they are used. Look at the differences in the meaning of look and taste in the following sentences. I looked at him in total surprise. (Looked expresses an action.) You look tired today. (Look expresses a state of being.) Jerome tast ...
English Essentials
... Sometimes the subject (noun) and the verb are separated by a prepositional phrase, so take the phrase out to see if the subject and verb agree. Ex. A small bag of potato chips contains 440 calories. Remove the prepositional phrase. A small bag contains 440 calories. ...
... Sometimes the subject (noun) and the verb are separated by a prepositional phrase, so take the phrase out to see if the subject and verb agree. Ex. A small bag of potato chips contains 440 calories. Remove the prepositional phrase. A small bag contains 440 calories. ...
How to form the subjunctive mood
... deal in the Spanish language. For example, the subjunctive can help a person to talk about something wished for, something about which a person feels some special emotional reaction, or something that is not real in some way. ...
... deal in the Spanish language. For example, the subjunctive can help a person to talk about something wished for, something about which a person feels some special emotional reaction, or something that is not real in some way. ...
WORD - Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere
... Less regular and less comprehensive than inflection ...
... Less regular and less comprehensive than inflection ...
Action nominals between verbs and nouns
... While both unmarked arguments of the transitive verb can thus be encoded as dependents of the action nominal, a further question does arise, namely whether it is predictable that this would be the correspondence between arguments of verb and of noun or could one imagine a language just like English ...
... While both unmarked arguments of the transitive verb can thus be encoded as dependents of the action nominal, a further question does arise, namely whether it is predictable that this would be the correspondence between arguments of verb and of noun or could one imagine a language just like English ...