sentences: elements, patterns, types
... Four basic patterns express thoughts in English sentences. As a business or professional writer, you’ll most often use Patterns 1, 2, and 3 because readers want to know the subject first. For variety and emphasis, however, you can use introductory elements and inverted order in Pattern 4. ...
... Four basic patterns express thoughts in English sentences. As a business or professional writer, you’ll most often use Patterns 1, 2, and 3 because readers want to know the subject first. For variety and emphasis, however, you can use introductory elements and inverted order in Pattern 4. ...
Grammar Packet #1: The Present Participle
... Any daily grades taken from packets will be based on completion for a portion of the credit and correctness for the major part of the grade. Work on the packets (unless specified otherwise) is individual—not group—work. You will have 6 of these packets, one per six weeks. Sometimes a grade will be t ...
... Any daily grades taken from packets will be based on completion for a portion of the credit and correctness for the major part of the grade. Work on the packets (unless specified otherwise) is individual—not group—work. You will have 6 of these packets, one per six weeks. Sometimes a grade will be t ...
ESL Competencies
... The content will be vetted before finalization and does not represent the final product of what will be assessed. Page 1 ...
... The content will be vetted before finalization and does not represent the final product of what will be assessed. Page 1 ...
C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question
... - Each question has its own mark beside it. -The answer must be written clearly. - Student must not talk or cheat during the exam or he / she will be subject to penalty C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question: Question Minutes Total point ...
... - Each question has its own mark beside it. -The answer must be written clearly. - Student must not talk or cheat during the exam or he / she will be subject to penalty C. Exam Questions, Grades and Time Allocated for Each Question: Question Minutes Total point ...
Syntactic Deviations / Stylistic Variants in Poetry
... The above examples illustrate a fairly simple form of broken order in single lines of verse , but more complex patterns also occur in Chaucer’s poetry: 34.. Into the yerd ther Chauntecleer the faire Was wont, and eek his wyves , to repaire (NP T : 3219) In this example the predicate itself is split ...
... The above examples illustrate a fairly simple form of broken order in single lines of verse , but more complex patterns also occur in Chaucer’s poetry: 34.. Into the yerd ther Chauntecleer the faire Was wont, and eek his wyves , to repaire (NP T : 3219) In this example the predicate itself is split ...
What Brazilian Portuguese Says about Control: Remarks on Boeckx
... movement and, assuming those null subjects to be controlled, that fact indirectly would be an argument in favor of the movement analysis of nonfinite control. In other words, they use the assumption that null finite subjects in BP are derived by movement to argue for movement in nonfinite control struc ...
... movement and, assuming those null subjects to be controlled, that fact indirectly would be an argument in favor of the movement analysis of nonfinite control. In other words, they use the assumption that null finite subjects in BP are derived by movement to argue for movement in nonfinite control struc ...
second exam1 - Philadelphia University Jordan
... 45- In the sentence "This is a possibility open to everybody", the constituent open to everybody is: a- a verb phrase b- a prepositional phrase c- an adjective phrase d- a finite clause 46- In the phrase, the house just beyond the hill, the underlined constituent is: a- a noun phrase in which the he ...
... 45- In the sentence "This is a possibility open to everybody", the constituent open to everybody is: a- a verb phrase b- a prepositional phrase c- an adjective phrase d- a finite clause 46- In the phrase, the house just beyond the hill, the underlined constituent is: a- a noun phrase in which the he ...
The Clause: Independent and Subordinate Clauses
... Tip: Overusing short, simple sentences can lead to choppy writing. One way to avoid choppy sentences is to change some sentences into subordinate clauses. Adjective Clauses An adjective clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. Adjective clauses usually start with relative pr ...
... Tip: Overusing short, simple sentences can lead to choppy writing. One way to avoid choppy sentences is to change some sentences into subordinate clauses. Adjective Clauses An adjective clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. Adjective clauses usually start with relative pr ...
Issues and Challenges in Developing Statistical POS Taggers for
... The tabulated data (see table 3) represents the different data sets applied to develop the statistical taggers. The total number of training data used for developing the taggers amounts to around 80k. Initially, the tagger is trained with around 50k with manually annotated data and later, the develo ...
... The tabulated data (see table 3) represents the different data sets applied to develop the statistical taggers. The total number of training data used for developing the taggers amounts to around 80k. Initially, the tagger is trained with around 50k with manually annotated data and later, the develo ...
Lesson_11_Pronouns
... One was tall and the other was short. And you can see why. (an unidentified person, used informally) (Mok: ?) John likes coffee but not tea. I think both are good. Few have ever disobeyed him and lived. Fewer are smoking these days. Many have come already. I'm sure that others have tried before us. ...
... One was tall and the other was short. And you can see why. (an unidentified person, used informally) (Mok: ?) John likes coffee but not tea. I think both are good. Few have ever disobeyed him and lived. Fewer are smoking these days. Many have come already. I'm sure that others have tried before us. ...
usage-based theory and grammaticalization
... Change in category membership is referred to by Hopper (1991) as ‘decategorialization’ because it is typically the case in grammaticalization that nouns and verbs are the lexical items that change their category within constructions and move into or create new more grammaticalized categories. For ex ...
... Change in category membership is referred to by Hopper (1991) as ‘decategorialization’ because it is typically the case in grammaticalization that nouns and verbs are the lexical items that change their category within constructions and move into or create new more grammaticalized categories. For ex ...
Independent Practice
... 3. The motor boat raced away from the dock and then raced back. 4. The motor boat raced away from the dock and then sped back. Although synonyms have similar meanings, no two words have exactly the same meaning. Think about the words stone, boulder, and pebble. All are synonyms for rock, but they ha ...
... 3. The motor boat raced away from the dock and then raced back. 4. The motor boat raced away from the dock and then sped back. Although synonyms have similar meanings, no two words have exactly the same meaning. Think about the words stone, boulder, and pebble. All are synonyms for rock, but they ha ...
Lesson 22
... This is a picture of our town. (It was) taken from a plane. This is a picture of our town taken from a plane. ...
... This is a picture of our town. (It was) taken from a plane. This is a picture of our town taken from a plane. ...
From word to sentence
... and 50,000 years ago, before humans moved out of Africa and spread all over the globe. It is believed by some linguists that all languages spoken today are descended from one protolanguage. Although this is contested by many other linguists, it is an opinion I share. What evidence is there for such ...
... and 50,000 years ago, before humans moved out of Africa and spread all over the globe. It is believed by some linguists that all languages spoken today are descended from one protolanguage. Although this is contested by many other linguists, it is an opinion I share. What evidence is there for such ...
PPT 03 - McCorduck
... One of the earliest transformations to be recognized was the passive transformation. To understand this transformation, it is necessary to understand the distinction between the two main voices in English, namely the active voice and the passive voice. The active voice is the “default” voice for Eng ...
... One of the earliest transformations to be recognized was the passive transformation. To understand this transformation, it is necessary to understand the distinction between the two main voices in English, namely the active voice and the passive voice. The active voice is the “default” voice for Eng ...
verb reference #3 - Clayton State University
... - write a paragraph in Spanish convincing your friends what they could enjoy at some of the most famous spas in Latin America; - list what things/activities you have done lately; - describe what your life will be like in ten years using the future tense; - predict what you will have realized by the ...
... - write a paragraph in Spanish convincing your friends what they could enjoy at some of the most famous spas in Latin America; - list what things/activities you have done lately; - describe what your life will be like in ten years using the future tense; - predict what you will have realized by the ...
ENGLISH SYNTAX: Andrew Radford 1. Grammar
... single-word stage, children’s utterances comprise single words spoken in isolation: e.g. a child may say Apple when reaching for an apple, or Up when wanting to climb up onto her mother’s knee. During the single-word stage, it is difficult to find any clear evidence of the acquisition of grammar, in ...
... single-word stage, children’s utterances comprise single words spoken in isolation: e.g. a child may say Apple when reaching for an apple, or Up when wanting to climb up onto her mother’s knee. During the single-word stage, it is difficult to find any clear evidence of the acquisition of grammar, in ...
on finiteness - Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
... this will be discussed in section 2. There are also many ‘fully-fledged’ languages without verb inflection, such as Chinese or Vietnamese. What is ‘finiteness’ in these languages? The same question may be asked for languages with a very rich inflection, such as all polysynthetic languages. The forme ...
... this will be discussed in section 2. There are also many ‘fully-fledged’ languages without verb inflection, such as Chinese or Vietnamese. What is ‘finiteness’ in these languages? The same question may be asked for languages with a very rich inflection, such as all polysynthetic languages. The forme ...
THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD Introduction -
... but not the action itself. As it does not actually denote a specific action it has no tense category; the action always refers to the future. Aspect distinctions and voice distinctions are not characteristic of the imperative mood, although forms such as, be writing, be warned sometimes occur. The i ...
... but not the action itself. As it does not actually denote a specific action it has no tense category; the action always refers to the future. Aspect distinctions and voice distinctions are not characteristic of the imperative mood, although forms such as, be writing, be warned sometimes occur. The i ...
Chapter 2: Pluractionality in Hausa
... (affirmative clauses and yes-no questions), relative (focus, relativization and whquestions) and negative (both general and focus negative clauses).10 The basic division is between imperfective and other than imperfective TAMs. Imperfective TAMs do not combine with verbs in the strict sense but rath ...
... (affirmative clauses and yes-no questions), relative (focus, relativization and whquestions) and negative (both general and focus negative clauses).10 The basic division is between imperfective and other than imperfective TAMs. Imperfective TAMs do not combine with verbs in the strict sense but rath ...
10. Essay writing. Sentence Structure
... Why is it important to study sentence structure? Although even native speakers of English instinctively know how to speak grammatically, as writers even they can make errors if they don’t fully understand how the parts of a sentence work together. For writers, another important issue is knowing how ...
... Why is it important to study sentence structure? Although even native speakers of English instinctively know how to speak grammatically, as writers even they can make errors if they don’t fully understand how the parts of a sentence work together. For writers, another important issue is knowing how ...
The Sentence - Olympic High School
... The subject noun is a person, place, or thing spoken of, and the verb is the word that tells what the subject does or is. A group of words is not a sentence unless it contains both a subject and a verb. UNIT 1 ...
... The subject noun is a person, place, or thing spoken of, and the verb is the word that tells what the subject does or is. A group of words is not a sentence unless it contains both a subject and a verb. UNIT 1 ...
Shurley Grammar Unit 4
... • Jamie loved popcorn. He ate popcorn all day long. He even told his mom to buy popcorn in large sacks. He finally invented a popcorn machine. This machine popped lots of popcorn at one time. While all his friends watched, Jimmie started his popping machine. Soon everyone had plenty of popcorn. In f ...
... • Jamie loved popcorn. He ate popcorn all day long. He even told his mom to buy popcorn in large sacks. He finally invented a popcorn machine. This machine popped lots of popcorn at one time. While all his friends watched, Jimmie started his popping machine. Soon everyone had plenty of popcorn. In f ...
Subject, Topic and Topic Chain in Chinese
... how they interact in the grammar of Chinese 2) Topic is realized as a discourse notion, but their discussion is still sentence-oriented. ...
... how they interact in the grammar of Chinese 2) Topic is realized as a discourse notion, but their discussion is still sentence-oriented. ...