Appendir A
... marks. (I said,"Go home.") o Colonsandsemicolonsthat follow quotedwordsalwaysgo outsideclosingquotation marks. (We're"friendsl we don't date.) o Use singlequotationsmarksonly to enclosequoteswithin quotes. o Use doublequotationsmarksin all othersituations.(He's a real"teamplayer.") ...
... marks. (I said,"Go home.") o Colonsandsemicolonsthat follow quotedwordsalwaysgo outsideclosingquotation marks. (We're"friendsl we don't date.) o Use singlequotationsmarksonly to enclosequoteswithin quotes. o Use doublequotationsmarksin all othersituations.(He's a real"teamplayer.") ...
Recognizing Sentence Boundaries and Boilerplate
... Brown corpus (Francis and Kucera, 1982) are about 90% at the end of a sentence, 10% at the end of an abbreviation, and about 0.5% as both abbreviation and sentence delimiters. Many sentence boundary recognizing algorithms tokenize the text stream and apply a regular expression grammar with some amou ...
... Brown corpus (Francis and Kucera, 1982) are about 90% at the end of a sentence, 10% at the end of an abbreviation, and about 0.5% as both abbreviation and sentence delimiters. Many sentence boundary recognizing algorithms tokenize the text stream and apply a regular expression grammar with some amou ...
The Complex Sentence
... The problem whether or not they should send the child to the kindergarten will soon have to be solved. Postmodifier in Adjectival Phrases (after adjectives certain, doubtful, sure - negation) I am not certain whether or not here is an elephant in our zoo. Object to a preposition: Everything depends ...
... The problem whether or not they should send the child to the kindergarten will soon have to be solved. Postmodifier in Adjectival Phrases (after adjectives certain, doubtful, sure - negation) I am not certain whether or not here is an elephant in our zoo. Object to a preposition: Everything depends ...
2004 Larson, R.K. and F. Marusic. Indefinite pronoun structures with
... DⳭN form of indefinite pronouns and the obligatory postnominal position of adjectives occurring with them. It does so by claiming that the latter is actually an illusion: postnominal adjectives with indefinite pronouns are actually prenominal adjectives that have been stranded by N-movement. In this ...
... DⳭN form of indefinite pronouns and the obligatory postnominal position of adjectives occurring with them. It does so by claiming that the latter is actually an illusion: postnominal adjectives with indefinite pronouns are actually prenominal adjectives that have been stranded by N-movement. In this ...
View Extract - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... classification. Prepositions are defined relative to other grammatical categories, e.g. a noun, rather than as independent linguistic items. Also the question of whether prepositions should be considered lexemes or merely function as grammatical words is still unresolved. Though there is abundant li ...
... classification. Prepositions are defined relative to other grammatical categories, e.g. a noun, rather than as independent linguistic items. Also the question of whether prepositions should be considered lexemes or merely function as grammatical words is still unresolved. Though there is abundant li ...
A Reanalysis of Nonemphatic Pronouns in Dagbani
... drawn directly from the set of emphatic pronouns). Colloquially, dina is said to be used also for 3P inanimate. In practicality, however, a demonstrative is just as likely employed versus an emphatic pronoun, and one form of demonstrative happens to be homophonous with the emphatic pronoun (dina)—or ...
... drawn directly from the set of emphatic pronouns). Colloquially, dina is said to be used also for 3P inanimate. In practicality, however, a demonstrative is just as likely employed versus an emphatic pronoun, and one form of demonstrative happens to be homophonous with the emphatic pronoun (dina)—or ...
4 Syntax
... function words. Certainly their lexical status is different from that of nouns or verbs which have maximum descriptive content. Overlap between certain categories is also found. For instance, some personal pronouns can function as determiners in sentences like We teachers don’t believe you linguists ...
... function words. Certainly their lexical status is different from that of nouns or verbs which have maximum descriptive content. Overlap between certain categories is also found. For instance, some personal pronouns can function as determiners in sentences like We teachers don’t believe you linguists ...
An Automatic Procedure for Topic
... and to illustrate the output language of our parser, we have to add a brief discussion of certain issues concerning word order. The word order of natural languages is determined not only by SO, but also by other factors. If an item occurs in the topic, it may be placed more to the left than would co ...
... and to illustrate the output language of our parser, we have to add a brief discussion of certain issues concerning word order. The word order of natural languages is determined not only by SO, but also by other factors. If an item occurs in the topic, it may be placed more to the left than would co ...
Chapter 4: THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT
... • Understanding the meaning and use of since helps students to understand the meaning and use of the present perfect. • Ever is frequently used as an intensifier in front of since. The use of ever has little, if any, effect on the meaning of since. I’ve lived here ever since May. • In example (a), s ...
... • Understanding the meaning and use of since helps students to understand the meaning and use of the present perfect. • Ever is frequently used as an intensifier in front of since. The use of ever has little, if any, effect on the meaning of since. I’ve lived here ever since May. • In example (a), s ...
Making Syntax of Sense: Number Agreement in
... pronoun agreement (which, apart from bound pronouns such as reflexives, tends to be treated as a pragmatic phenomenon). The links are theoretically important. There are systematic convergences and divergences in how number surfaces on these different grammatical elements, verbs on the one hand and c ...
... pronoun agreement (which, apart from bound pronouns such as reflexives, tends to be treated as a pragmatic phenomenon). The links are theoretically important. There are systematic convergences and divergences in how number surfaces on these different grammatical elements, verbs on the one hand and c ...
The Grammar Section (PE)
... An independent phrase is just as it sounds—a phrase that, by itself, can stand alone as a sentence. An independent phrase consists of three things: ...
... An independent phrase is just as it sounds—a phrase that, by itself, can stand alone as a sentence. An independent phrase consists of three things: ...
1. In order, list the three types of sentences that constitute an
... Too, well, fast, speedily, not, never ...
... Too, well, fast, speedily, not, never ...
WRL3410.tmp - Princeton University
... 2. Pat sneezed onto the computer screen. 3. Chris blew into the paper bag. 4. Don't spit into the wind. 5. The hopeful man ejaculated into the petri dish. 6. Sam pissed into the gym bag. 7. Pat vomited into the sink. In each of examples 2-7 the theme argument is unexpressed despite the appearance of ...
... 2. Pat sneezed onto the computer screen. 3. Chris blew into the paper bag. 4. Don't spit into the wind. 5. The hopeful man ejaculated into the petri dish. 6. Sam pissed into the gym bag. 7. Pat vomited into the sink. In each of examples 2-7 the theme argument is unexpressed despite the appearance of ...
EN - English Grammar for the Utterly Confused
... any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in the work or for any damages resulting therefrom. McGraw-Hill has no responsibility for the content of any information accessed through the work. Under no circumstances shall McGraw-Hill and/or its licensors be liable for any indirect, incide ...
... any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in the work or for any damages resulting therefrom. McGraw-Hill has no responsibility for the content of any information accessed through the work. Under no circumstances shall McGraw-Hill and/or its licensors be liable for any indirect, incide ...
Metonymy as a Syntactic Strategy in Assigning Informational
... the non-textual semantic value of the head of a noun phrase. In a restaurant, it is well known that waiters’ work consists in serving customers thus, “customer” will be given information for the waiters when talking about the goods and services that they have to offer them. When waiters are communi ...
... the non-textual semantic value of the head of a noun phrase. In a restaurant, it is well known that waiters’ work consists in serving customers thus, “customer” will be given information for the waiters when talking about the goods and services that they have to offer them. When waiters are communi ...
preguntar
... John gives me the money. The addition of a prepositional phrase merely adds emphasis. Juan me da a mí el dinero. John gives me the money. ...
... John gives me the money. The addition of a prepositional phrase merely adds emphasis. Juan me da a mí el dinero. John gives me the money. ...
Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction
... your best friend by saying “I wish to acknowledge your presence” or “I wish to initiate a conversation with you.” What is important about the word hello is not its information content (if any) but its use in social interaction. In the Teochew language (a “dialect” of Chinese), there is no word for ‘ ...
... your best friend by saying “I wish to acknowledge your presence” or “I wish to initiate a conversation with you.” What is important about the word hello is not its information content (if any) but its use in social interaction. In the Teochew language (a “dialect” of Chinese), there is no word for ‘ ...
Evidence of optional infinitive verbs in the spontaneous speech of
... context, defined as whether or not they agreed with plausibly associated subjects in the grammatical context. Our results show that children with SLI produced significantly more errors in verb finiteness, taking into account obligatory context, than did their typicallydeveloping counterparts. We con ...
... context, defined as whether or not they agreed with plausibly associated subjects in the grammatical context. Our results show that children with SLI produced significantly more errors in verb finiteness, taking into account obligatory context, than did their typicallydeveloping counterparts. We con ...
Swarthmore College Writing Center
... Because Faulkner has written numerous novels, the writer must specify which one of them he’s referring to. Setting the title off with commas would suggest that it could be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence; however, the title is essential for meaning. For the same reason, restrict ...
... Because Faulkner has written numerous novels, the writer must specify which one of them he’s referring to. Setting the title off with commas would suggest that it could be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence; however, the title is essential for meaning. For the same reason, restrict ...
Learning Syntax — A Neurocogitive Approach
... brain, recognizes that people quite commonly learn larger combinations as units, and not just for language. For example, the lexeme activity is surely learned and used as a unit by English speakers despite the fact that it can be analyzed into three morphemes. This principle applies much more broadl ...
... brain, recognizes that people quite commonly learn larger combinations as units, and not just for language. For example, the lexeme activity is surely learned and used as a unit by English speakers despite the fact that it can be analyzed into three morphemes. This principle applies much more broadl ...
Grade 8 - Carson
... Lesson 1.2 Collective and Abstract Nouns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Lesson 1.3 Plurals and Possessives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ...
... Lesson 1.2 Collective and Abstract Nouns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Lesson 1.3 Plurals and Possessives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ...
Effective Writing
... Now here’s the sentence again: “(4) Nothing matters as much as emotion (matters).” There are two clauses since there are two subjectpredicate combinations. What are the two clauses? Well, the first one is simply “Nothing matters” while the second one is “as much as emotion (matters).” At least one o ...
... Now here’s the sentence again: “(4) Nothing matters as much as emotion (matters).” There are two clauses since there are two subjectpredicate combinations. What are the two clauses? Well, the first one is simply “Nothing matters” while the second one is “as much as emotion (matters).” At least one o ...