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... Now, eliminate those adjectives that writers call “image blanks.” An image blank is an adjective that doesn’t create a picture in your mind. For example, the adjectives neat, beautiful, fascinating, and horrible label how you feel, but they don’t paint a clear image. On the other hand, image adjecti ...
... Now, eliminate those adjectives that writers call “image blanks.” An image blank is an adjective that doesn’t create a picture in your mind. For example, the adjectives neat, beautiful, fascinating, and horrible label how you feel, but they don’t paint a clear image. On the other hand, image adjecti ...
The Complex Sentence. Adverbial Clauses
... 1. The A.m. of place and direction may be expressed by a prep.phrase, an adverb, an adverbial phrase or a clause. 2. The A.m. of time may be expressed by a noun (tomorrow), a prep.phrase (before the war), a partII preceded by when/while (When refused…), a participle or a part.phrase (Take care cross ...
... 1. The A.m. of place and direction may be expressed by a prep.phrase, an adverb, an adverbial phrase or a clause. 2. The A.m. of time may be expressed by a noun (tomorrow), a prep.phrase (before the war), a partII preceded by when/while (When refused…), a participle or a part.phrase (Take care cross ...
Subject Complements Linking Verbs—such as be, appear, become
... 5. When he finally asks her out, she seems surprised but agreeable. 6. He grows more and more nervous as their date approaches. 7. She is dubious about getting in the boat with him. 8. Sheila’s main topic of conversation is herself. 9. The narrator becomes aware of pressure on his fishing line. ...
... 5. When he finally asks her out, she seems surprised but agreeable. 6. He grows more and more nervous as their date approaches. 7. She is dubious about getting in the boat with him. 8. Sheila’s main topic of conversation is herself. 9. The narrator becomes aware of pressure on his fishing line. ...
Grammar: Course compendium
... In this section, you will practise basic grammar terms and concepts. Learning the terminology is not a goal in itself. It’s an aid to helping you understand and discuss grammar rules and difficulties. For this reason, it’s not so much a question of learning certain terminology by heart, but rather a ...
... In this section, you will practise basic grammar terms and concepts. Learning the terminology is not a goal in itself. It’s an aid to helping you understand and discuss grammar rules and difficulties. For this reason, it’s not so much a question of learning certain terminology by heart, but rather a ...
S A T Grammar Packet SAT Grammar Packet
... Worksheet--Simple Subject and Simple Predicate A simple subject is the subject without its modifiers. Most of the students went on vacation over the long weekend. A simple predicate is the verb without its modifiers. Most of the students went on vacation over the long weekend. Underline the simple ...
... Worksheet--Simple Subject and Simple Predicate A simple subject is the subject without its modifiers. Most of the students went on vacation over the long weekend. A simple predicate is the verb without its modifiers. Most of the students went on vacation over the long weekend. Underline the simple ...
1. Functional Classification of Sentences
... Most of the grammars written in the 19th and 20th centuries reflected the traditional attitude that stems from the 18th century grammarians. They were rather rigid and dogmatic, tended to reject actual usage, and were quite frequently under the influence of Latin grammars. We find a different attitu ...
... Most of the grammars written in the 19th and 20th centuries reflected the traditional attitude that stems from the 18th century grammarians. They were rather rigid and dogmatic, tended to reject actual usage, and were quite frequently under the influence of Latin grammars. We find a different attitu ...
Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace: Lesson 7
... Pretension: "When we don't know what we're talking about and don't want anyone to know that we don't, we typically throw up a screen of big words in long, complicated sentences" (10). Intimidation: "We control information by locking it up, but we can also conceal it behind a style so complex that it ...
... Pretension: "When we don't know what we're talking about and don't want anyone to know that we don't, we typically throw up a screen of big words in long, complicated sentences" (10). Intimidation: "We control information by locking it up, but we can also conceal it behind a style so complex that it ...
Using Modifiers
... • There are three rules to remember when using these demonstrative adjectives • They must agree in number with the words that they modify Ex. These kinds (plural) or this kind (sing.) • Never use here or there with these demonstrative adjectives Ex This here or that there • Never use the pronoun the ...
... • There are three rules to remember when using these demonstrative adjectives • They must agree in number with the words that they modify Ex. These kinds (plural) or this kind (sing.) • Never use here or there with these demonstrative adjectives Ex This here or that there • Never use the pronoun the ...
Clause Processing in Complex Sentences
... adverbs was based on the finding that relative clauses behaved more like adverbial phrases than adjectives, as can be seen in the example below (24-26): (24) The man who has money. (25) The man with money. (26) *The man rich. The decision when to apply the clause segmentation rules was a crucial one ...
... adverbs was based on the finding that relative clauses behaved more like adverbial phrases than adjectives, as can be seen in the example below (24-26): (24) The man who has money. (25) The man with money. (26) *The man rich. The decision when to apply the clause segmentation rules was a crucial one ...
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD Pattern: The imperative mood
... contrary to reality, most commands use the subjunctive form. Think of commands expressed as desires, like this: Yo deseo que usted se ponga cómodo. Póngase usted cómodo. ...
... contrary to reality, most commands use the subjunctive form. Think of commands expressed as desires, like this: Yo deseo que usted se ponga cómodo. Póngase usted cómodo. ...
16 Subject-Verb Agreement 16.1
... Certain expressions, such as accompanied by, as well as, in addition to, plus, and together with, introduce phrases that modify the subject but do not change its number. Although their meaning is similar to that of and, these ...
... Certain expressions, such as accompanied by, as well as, in addition to, plus, and together with, introduce phrases that modify the subject but do not change its number. Although their meaning is similar to that of and, these ...
Chapter 8
... Clauses to Add Detail A clause is a group of words that has a subject ands a verb. Clauses that begin with who, which, and that are called relative (or adjective) clauses because they relate one idea to another. Relative clauses add variety to your writing as well as interesting detail. ...
... Clauses to Add Detail A clause is a group of words that has a subject ands a verb. Clauses that begin with who, which, and that are called relative (or adjective) clauses because they relate one idea to another. Relative clauses add variety to your writing as well as interesting detail. ...
MSc Introduction to Syntax - Linguistics and English Language
... In these sentences, there is an element that describes what kind of event, state or situation we are dealing with, and there are elements that describe which things are involved as participants in the event or situation. A thing that refers to the type of event or state we are dealing with is termed ...
... In these sentences, there is an element that describes what kind of event, state or situation we are dealing with, and there are elements that describe which things are involved as participants in the event or situation. A thing that refers to the type of event or state we are dealing with is termed ...
Style guide - University of York
... Belonging to just one person: the lecturer’s notes. Belonging to more than one person: the lecturers’ notes. Possessive plurals of nouns omit the s after the apostrophe: The classes’ timetables ...
... Belonging to just one person: the lecturer’s notes. Belonging to more than one person: the lecturers’ notes. Possessive plurals of nouns omit the s after the apostrophe: The classes’ timetables ...
Here the objective personal pronoun "us" is the direct object of the
... subordinate clause "whom she believes to be the most efficient". This subordinate clause modifies the noun "workers." Whoever broke the window will have to replace it. Here "whoever" functions as the subject of the verb "broke." The crate which was left in the corridor has now been moved into the st ...
... subordinate clause "whom she believes to be the most efficient". This subordinate clause modifies the noun "workers." Whoever broke the window will have to replace it. Here "whoever" functions as the subject of the verb "broke." The crate which was left in the corridor has now been moved into the st ...
Everyday Grammar and Punctuation
... One use of the apostrophe is in contracted words, which have been joined together and shortened with letters taken out. The apostrophe is used where a letter or letters have been taken out. Examples: ...
... One use of the apostrophe is in contracted words, which have been joined together and shortened with letters taken out. The apostrophe is used where a letter or letters have been taken out. Examples: ...
BRUSHSTROKES - northallegheny.org
... Now, eliminate those adjectives that writers call “image blanks.” An image blank is an adjective that doesn’t create a picture in your mind. For example, the adjectives neat, beautiful, fascinating, and horrible label how you feel, but they don’t paint a clear image. On the other hand, image adjecti ...
... Now, eliminate those adjectives that writers call “image blanks.” An image blank is an adjective that doesn’t create a picture in your mind. For example, the adjectives neat, beautiful, fascinating, and horrible label how you feel, but they don’t paint a clear image. On the other hand, image adjecti ...
Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea
... feet of a duck in another pattern; it is the ‘picture’ that each Mind’s Eye sees which makes parts of the whole to be what they are in each person’s understanding. ...
... feet of a duck in another pattern; it is the ‘picture’ that each Mind’s Eye sees which makes parts of the whole to be what they are in each person’s understanding. ...
A concise manual of grammar, usage and style
... Words and phrases of questionable usage may be either incorrect or less preferred than a more standard alternative.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------48 Use a question mark after any direct question. -- ...
... Words and phrases of questionable usage may be either incorrect or less preferred than a more standard alternative.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------48 Use a question mark after any direct question. -- ...
relative clauses - Professor Catherine Hatzakos
... The person whose books are on the table will be back soon. (Whose shows that the books belong to the person.) ...
... The person whose books are on the table will be back soon. (Whose shows that the books belong to the person.) ...
Direct and Indirect Objects
... Direct and Indirect Objects What is the indirect object in the following sentence? The scientific method gives us specific steps to follow when we have a question or ...
... Direct and Indirect Objects What is the indirect object in the following sentence? The scientific method gives us specific steps to follow when we have a question or ...
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE In accordance
... sentences. For institution should add the professional English lectures who qualified in English field. Second, Fitria studied about the correlation between student’s grammar ability and translating skill (a survey) at seventh semester of English Letter Departent State Islamic University ‘Syarif Hid ...
... sentences. For institution should add the professional English lectures who qualified in English field. Second, Fitria studied about the correlation between student’s grammar ability and translating skill (a survey) at seventh semester of English Letter Departent State Islamic University ‘Syarif Hid ...
Module for Week # 4
... does not need a direct object, it is called an intransitive verb. If you are unsure about some verbs, use a dictionary. Dictionaries often denote transitive and intransitive verbs with the initials t.v. and i.v., respectively. Here's one more example. Murray takes the train to school Mom rides the b ...
... does not need a direct object, it is called an intransitive verb. If you are unsure about some verbs, use a dictionary. Dictionaries often denote transitive and intransitive verbs with the initials t.v. and i.v., respectively. Here's one more example. Murray takes the train to school Mom rides the b ...
sentence
... know what was so noteworthy about the occurrence on June the 8th. When we look at conjunctions (joining words) we’ll look at their different types and roles. Some conjunctions can only be used for certain kinds of joining purpose. In the example above, the subordinate (or dependent) clause has been ...
... know what was so noteworthy about the occurrence on June the 8th. When we look at conjunctions (joining words) we’ll look at their different types and roles. Some conjunctions can only be used for certain kinds of joining purpose. In the example above, the subordinate (or dependent) clause has been ...
Chinese grammar
This article concerns Standard Chinese. For the grammars of other forms of Chinese, see their respective articles via links on Chinese language and varieties of Chinese.The grammar of Standard Chinese shares many features with other varieties of Chinese. The language almost entirely lacks inflection, so that words typically have only one grammatical form. Categories such as number (singular or plural) and verb tense are frequently not expressed by any grammatical means, although there are several particles that serve to express verbal aspect, and to some extent mood.The basic word order is subject–verb–object (SVO). Otherwise, Chinese is chiefly a head-last language, meaning that modifiers precede the words they modify – in a noun phrase, for example, the head noun comes last, and all modifiers, including relative clauses, come in front of it. (This phenomenon is more typically found in SOV languages like Turkish and Japanese.)Chinese frequently uses serial verb constructions, which involve two or more verbs or verb phrases in sequence. Chinese prepositions behave similarly to serialized verbs in some respects (several of the common prepositions can also be used as full verbs), and they are often referred to as coverbs. There are also location markers, placed after a noun, and hence often called postpositions; these are often used in combination with a coverb. Predicate adjectives are normally used without a copular verb (""to be""), and can thus be regarded as a type of verb.As in many east Asian languages, classifiers or measure words are required when using numerals (and sometimes other words such as demonstratives) with nouns. There are many different classifiers in the language, and each countable noun generally has a particular classifier associated with it. Informally, however, it is often acceptable to use the general classifier 个 [個] ge in place of other specific classifiers.Examples given in this article use simplified Chinese characters (with the traditional characters following in brackets if they differ) and standard pinyin Romanization.