SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
... Plural subjects take plural verbs A plural subject may end in “s,” but the plural verb does not end in “s” The students need paper and pens from school. Children run down the street. (Correct) Children runs down the street. (Incorrect) ...
... Plural subjects take plural verbs A plural subject may end in “s,” but the plural verb does not end in “s” The students need paper and pens from school. Children run down the street. (Correct) Children runs down the street. (Incorrect) ...
Common Sentence Errors
... Fragment: I need to find a new roommate. Because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. Revision: I need to find a new roommate because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. EXCEPTION: Never use a comma before the word “because.” ...
... Fragment: I need to find a new roommate. Because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. Revision: I need to find a new roommate because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. EXCEPTION: Never use a comma before the word “because.” ...
Repairing Common Sentence Boundary Errors
... Fragment: I need to find a new roommate. Because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. Revision: I need to find a new roommate because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. EXCEPTION: Never use a comma before the word “because.” ...
... Fragment: I need to find a new roommate. Because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. Revision: I need to find a new roommate because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. EXCEPTION: Never use a comma before the word “because.” ...
Simple Sentence
... this sentence is a simple sentence because it contains an independent clause. 2. While wearing his favorite blue shirt, an angry Jack powerfully kicked the heavy rainbow colored ball towards the neighbor’s beautiful garden. That is not to say that simple sentences cannot be long. In this example, ...
... this sentence is a simple sentence because it contains an independent clause. 2. While wearing his favorite blue shirt, an angry Jack powerfully kicked the heavy rainbow colored ball towards the neighbor’s beautiful garden. That is not to say that simple sentences cannot be long. In this example, ...
The Participle and the Participial Phrase
... A peeled and sliced cucumber needs to be added to the salad. Peeled describes cucumber…adjective, thus a participle Sliced describes cucumber…adjective, thus a participle Needs is the action of the sentence…verb ...
... A peeled and sliced cucumber needs to be added to the salad. Peeled describes cucumber…adjective, thus a participle Sliced describes cucumber…adjective, thus a participle Needs is the action of the sentence…verb ...
Grammar - 400 Bad Request
... If we compare more than one dictionary when trying to define a word, we may detect slight differences. These differences should not surprise us unduly, as people who write dictionaries and grammars often disagree. One of the chief differences among such writers is whether they adopt descriptivism or ...
... If we compare more than one dictionary when trying to define a word, we may detect slight differences. These differences should not surprise us unduly, as people who write dictionaries and grammars often disagree. One of the chief differences among such writers is whether they adopt descriptivism or ...
Conclusion - E
... of the head-modifier verb phrase 1, they are classified as intensifiers, manner adverbials, qualitatives, temporals, locatives, quantifiers and interrogatives. 7.3.2. HEAD - MODIFIER VERB PHRASE 2 The head-modifier verb phrase 2 is a modifier phrase in the sense, that it fills the modifier slot of t ...
... of the head-modifier verb phrase 1, they are classified as intensifiers, manner adverbials, qualitatives, temporals, locatives, quantifiers and interrogatives. 7.3.2. HEAD - MODIFIER VERB PHRASE 2 The head-modifier verb phrase 2 is a modifier phrase in the sense, that it fills the modifier slot of t ...
Diction and Idiom Errors
... Just in case your teachers have failed to get the message to you, these forms are considered nonstandard. Use “a lot” and “all right.” altogether vs. all together Altogether means either “completely” or “in total”; all together means “all in a group”: “altogether in one place for the first time in ...
... Just in case your teachers have failed to get the message to you, these forms are considered nonstandard. Use “a lot” and “all right.” altogether vs. all together Altogether means either “completely” or “in total”; all together means “all in a group”: “altogether in one place for the first time in ...
sat writing section overview
... The key to using correct pronoun case is to distinguish between subjects and objects, in other words, how the word is being used in the sentence. Pronoun case errors can always be corrected simply by changing the form of the relevant word. Difficulty only arises when the syntax of the sentence becom ...
... The key to using correct pronoun case is to distinguish between subjects and objects, in other words, how the word is being used in the sentence. Pronoun case errors can always be corrected simply by changing the form of the relevant word. Difficulty only arises when the syntax of the sentence becom ...
grammar - Request a Spot account
... Read a sentence aloud to confirm “verbal grammar” Look for shifts in voice, person and tense Identify subject, predicate, clauses, phrases within a sentence Quickly cover the basics: – Complete sentences (and ideas) ...
... Read a sentence aloud to confirm “verbal grammar” Look for shifts in voice, person and tense Identify subject, predicate, clauses, phrases within a sentence Quickly cover the basics: – Complete sentences (and ideas) ...
Subject Verb Agreement
... Solving special agreement problems Subjects and predicate nominatives ...
... Solving special agreement problems Subjects and predicate nominatives ...
Subject - Peoria Public Schools
... Solving special agreement problems Subjects and predicate nominatives ...
... Solving special agreement problems Subjects and predicate nominatives ...
Commas: My 4 Rules
... o For example: The teacher, of course, gave us a quiz on the assigned reading. ...
... o For example: The teacher, of course, gave us a quiz on the assigned reading. ...
Parallel Structure
... Different words require different prepositions. Be careful that you don’t leave any out. Not parallel: He expressed disagreement and scorn for my opinion. He did not “disagree for” the opinion—he disagreed with it. Parallel: He expressed disagreement with and scorn for my opinion. Clauses A clause e ...
... Different words require different prepositions. Be careful that you don’t leave any out. Not parallel: He expressed disagreement and scorn for my opinion. He did not “disagree for” the opinion—he disagreed with it. Parallel: He expressed disagreement with and scorn for my opinion. Clauses A clause e ...
The syntax of verb complements and the loss of the
... and what may be called here the Eastern prototype. The first morphosyntactic characteristic to be discussed (Section 2) is a very productive dative shift-like construction, which allows verbs to take a bene/malefactive or circumstantial complement without any marking on either the verb or the comple ...
... and what may be called here the Eastern prototype. The first morphosyntactic characteristic to be discussed (Section 2) is a very productive dative shift-like construction, which allows verbs to take a bene/malefactive or circumstantial complement without any marking on either the verb or the comple ...
Participles - Clinton Public Schools
... • Ex. The girl, eating the chocolate buttery croissant, got a stomach ache. • The participle phrase (red) is describing the noun or pronoun. (underlined) ...
... • Ex. The girl, eating the chocolate buttery croissant, got a stomach ache. • The participle phrase (red) is describing the noun or pronoun. (underlined) ...
Machine-to-man communication by speech Part II: Synthesis of
... speaking rates within restricted core storage, are indeed severe, and many features found in other parsers are absent here. We do not use a large number of parts of speech classifications, nor do we exhaustively cycle through all the homographs of the words of a sentence to find all possible parsing ...
... speaking rates within restricted core storage, are indeed severe, and many features found in other parsers are absent here. We do not use a large number of parts of speech classifications, nor do we exhaustively cycle through all the homographs of the words of a sentence to find all possible parsing ...
GRAMMAR LESSONS
... you.” The words usted (singular) and ustedes (plural), which literally mean “your grace”, are used to address people as “you” in a more formal manner. However, they follow the same grammatical rules as third person pronouns like él, ella, ellos, or ellos. Spanish also has two equivalents for the Eng ...
... you.” The words usted (singular) and ustedes (plural), which literally mean “your grace”, are used to address people as “you” in a more formal manner. However, they follow the same grammatical rules as third person pronouns like él, ella, ellos, or ellos. Spanish also has two equivalents for the Eng ...
Sentence Types: Lesson 1 There are four different sentence types: 1
... 4. William studied the violin for ten years. He is also interested in painting. 5. The transmission fell out of the car. The Smiths decided to junk it. 6. It was an interesting play. It was disconcerting to hear so much vulgar language. 2. The second way to punctuate compound sentences is to use a s ...
... 4. William studied the violin for ten years. He is also interested in painting. 5. The transmission fell out of the car. The Smiths decided to junk it. 6. It was an interesting play. It was disconcerting to hear so much vulgar language. 2. The second way to punctuate compound sentences is to use a s ...
Complete Subjects and Predicates
... 6. Our brain could be compared to a library, a storage area of information. 7. Even our thoughts and emotions are coming from the brain. 8. No other animals' brains have developed as highly as human brains. 9. I can do many activities impossible for other animals. 10. What other animal can write a s ...
... 6. Our brain could be compared to a library, a storage area of information. 7. Even our thoughts and emotions are coming from the brain. 8. No other animals' brains have developed as highly as human brains. 9. I can do many activities impossible for other animals. 10. What other animal can write a s ...
The Prepositional Phrase
... Neither of these cookbooks contains the recipe for Manhattan style squid eyeball stew. ...
... Neither of these cookbooks contains the recipe for Manhattan style squid eyeball stew. ...
ENGLISH LESSON 3 CONTENTS TENSE KINDS OF VERBS THE
... In this lesson, we are going to learn some more about verbs. So far you have learnt that there must be a verb in every sentence to make it understandable and that the verb has to agree with the subject of the sentence in both person and number. We have seen that verbs are generally the "doing" words ...
... In this lesson, we are going to learn some more about verbs. So far you have learnt that there must be a verb in every sentence to make it understandable and that the verb has to agree with the subject of the sentence in both person and number. We have seen that verbs are generally the "doing" words ...
document
... The noun may be sing., pl. or uncountable. May or may not be separated from the preposition by a/an, the, some or an adjective (often good or bad). at times on good terms Beneath contempt out of use For the time being to some extent In (good) time under offer ...
... The noun may be sing., pl. or uncountable. May or may not be separated from the preposition by a/an, the, some or an adjective (often good or bad). at times on good terms Beneath contempt out of use For the time being to some extent In (good) time under offer ...
Rhetorical Grammar for Expository Reading and Writing Developed
... out. “What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own until you sicken and die of them, still in silence?” (Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals) One thing can push a person over the edge. The person is suffering from depression. The person has lost the will to live. According ...
... out. “What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own until you sicken and die of them, still in silence?” (Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals) One thing can push a person over the edge. The person is suffering from depression. The person has lost the will to live. According ...
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.