- bYTEBoss
... To finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer’s lap is Michelle’s only goal. Q: How does this infinitive phrase function in the sentence? ...
... To finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer’s lap is Michelle’s only goal. Q: How does this infinitive phrase function in the sentence? ...
Head-movement
... has had us up until now drawing them as if they exemplify the category I. But really, these auxiliary verbs are verbs, they just have special properties. Among these properties: they can move to I. ...
... has had us up until now drawing them as if they exemplify the category I. But really, these auxiliary verbs are verbs, they just have special properties. Among these properties: they can move to I. ...
COMMA RULES--Dr. House`s 4
... reach into it to add or retract some unnecessary material--words that will not change the meaning, with or without them--you will cause ripples on the water on both sides of your hand; those ripples are the commas. What this means is that you must use the commas IN PAIRS with regard to this rule, on ...
... reach into it to add or retract some unnecessary material--words that will not change the meaning, with or without them--you will cause ripples on the water on both sides of your hand; those ripples are the commas. What this means is that you must use the commas IN PAIRS with regard to this rule, on ...
the clause - East Penn School District
... Predicate Nominative: The answer to the problem is what I have been looking for. ...
... Predicate Nominative: The answer to the problem is what I have been looking for. ...
The Five Favourite Errors Incomplete sentences
... Or by adding whatever is needed to make it complete: Few African-Americans turned out to vote. They were intimidated by the Klan. ...
... Or by adding whatever is needed to make it complete: Few African-Americans turned out to vote. They were intimidated by the Klan. ...
preparing for the scholars` challenge
... 3. the first word of a direct quotation 4. a proper noun or proper adjective 5. a title before a name 6. North, South, East, and West when they refer to regions of the country (but not when they refer to direction) 7. each principal word in a title (but not a, an, the, and, or but, or prepositions u ...
... 3. the first word of a direct quotation 4. a proper noun or proper adjective 5. a title before a name 6. North, South, East, and West when they refer to regions of the country (but not when they refer to direction) 7. each principal word in a title (but not a, an, the, and, or but, or prepositions u ...
Cohesive features in Rembarrnga narratives
... Rembarrnga is a polysynthetic language of central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia. The only major descriptions of the language to date are a grammar by McKay (1975) and a detailed analysis of the verb, together with a dictionary, by Saulwick (2003). Like other languages of the regio ...
... Rembarrnga is a polysynthetic language of central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia. The only major descriptions of the language to date are a grammar by McKay (1975) and a detailed analysis of the verb, together with a dictionary, by Saulwick (2003). Like other languages of the regio ...
Igbo Deverbative Nouns as Thematic Compounds
... complements to form verb-nominal derivatives complicates our deep understanding of the diagnostics for the formation of thematic compound and begs for further research. The Form-a-paradigm Constraint Mbah (2004) is of the opinion that the Igbo nominals cannot form compound, saying that this is becau ...
... complements to form verb-nominal derivatives complicates our deep understanding of the diagnostics for the formation of thematic compound and begs for further research. The Form-a-paradigm Constraint Mbah (2004) is of the opinion that the Igbo nominals cannot form compound, saying that this is becau ...
Some of the sentences below have subject-verb
... when other words come between the subject and the verb. Look at these examples. Which one is correct? a) The potatoes in the fridge are left over from last night. b) The potatoes in the fridge is left over from last night. To decide on the correct verb form, you need to decide which noun is the subj ...
... when other words come between the subject and the verb. Look at these examples. Which one is correct? a) The potatoes in the fridge are left over from last night. b) The potatoes in the fridge is left over from last night. To decide on the correct verb form, you need to decide which noun is the subj ...
Answer
... described actions ongoing in the past. These actions often take place within a specific time frame. While actions referred to in the present progressive have some connection to the present, actions referred in the past progressive have no immediate or obvious connection to the present. The on-going ...
... described actions ongoing in the past. These actions often take place within a specific time frame. While actions referred to in the present progressive have some connection to the present, actions referred in the past progressive have no immediate or obvious connection to the present. The on-going ...
sentences
... Here are three important points to know about compound sentences: 1. A comma and a coordinating conjunction connect the two halves of a compound sentence. 2. There are seven coordinating conjunctions in English: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. 3. Do not confuse a compound sentence with a simple sen ...
... Here are three important points to know about compound sentences: 1. A comma and a coordinating conjunction connect the two halves of a compound sentence. 2. There are seven coordinating conjunctions in English: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. 3. Do not confuse a compound sentence with a simple sen ...
1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Nominative, Vocative and Accusative
... supply “by.” E. Accusative Subject of Infinitives (18-19) – grammatically it is not a subject, but semantically it functions as the subject of an infinitive. Sometimes the infinitive takes an accusative object, and then usually the subject will come first. F. Adverbial Accusative (19-21) 1. Manner ( ...
... supply “by.” E. Accusative Subject of Infinitives (18-19) – grammatically it is not a subject, but semantically it functions as the subject of an infinitive. Sometimes the infinitive takes an accusative object, and then usually the subject will come first. F. Adverbial Accusative (19-21) 1. Manner ( ...
When we deliver our products to your door…
... Since these PowerPoints are not used as part of a lecture or presentation, the slides include MANY more words than a PowerPoint normally would. PowerPoint slides usually have “bullet point” phrases, not complete sentences. But written this way, you can “hear my voice,” even though you don’t see me. ...
... Since these PowerPoints are not used as part of a lecture or presentation, the slides include MANY more words than a PowerPoint normally would. PowerPoint slides usually have “bullet point” phrases, not complete sentences. But written this way, you can “hear my voice,” even though you don’t see me. ...
Exploring Sentence Structure
... Subordinate clauses normally act as single part of speech. They can be either noun clauses, adjective clauses, or adverb clauses. They are sometimes called dependent clauses because they "depend" on a main clause to give them meaning. The italicised clauses above are subordinate clauses. The first o ...
... Subordinate clauses normally act as single part of speech. They can be either noun clauses, adjective clauses, or adverb clauses. They are sometimes called dependent clauses because they "depend" on a main clause to give them meaning. The italicised clauses above are subordinate clauses. The first o ...
Identify the direct object in the following sentence. Excessive
... The sentences in this exercise have been adapted from those in the opening four paragraphs of Raymond Chandler's novel The Big Sleep (1939). The narrator is detective Philip Marlowe, and the location is Sternwood Place, the mansion owned by the elderly General Sternwood. See if you can identify all ...
... The sentences in this exercise have been adapted from those in the opening four paragraphs of Raymond Chandler's novel The Big Sleep (1939). The narrator is detective Philip Marlowe, and the location is Sternwood Place, the mansion owned by the elderly General Sternwood. See if you can identify all ...
tagmemics and its implication - e
... meaningful purpose. As an example is the sentence they kiss flowers. This sentence is called obligatory construction because it needs an object. The word kiss needs an object, flower. This sentence can be formulated with +S:pn+P:tv+O:n, that is to say a noun subject is followed by a transitive verb ...
... meaningful purpose. As an example is the sentence they kiss flowers. This sentence is called obligatory construction because it needs an object. The word kiss needs an object, flower. This sentence can be formulated with +S:pn+P:tv+O:n, that is to say a noun subject is followed by a transitive verb ...
Passive and Active voices.
... Transitive verbs are action verbs that have a direct object to perform that action ● I baked some cookies Intransitive verbs are action verbs that don't have a direct object to perform that action. ● I laughed ● Linking Verbs Linking verbs are verbs that won’t mean anything on their own, they are us ...
... Transitive verbs are action verbs that have a direct object to perform that action ● I baked some cookies Intransitive verbs are action verbs that don't have a direct object to perform that action. ● I laughed ● Linking Verbs Linking verbs are verbs that won’t mean anything on their own, they are us ...
Identify the direct object in the following sentence. Excessive
... The sentences in this exercise have been adapted from those in the opening four paragraphs of Raymond Chandler's novel The Big Sleep (1939). The narrator is detective Philip Marlowe, and the location is Sternwood Place, the mansion owned by the elderly General Sternwood. See if you can identify all ...
... The sentences in this exercise have been adapted from those in the opening four paragraphs of Raymond Chandler's novel The Big Sleep (1939). The narrator is detective Philip Marlowe, and the location is Sternwood Place, the mansion owned by the elderly General Sternwood. See if you can identify all ...
Grammar Camp Worksheet Packet DAY 1: NOUNS
... 2. Today was the windsurfing race, and everybody was on the beach. 3. The brisk wind quickly filled all the sails. 4. After about ten seconds, several of the surfers stood up on their boards. 5. A few headed to the south, and many went to the southeast. 6. An official said that either of the routes ...
... 2. Today was the windsurfing race, and everybody was on the beach. 3. The brisk wind quickly filled all the sails. 4. After about ten seconds, several of the surfers stood up on their boards. 5. A few headed to the south, and many went to the southeast. 6. An official said that either of the routes ...
Do-Support in English: Historical Roots and Modern Usage
... informal, conversational contexts. In addition to learning the do-support rules for negatives and questions, ESL learners will also need to learn the other uses of PD in creating tag questions (he swept the sidewalk, didn’t he?), placing emphasis (he did sweep the sidewalk!), and substituting for th ...
... informal, conversational contexts. In addition to learning the do-support rules for negatives and questions, ESL learners will also need to learn the other uses of PD in creating tag questions (he swept the sidewalk, didn’t he?), placing emphasis (he did sweep the sidewalk!), and substituting for th ...
PowerPoint
... A word on auxiliaries • English has two auxiliary (“helping”) verbs have and be, which are not the main verbs of a sentence but generally serve to indicate differences in verbal aspect (progressive, past perfect, …). • These auxiliary verbs are verbs, but they have special properties. Among these p ...
... A word on auxiliaries • English has two auxiliary (“helping”) verbs have and be, which are not the main verbs of a sentence but generally serve to indicate differences in verbal aspect (progressive, past perfect, …). • These auxiliary verbs are verbs, but they have special properties. Among these p ...
Part of speech tagset and tagging guidelines
... of automatic tagging software. This means that in many cases concepts that are linguistically distinct are not distinguished since they are difficult to tell apart in practice in many cases, or determining some distinctions is too costly in terms of annotation time. Additionally, the project is usin ...
... of automatic tagging software. This means that in many cases concepts that are linguistically distinct are not distinguished since they are difficult to tell apart in practice in many cases, or determining some distinctions is too costly in terms of annotation time. Additionally, the project is usin ...
passive i - English6th2009
... 3. A competition is organized every year. Last year a car race ______________ 4. Flowers are planted in the town every year. Last year some trees __________ 5. Blue balloons are hung in the town every year. Last year some pink balloons ___________ in the town. ...
... 3. A competition is organized every year. Last year a car race ______________ 4. Flowers are planted in the town every year. Last year some trees __________ 5. Blue balloons are hung in the town every year. Last year some pink balloons ___________ in the town. ...
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.