Coping With the Copula: XI
... Coping With the Copula: XI Indirect Speech with the Copula About the only constructions that we haven't tackled with the copula to date are the various types of clauses (although there are lots of idioms with the copula to learn, but that's more vocabulary than grammar). We'll start by handling "ind ...
... Coping With the Copula: XI Indirect Speech with the Copula About the only constructions that we haven't tackled with the copula to date are the various types of clauses (although there are lots of idioms with the copula to learn, but that's more vocabulary than grammar). We'll start by handling "ind ...
Parts of Speech
... A comma splice results when two sentences are incorrectly joined or spliced together with a comma. The sentences below show how comma splices could be revised into acceptable sentences. COMMA SPLICE: Always prepare for a job interview, never go in cold. REVISION: Always prepare for a job interview; ...
... A comma splice results when two sentences are incorrectly joined or spliced together with a comma. The sentences below show how comma splices could be revised into acceptable sentences. COMMA SPLICE: Always prepare for a job interview, never go in cold. REVISION: Always prepare for a job interview; ...
Phrases and Clauses - Manhasset Public Schools
... clause (subject and predicate) that DOES NOT MAKE SENSE on its ownit depends on an independent clause to complete a thought. Begins with EITHER a relative pronoun, such as that, which or who, OR a subordinating conjunction, such as: if, after, when, because, although, since, where, even tho ...
... clause (subject and predicate) that DOES NOT MAKE SENSE on its ownit depends on an independent clause to complete a thought. Begins with EITHER a relative pronoun, such as that, which or who, OR a subordinating conjunction, such as: if, after, when, because, although, since, where, even tho ...
Argument structure: Realising semantic participants in
... THEME: entity whose position/direction is indicated; also used by some linguists for patients and as a cover term for cases whose thematic role is not clearly definable: (11) The ballTHEME rolled down the hill. EXPERIENCER: entity which experiences an emotion or other psychological state. The entity ...
... THEME: entity whose position/direction is indicated; also used by some linguists for patients and as a cover term for cases whose thematic role is not clearly definable: (11) The ballTHEME rolled down the hill. EXPERIENCER: entity which experiences an emotion or other psychological state. The entity ...
Remarks on Nominalizationl
... features. The nonterminal vocabulary of the context-free grammar is drawn from a universal and rather limited vocabulary, some aspects of which will be considered below. The context-free grammar generates phrase-Markers, with a dummy symbol as one of the terminal elements. A general principle of lex ...
... features. The nonterminal vocabulary of the context-free grammar is drawn from a universal and rather limited vocabulary, some aspects of which will be considered below. The context-free grammar generates phrase-Markers, with a dummy symbol as one of the terminal elements. A general principle of lex ...
The Participle
... This construction is parallel to the subjective infinitive construction. English sentences with these constructions correspond in Russian to complex sentences where the main clause is one-member and indefinite and the subordinate object clause has the subject corresponding to the subject of the Engl ...
... This construction is parallel to the subjective infinitive construction. English sentences with these constructions correspond in Russian to complex sentences where the main clause is one-member and indefinite and the subordinate object clause has the subject corresponding to the subject of the Engl ...
Printable Book
... 2. "For" here functions as a coordinating conjunction -- See "So" and "For" as Conjunctions. 3. Let me begin with the question of "to bed." Is it a prepositional phrase? Or is it an infinitive? We do not usually use the word "bed" as a verb in the sense that it is used here, but like "to sleep," in ...
... 2. "For" here functions as a coordinating conjunction -- See "So" and "For" as Conjunctions. 3. Let me begin with the question of "to bed." Is it a prepositional phrase? Or is it an infinitive? We do not usually use the word "bed" as a verb in the sense that it is used here, but like "to sleep," in ...
The alliterative, rhythmic and stanzaic constraints on verbs in
... In place of Kuhn’s two laws, I propose simplified versions that I have found to be strictly valid, and I use in conjunction with the VA-rule to create a single rule for rhythm and verbs. They are simplified in that they apply to unbound verbs rather than sentence particles and have a single dróttkvæ ...
... In place of Kuhn’s two laws, I propose simplified versions that I have found to be strictly valid, and I use in conjunction with the VA-rule to create a single rule for rhythm and verbs. They are simplified in that they apply to unbound verbs rather than sentence particles and have a single dróttkvæ ...
Lecture 17: Existential Sentences in Chinese: Syntax and Semantics
... ‘predicate’ phrases that often occur in existential sentences of various kinds (e.g. the optional “Coda” in English there-sentences like There are three answers (in the back of the book).) Even the classification of sentences is not always clear, and there are not clear-cut criteria for what should ...
... ‘predicate’ phrases that often occur in existential sentences of various kinds (e.g. the optional “Coda” in English there-sentences like There are three answers (in the back of the book).) Even the classification of sentences is not always clear, and there are not clear-cut criteria for what should ...
1. -ing participle used as gerund
... • When a verb is placed immediately after “verb+ a preposition” the gerund form is used. Prepositions followed by gerund are as follows: • insist on, persist in, think of, dream of, object to, suspect……of, accuse……of, charge……of, hear of, approve of, prevent/stop/keep from, refrain from, be engaged ...
... • When a verb is placed immediately after “verb+ a preposition” the gerund form is used. Prepositions followed by gerund are as follows: • insist on, persist in, think of, dream of, object to, suspect……of, accuse……of, charge……of, hear of, approve of, prevent/stop/keep from, refrain from, be engaged ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... of locative in transitive sentence are marked by the affixes attached to the verbs such as /ma-i/ and /mang-i/. These affixes do not appear if the sentence (9), for example, is changed into “Hami nakko tu dolok” ‘we climb up the mountain’. 3.1.4. The resultative of verbal transitive sentence in TBL ...
... of locative in transitive sentence are marked by the affixes attached to the verbs such as /ma-i/ and /mang-i/. These affixes do not appear if the sentence (9), for example, is changed into “Hami nakko tu dolok” ‘we climb up the mountain’. 3.1.4. The resultative of verbal transitive sentence in TBL ...
ascof -- a modular multilevel system for french
... different grammar and algorithm types. The morphological analysis PHASE I is carried out by an algorithm that realizes actually a mere pattern matching; in PHASE II context-free grammars identify non-complex syntactic phrases and the macrostructure of the sentence. A reduction in the homographies of ...
... different grammar and algorithm types. The morphological analysis PHASE I is carried out by an algorithm that realizes actually a mere pattern matching; in PHASE II context-free grammars identify non-complex syntactic phrases and the macrostructure of the sentence. A reduction in the homographies of ...
Why it is hard to label our concepts
... When our college-age subjects fail to learn, it is not because they have some mental deficit that disbars them from attaining words like ball or get. In fact, since the test items are the most common nouns and verbs uttered by mothers in conversation with their language-learning infants, we know tha ...
... When our college-age subjects fail to learn, it is not because they have some mental deficit that disbars them from attaining words like ball or get. In fact, since the test items are the most common nouns and verbs uttered by mothers in conversation with their language-learning infants, we know tha ...
Extended Abstract
... While mas (but) is typically a coordinative conjunction, in this case, it is used in much the same way as a connective adverb, like porém (however). ...
... While mas (but) is typically a coordinative conjunction, in this case, it is used in much the same way as a connective adverb, like porém (however). ...
- Cambridge University Press
... Words which are in the same word family as the headword, and which can easily be understood by knowing the headword, are shown at the end of entries. Compound words (two or more words used together as a single word) have their own entries, in alphabetical order. Sometimes a word in a compound has br ...
... Words which are in the same word family as the headword, and which can easily be understood by knowing the headword, are shown at the end of entries. Compound words (two or more words used together as a single word) have their own entries, in alphabetical order. Sometimes a word in a compound has br ...
the feeling of great pleasure
... and semantics. In this article, we are to discuss the grammatical features [1,2] and semantic structures [3-5] of the English words and idioms denoting the feeling of great pleasure sub-classified into four groups of adjectives (‘delighted’, ‘elated’, and ‘jubilant’); nouns (‘bliss’, ‘ecstasy’, ‘eup ...
... and semantics. In this article, we are to discuss the grammatical features [1,2] and semantic structures [3-5] of the English words and idioms denoting the feeling of great pleasure sub-classified into four groups of adjectives (‘delighted’, ‘elated’, and ‘jubilant’); nouns (‘bliss’, ‘ecstasy’, ‘eup ...
An Introductory Course in Theoretical English Grammar
... Prescriptivists promoted those grammatical variants which corresponded, in one way or another, to equivalents in Latin. Anxious to do it, they prescribed and proscribed many of the constructions used in English from time immemorial. They condemned the use of a preposition in sentence-final position ...
... Prescriptivists promoted those grammatical variants which corresponded, in one way or another, to equivalents in Latin. Anxious to do it, they prescribed and proscribed many of the constructions used in English from time immemorial. They condemned the use of a preposition in sentence-final position ...
English Exam / Answers
... 15. “Hello,” called out Paul Marshall as he, Martha Coleman, and Doug Carlisle approached the table. “Sorry that we are late, but the three of us stayed after class to ask Mrs. Clark about our new quarter projects. In fact, I can’t wait to get started!” A. object of the preposition B. direct object ...
... 15. “Hello,” called out Paul Marshall as he, Martha Coleman, and Doug Carlisle approached the table. “Sorry that we are late, but the three of us stayed after class to ask Mrs. Clark about our new quarter projects. In fact, I can’t wait to get started!” A. object of the preposition B. direct object ...
Generating Text with Hidden Meaning
... this way the concept of erasure makes it possible for a wider variety of syntactic dependencies to be encoded in the same way on a single chunk, allowing diverse behaviour. It is important to note here that the erasures do not specify a type (such as noun or adjective) but a member of the chunk: wi ...
... this way the concept of erasure makes it possible for a wider variety of syntactic dependencies to be encoded in the same way on a single chunk, allowing diverse behaviour. It is important to note here that the erasures do not specify a type (such as noun or adjective) but a member of the chunk: wi ...
WRITING DETAILS
... Everyone knows that one of the worst places where the ecosystems are being disrupted is where the great whales are being systematically exter minated. Ocean-going refineries are the aspect of the fishing industry that some whalers are exterminating these wonderful mammals. Especially, whalers from J ...
... Everyone knows that one of the worst places where the ecosystems are being disrupted is where the great whales are being systematically exter minated. Ocean-going refineries are the aspect of the fishing industry that some whalers are exterminating these wonderful mammals. Especially, whalers from J ...
King Abdul Aziz University, ELI, Spring 2010 North Star, Level 5
... after what it modifies, while an adjective usually comes before. In formal writing, an adjective clause begins with the relative pronouns "who(m)," "that," or "which." In informal writing or speech, you may leave out the relative pronoun when it is not the subject of the adjective clause, but you sh ...
... after what it modifies, while an adjective usually comes before. In formal writing, an adjective clause begins with the relative pronouns "who(m)," "that," or "which." In informal writing or speech, you may leave out the relative pronoun when it is not the subject of the adjective clause, but you sh ...
The systematic character of language
... 2) the forms of number and case; the specific suffixal forms of derivation 3) the substantive functions in the sentence (subject, object, substantival predicative); prepositional connections, modification by an adj. the adjective 1) the categorial meaning of property 2) the forms of degrees of com ...
... 2) the forms of number and case; the specific suffixal forms of derivation 3) the substantive functions in the sentence (subject, object, substantival predicative); prepositional connections, modification by an adj. the adjective 1) the categorial meaning of property 2) the forms of degrees of com ...
Prametric variation in number
... Catalan. We will also show that the values of the parameter studied here are active in other Romance languages. That is to say, some dialects of Catalan are similar in this respect to certain dialects of Spanish and Portuguese, whereas others may be grouped with Occitan and French. The theoretical a ...
... Catalan. We will also show that the values of the parameter studied here are active in other Romance languages. That is to say, some dialects of Catalan are similar in this respect to certain dialects of Spanish and Portuguese, whereas others may be grouped with Occitan and French. The theoretical a ...
Art of Editing workshop 4 Superb Sentences_5 September
... sentence is simple, compound or complex? If necessary, restructure the grammar of the sentence for correctness. • Count the number of words. Do not exceed 25 words for ...
... sentence is simple, compound or complex? If necessary, restructure the grammar of the sentence for correctness. • Count the number of words. Do not exceed 25 words for ...
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.