A Concise Polish Grammar
... to the Polish Republic. In 1999, Poland joined the NATO alliance, an act which would have been unthinkable during its long years of membership in the Soviet-ruled Warsaw Pact. ...
... to the Polish Republic. In 1999, Poland joined the NATO alliance, an act which would have been unthinkable during its long years of membership in the Soviet-ruled Warsaw Pact. ...
background to antigone
... orchestras began to be paved with marble and other materials. In the center of the orchestra there was often a thymele, or altar. The orchestra of the theater of Dionysus in Athens was about 60 feet in diameter. Theatron: The theatron (literally, "viewing-place") is where the spectators sat. The the ...
... orchestras began to be paved with marble and other materials. In the center of the orchestra there was often a thymele, or altar. The orchestra of the theater of Dionysus in Athens was about 60 feet in diameter. Theatron: The theatron (literally, "viewing-place") is where the spectators sat. The the ...
Grammar Essentials
... In this course, students will review the rules of grammar, identify common grammar errors, and refine their business writing style. ...
... In this course, students will review the rules of grammar, identify common grammar errors, and refine their business writing style. ...
Micro-Skills - Tippie College of Business
... Nouns generally require either an indefinite (a/an) or definite (the) article. One main exception to this rule is when using a generic plural, such as “Motorcycles are always so loud”. In most other cases, you will want to use some sort of article to distinguish between a specific noun and a general ...
... Nouns generally require either an indefinite (a/an) or definite (the) article. One main exception to this rule is when using a generic plural, such as “Motorcycles are always so loud”. In most other cases, you will want to use some sort of article to distinguish between a specific noun and a general ...
Reasoning about Meaning in Natural Language with Compact
... words. The former application is through Lambek’s pregroup grammars [26], which are compact closed categories [33] and have been applied to formalizing grammars of a wide range of natural languages, for instance see [27]. The other application domain, referred to as distributional models of meaning, ...
... words. The former application is through Lambek’s pregroup grammars [26], which are compact closed categories [33] and have been applied to formalizing grammars of a wide range of natural languages, for instance see [27]. The other application domain, referred to as distributional models of meaning, ...
Experiments for Dependency Parsing of Greek
... F1-scores (Malt: 0.36; Mate: 0.30) in detecting non-projective heads. In Figure 5 we see that Mate’s LAS is better for all basic parts of speech. The difference is more evident for verbs, which are typically involved in longer dependencies. Finally, it is clear from Figure 6 that certain relations a ...
... F1-scores (Malt: 0.36; Mate: 0.30) in detecting non-projective heads. In Figure 5 we see that Mate’s LAS is better for all basic parts of speech. The difference is more evident for verbs, which are typically involved in longer dependencies. Finally, it is clear from Figure 6 that certain relations a ...
P88-1027 - ACL Anthology Reference Corpus
... The problems we encountered with nouns were generally the same as with inlransitive verbs, but accentuated by the much larger number (80,022) of noun definition texts. Also, as Chodorow et al. [1985] .have noted, the boundary between the headword and the postnominal part of the definition is much ha ...
... The problems we encountered with nouns were generally the same as with inlransitive verbs, but accentuated by the much larger number (80,022) of noun definition texts. Also, as Chodorow et al. [1985] .have noted, the boundary between the headword and the postnominal part of the definition is much ha ...
DGP 6th Five-Day Plan Sent. 7
... av – action verb (1) – pres (present), past (past), f (future) nom pro – nominative pronoun (1) prep - preposition (1) Day 1 Notes: A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun names a specific noun; it begins with a capital letter. A possessive pronoun takes the place of a n ...
... av – action verb (1) – pres (present), past (past), f (future) nom pro – nominative pronoun (1) prep - preposition (1) Day 1 Notes: A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun names a specific noun; it begins with a capital letter. A possessive pronoun takes the place of a n ...
CONTENTS - Teacher.co.ke
... (vi) Before an adjective used as a noun to give the meaning ‘all the’ e.g. the youth, the poor, the rich e.t.c (vii) Before comparatives expressing parallel increase or decrease. e.g. the older he becomes, the wealthier he gets. The higher you go, the cooler it becomes. (viii) Before certain express ...
... (vi) Before an adjective used as a noun to give the meaning ‘all the’ e.g. the youth, the poor, the rich e.t.c (vii) Before comparatives expressing parallel increase or decrease. e.g. the older he becomes, the wealthier he gets. The higher you go, the cooler it becomes. (viii) Before certain express ...
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY
... One way to correct this problem is to use simple sentence constructions -subject-verb-object. When writers use passive voice, they use an "object-verbsubject" construction. Sometimes (like in the third example above), passive voice eliminates the subject all together with an "object-verb" constructi ...
... One way to correct this problem is to use simple sentence constructions -subject-verb-object. When writers use passive voice, they use an "object-verbsubject" construction. Sometimes (like in the third example above), passive voice eliminates the subject all together with an "object-verb" constructi ...
FDTL Reading Session Sentence pattern and function word
... A balanced number of syllables in a phrase is important in written Chinese. Sometimes a syllable in a word can be omitted in order to form the abbreviated expression desired. Syllables can also be added to a word to form an expression, as shown in the following sentence which contains the co-verb 搭 ...
... A balanced number of syllables in a phrase is important in written Chinese. Sometimes a syllable in a word can be omitted in order to form the abbreviated expression desired. Syllables can also be added to a word to form an expression, as shown in the following sentence which contains the co-verb 搭 ...
PROJECTING INFLECTED VERBS* Eric Reuland and Wim
... differs from its domain in GOV languages. The significance of the correlation is shown by the fact that it is also observed in so called Nominal Infinitives (corresponding to the English Gerunds), This construction is characterized as follows. It has a verbal stem as its head, carrying an inflection ...
... differs from its domain in GOV languages. The significance of the correlation is shown by the fact that it is also observed in so called Nominal Infinitives (corresponding to the English Gerunds), This construction is characterized as follows. It has a verbal stem as its head, carrying an inflection ...
Grammar Goofs
... the window pane, I waited for some news about my friend. [complex sentence] ◦ Correct : On that sad, sad day the rain trickled down the ...
... the window pane, I waited for some news about my friend. [complex sentence] ◦ Correct : On that sad, sad day the rain trickled down the ...
A Short Guide to Technical Writing
... still adhered to in the preparation of material for the more conservative technical publications. But, nowadays, there is a growing trend to use active voice, at least occasionally, where it may be effective to do so, as in emphasizing an especially pertinent point or in avoiding the awkwardness of ...
... still adhered to in the preparation of material for the more conservative technical publications. But, nowadays, there is a growing trend to use active voice, at least occasionally, where it may be effective to do so, as in emphasizing an especially pertinent point or in avoiding the awkwardness of ...
Sentence Patterns
... 1. Appositives are nouns/pronouns that follow another noun/pronoun and give more information about it. 2. An appositive is not a prepositional phrase. 3. Use commas to set them apart from the rest of the sentence. 4. Do not use commas if the only information in the appositive is a name. ...
... 1. Appositives are nouns/pronouns that follow another noun/pronoun and give more information about it. 2. An appositive is not a prepositional phrase. 3. Use commas to set them apart from the rest of the sentence. 4. Do not use commas if the only information in the appositive is a name. ...
Intro. to Syntax Lecture Notes
... This string would be felt to be unacceptable, but not, it is usually thought, because of our knowledge of English. To understand a string such as (4)(f), and to make sense of it, we have to integrate what we know about the individual words with a structure for the whole sentence, and a run-on senten ...
... This string would be felt to be unacceptable, but not, it is usually thought, because of our knowledge of English. To understand a string such as (4)(f), and to make sense of it, we have to integrate what we know about the individual words with a structure for the whole sentence, and a run-on senten ...
Direct Objects and Indirect Objects Study Guide
... screamed what?” We can’t answer that question, so screamed does not have a direct object.) An INDIRECT OBJECT is a noun or pronoun that tells to whom, for whom, to what, or for what the action of the verb is being done. In order to have a sentence with an indirect object, you must also have a direct ...
... screamed what?” We can’t answer that question, so screamed does not have a direct object.) An INDIRECT OBJECT is a noun or pronoun that tells to whom, for whom, to what, or for what the action of the verb is being done. In order to have a sentence with an indirect object, you must also have a direct ...
GE5 Punctuation [PDF File, 621.3 KB]
... Commas are helpful when adding in afterthoughts when you elaborate on ideas, the main idea is already complete. ...
... Commas are helpful when adding in afterthoughts when you elaborate on ideas, the main idea is already complete. ...
Grammar
... 2. Cynthia and Julia took our books by mistake, and we picked up theirs. (3) 3. Didn’t Reginald paint a portrait of himself? (1) 4. We could either buy the piñatas or make them ourselves. (3) 5. I am just not myself today. (2) 6. Who is your karate instructor? (2) 7. This is the song we sang in the ...
... 2. Cynthia and Julia took our books by mistake, and we picked up theirs. (3) 3. Didn’t Reginald paint a portrait of himself? (1) 4. We could either buy the piñatas or make them ourselves. (3) 5. I am just not myself today. (2) 6. Who is your karate instructor? (2) 7. This is the song we sang in the ...
Creole English
... give bena, wena, and dida with a meaning corresponding to the English past progressive (16). Ben also combines with de to give bende, highly stigmatized as a basilectal and rural PROG marker (17). ...
... give bena, wena, and dida with a meaning corresponding to the English past progressive (16). Ben also combines with de to give bende, highly stigmatized as a basilectal and rural PROG marker (17). ...
It Started with an Apple... The greatest war in ancient Greek history
... The Trojan War was approaching the endurance of a decade when the Greeks’ luck started to run out. Men were worn out and tired of fighting against a fortified city. Troy had been under siege for ten years, yet the walls of the city remained impenetrable. Battle weary and almost defeated, the Greek f ...
... The Trojan War was approaching the endurance of a decade when the Greeks’ luck started to run out. Men were worn out and tired of fighting against a fortified city. Troy had been under siege for ten years, yet the walls of the city remained impenetrable. Battle weary and almost defeated, the Greek f ...
Bare Participles are not Root Infinitives: Evidence from Early Child
... acquiring these go through the so-called bare participle (BP) stage, produce utterances containing (active) past participles unsupported by auxiliaries and generally lacking overt subjects.1. Based on the analysis of Child Greek, Varlokosta, Vainikka and Rohrbacher (1996, 1998) claim that RIs and BP ...
... acquiring these go through the so-called bare participle (BP) stage, produce utterances containing (active) past participles unsupported by auxiliaries and generally lacking overt subjects.1. Based on the analysis of Child Greek, Varlokosta, Vainikka and Rohrbacher (1996, 1998) claim that RIs and BP ...