FINITENESS: ALL OVER THE CLAUSE Though routinely employed
... Can FINITENESS be meaningfully considered a property? (Property concepts, of medium time-stability, are what adjectives are typically supposed to denote – and the term chosen [by who?] for what is at issue here, also used in mathematical and musical senses, is an adjective, finite, a resultative par ...
... Can FINITENESS be meaningfully considered a property? (Property concepts, of medium time-stability, are what adjectives are typically supposed to denote – and the term chosen [by who?] for what is at issue here, also used in mathematical and musical senses, is an adjective, finite, a resultative par ...
syntactic and semantic characteristics
... cannot replace for by after, simply because this will break the meaning with for. The meaning of look for is search whereas the meaning of look after is tend . 3. Because phrasal verbs often constitute one unit, they can, thus, be replaced by single verbs of the same sense: 11.They tried hard to put ...
... cannot replace for by after, simply because this will break the meaning with for. The meaning of look for is search whereas the meaning of look after is tend . 3. Because phrasal verbs often constitute one unit, they can, thus, be replaced by single verbs of the same sense: 11.They tried hard to put ...
Latin Verbs: the Principal Parts of the Verb
... A conjugation is a pattern of endings shared by different verbs. Many verbs seem similar and go through the same kinds of changes in their endings. We can say that they are therefore all in one "class" or "group" or "mental box." That box is called a conjugation. Nouns show a similar pattern, and th ...
... A conjugation is a pattern of endings shared by different verbs. Many verbs seem similar and go through the same kinds of changes in their endings. We can say that they are therefore all in one "class" or "group" or "mental box." That box is called a conjugation. Nouns show a similar pattern, and th ...
Kansas Writing Strategies Notes
... middle box must be used in combination with another helping verb. ...
... middle box must be used in combination with another helping verb. ...
Comparativo y superlativo.
... Comparativo. To make comparison of equality of adjectives or adverbs the following construction is used in Spanish: Tan + adjective/adverb + como Pedro es tan guapo como Raúl. ...
... Comparativo. To make comparison of equality of adjectives or adverbs the following construction is used in Spanish: Tan + adjective/adverb + como Pedro es tan guapo como Raúl. ...
SAT Essential Grammar
... Step 1: Cross out all nonessential prepositional phrases. e.g., The bird in the cage began singing. A preposition is a word that shows relative position or direction. It can complete one of the following sentences: The squirrel ran _____ the tree. Democracy is government _____ the people. Examples i ...
... Step 1: Cross out all nonessential prepositional phrases. e.g., The bird in the cage began singing. A preposition is a word that shows relative position or direction. It can complete one of the following sentences: The squirrel ran _____ the tree. Democracy is government _____ the people. Examples i ...
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
... I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me and what can be the use of him is more than I can see. Questions: 1. This sentence may be hard to read because one comma has been left out. Where would you put a comma to break up the sentence into two main parts? a. After shadow b. After me c. Aft ...
... I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me and what can be the use of him is more than I can see. Questions: 1. This sentence may be hard to read because one comma has been left out. Where would you put a comma to break up the sentence into two main parts? a. After shadow b. After me c. Aft ...
Applied verbs in Bantu languages have often been analysed as
... As the structure in (4) shows, applicative constructions have an underlying prepositional object with an empty preposition as head, which is incorporated into (or, adjoined to) the verb. The abstract preposition FOR in (4) indicates that the object is thematically restricted in a way which, in langu ...
... As the structure in (4) shows, applicative constructions have an underlying prepositional object with an empty preposition as head, which is incorporated into (or, adjoined to) the verb. The abstract preposition FOR in (4) indicates that the object is thematically restricted in a way which, in langu ...
Participles - huffenglish.com
... A participle is a form of a verb that functions as an adjective. Ex. The petite youngster consumed a crumbling kugle piece. Crumbling is the participle because it is a verb describing a noun- kugle. ...
... A participle is a form of a verb that functions as an adjective. Ex. The petite youngster consumed a crumbling kugle piece. Crumbling is the participle because it is a verb describing a noun- kugle. ...
Gentle Grammar
... A wolf who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: “Why, you have surely already had a sufficien ...
... A wolf who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: “Why, you have surely already had a sufficien ...
Subject - brookblaylock
... (1) Lightning struck our house, and I run straight for cover. (2) “Oh, no!” I exclaim. (3) The electricity was out! (4) My parents get out the flashlights, and we played a game. (5) The stove and microwave do not work, so we have a cold supper in the living room. (6) In the morning, we are all happy ...
... (1) Lightning struck our house, and I run straight for cover. (2) “Oh, no!” I exclaim. (3) The electricity was out! (4) My parents get out the flashlights, and we played a game. (5) The stove and microwave do not work, so we have a cold supper in the living room. (6) In the morning, we are all happy ...
Finiteness in Hinuq
... properties associated with nonfiniteness. Hinuq has a number of specialized converbs and two participles that are only used in dependent clauses ((iv), (v)). Synchronically at least the Posterior, the Simple Anterior and the Purposive converb clearly contain case endings. The Posterior converb conta ...
... properties associated with nonfiniteness. Hinuq has a number of specialized converbs and two participles that are only used in dependent clauses ((iv), (v)). Synchronically at least the Posterior, the Simple Anterior and the Purposive converb clearly contain case endings. The Posterior converb conta ...
1 Perception verbs, those verbs denoting sight, sound, touch, taste
... d. I saw your point of view. Experiencer based verbs here are distinguished from source based verbs in that the former take animate subjects that undergo a certain experience while the latter choose the experienced entity as the subject. Both active and passive PVs select the perceiver as their gram ...
... d. I saw your point of view. Experiencer based verbs here are distinguished from source based verbs in that the former take animate subjects that undergo a certain experience while the latter choose the experienced entity as the subject. Both active and passive PVs select the perceiver as their gram ...
C14-1101 - ACL Anthology
... Verbal adverbs may be active, as in (3), or passive, as in (7): (7) Buduči sorvannym, muxomor prodolžaet rasti ‘being plucked, the amanita continues to grow’. It is to be noted that the implicit subject of the passive verbal adverb buduči sorvannym ‘being plucked’ is the second argument of the activ ...
... Verbal adverbs may be active, as in (3), or passive, as in (7): (7) Buduči sorvannym, muxomor prodolžaet rasti ‘being plucked, the amanita continues to grow’. It is to be noted that the implicit subject of the passive verbal adverb buduči sorvannym ‘being plucked’ is the second argument of the activ ...
Passive forms
... Tax cuts have been postponedε The agent is specified only when the speaker/writer needs or wants to make the identity of the semantic actor explicit: The laptop has been taken away by your brother Long passives (those which specify the agent) are also often used when the active construction would ha ...
... Tax cuts have been postponedε The agent is specified only when the speaker/writer needs or wants to make the identity of the semantic actor explicit: The laptop has been taken away by your brother Long passives (those which specify the agent) are also often used when the active construction would ha ...
Pupil writing targets: Year 4 – Teaching suggestions
... • Model ways of using questions in order to develop greater precision using 'Tell me about…' game. • Role-play in pairs/small groups. Children develop imaginary dialogue for known characters. If this is effectively modelled they can use this technique to help build their own characters in guided wri ...
... • Model ways of using questions in order to develop greater precision using 'Tell me about…' game. • Role-play in pairs/small groups. Children develop imaginary dialogue for known characters. If this is effectively modelled they can use this technique to help build their own characters in guided wri ...
A Dimasa Grammar - Brahmaputra studies
... These may be cases of apophony also, and be explained by *mV-jao, *pV-jum, *rV-jao, *rVjen. But this is only tentative. ...
... These may be cases of apophony also, and be explained by *mV-jao, *pV-jum, *rV-jao, *rVjen. But this is only tentative. ...
Lesson Overview
... in triclinio. The Latin words in the ablative absolute cannot be repeated in the main clause. Your handout sheets today will explain more about this phenomenon. The pattern is to have a string of words in the ablative case including a participle usually at the beginning of a sentence often set off b ...
... in triclinio. The Latin words in the ablative absolute cannot be repeated in the main clause. Your handout sheets today will explain more about this phenomenon. The pattern is to have a string of words in the ablative case including a participle usually at the beginning of a sentence often set off b ...
PROJECTING INFLECTED VERBS* Eric Reuland and Wim
... freely occur with virtually all intransitive verbs (both unergative and unaccusative, see Reuland (1985)). The same holda true for Frisian. As (5b) shows they are even possible with transitive verbs, Constructions of this sort are most easily illustrated on the basi* of Dutch and Friaian, *ince thes ...
... freely occur with virtually all intransitive verbs (both unergative and unaccusative, see Reuland (1985)). The same holda true for Frisian. As (5b) shows they are even possible with transitive verbs, Constructions of this sort are most easily illustrated on the basi* of Dutch and Friaian, *ince thes ...
Kashmiri: A Grammatical Sketch - Kashmiri Overseas Association
... Kashmiri is closely related to Shina and some other lan guages of the North-West frontier. It also shares some morpholog ical features such as pronominal suffixes with Sindhi and Lahan da. However, Kashmiri is different from all other Indo-Aryan languages in certain phonological, morphological and s ...
... Kashmiri is closely related to Shina and some other lan guages of the North-West frontier. It also shares some morpholog ical features such as pronominal suffixes with Sindhi and Lahan da. However, Kashmiri is different from all other Indo-Aryan languages in certain phonological, morphological and s ...
Intro to Verbs
... same thing, i.e., when the subject of the verb performed the action. 15.16a. Tense (Greek). The term tense is used differently in Greek grammars; it is quite easy to become confused. It perhaps would be easiest at first simply to use tense and time interchangeably. But this would build a significant ...
... same thing, i.e., when the subject of the verb performed the action. 15.16a. Tense (Greek). The term tense is used differently in Greek grammars; it is quite easy to become confused. It perhaps would be easiest at first simply to use tense and time interchangeably. But this would build a significant ...
The Phrase Self-Quiz
... Pirouetting on her toes is not the subject of the sentence. “Who completed?” The ballerina completed; therefore, ballerina is the subject. What does Pirouetting on her toes answer? Not what she does. Completed tells that. Pirouetting on her toes gives more description of the ballerina. To double che ...
... Pirouetting on her toes is not the subject of the sentence. “Who completed?” The ballerina completed; therefore, ballerina is the subject. What does Pirouetting on her toes answer? Not what she does. Completed tells that. Pirouetting on her toes gives more description of the ballerina. To double che ...