Object Ellipsis as Topic Drop
... determined with respect to them (Reinhart, 1981; Strawson, 1964). Since sentences may have more than one topic, the ‘main’ topic (often the structurally highest one, i.e., a subject or a topicalized constituent) is the pivot for truth value assessment. Depending on context, however, any one of the t ...
... determined with respect to them (Reinhart, 1981; Strawson, 1964). Since sentences may have more than one topic, the ‘main’ topic (often the structurally highest one, i.e., a subject or a topicalized constituent) is the pivot for truth value assessment. Depending on context, however, any one of the t ...
a Sample - The Well
... As the student’s general skills in writing and spelling improve, so will his ability to take dictation. At first, the student may struggle for a number of reasons. He may be transitioning from printing to cursive writing. He may have to stop and think about how to form a letter and lose his train of ...
... As the student’s general skills in writing and spelling improve, so will his ability to take dictation. At first, the student may struggle for a number of reasons. He may be transitioning from printing to cursive writing. He may have to stop and think about how to form a letter and lose his train of ...
Style Guide - School of Communication and Arts
... Singular All organisations are single entities and should be treated as singular. So, ‘The government is . . .’, ‘the group is’, ‘BHP has . . .’, ‘Castlemaine Perkins Ltd brews . . .’, ‘White and Associates designs . . .’, ‘Brisbane City Council has decided . . .’ The singular number is extended to ...
... Singular All organisations are single entities and should be treated as singular. So, ‘The government is . . .’, ‘the group is’, ‘BHP has . . .’, ‘Castlemaine Perkins Ltd brews . . .’, ‘White and Associates designs . . .’, ‘Brisbane City Council has decided . . .’ The singular number is extended to ...
Adjective and attribution
... Modification of a referential concept produces an endocentric nominal expression. This kind of modification is attribution. At this point, we can propose a provisional definition of the adjective: An adjective is a member of a word class whose primary function is attribution. This definition of the ...
... Modification of a referential concept produces an endocentric nominal expression. This kind of modification is attribution. At this point, we can propose a provisional definition of the adjective: An adjective is a member of a word class whose primary function is attribution. This definition of the ...
slips of speech - WATA - World Association of Arab Translators
... words; and to determine, in every case, what good usage dictates, is not an easy matter. Authors, like words, must be tested by time before their forms of expression may become a law for others. Pope, in his Essay on Criticism, laid down a rule which, for point and brevity, has never been excelled: ...
... words; and to determine, in every case, what good usage dictates, is not an easy matter. Authors, like words, must be tested by time before their forms of expression may become a law for others. Pope, in his Essay on Criticism, laid down a rule which, for point and brevity, has never been excelled: ...
Using Russian : A Guide to Contemporary Usage
... the field of vocabulary correspondences between Russian and English words are often limited or inexact and similarities can be misleading. Again, in certain situations Russians simply do not express themselves in the same way as English-speakers in a similar situation, or at least a direct translati ...
... the field of vocabulary correspondences between Russian and English words are often limited or inexact and similarities can be misleading. Again, in certain situations Russians simply do not express themselves in the same way as English-speakers in a similar situation, or at least a direct translati ...
Gustar and similar verbs
... Notice that because Juan and I were stressed in the above sentence in English, we added the prepositional forms a Juan and a mí in Spanish to reflect that stress. ...
... Notice that because Juan and I were stressed in the above sentence in English, we added the prepositional forms a Juan and a mí in Spanish to reflect that stress. ...
Inheritance and Inflectional Morphology: Old High German, Latin
... paradigms listing all possible forms of the lexeme. Nominal paradigms are divided by case, number, and gender. Further, if required for the language in question, they are grouped by inflectional class. Such paradigms are familiar to those working with historical languages, and while grammars may foc ...
... paradigms listing all possible forms of the lexeme. Nominal paradigms are divided by case, number, and gender. Further, if required for the language in question, they are grouped by inflectional class. Such paradigms are familiar to those working with historical languages, and while grammars may foc ...
Participles
... oculos iam morte gravatos Pyramus erexit Pyramus opened his eyes, even though they had already been weighed down by death ...
... oculos iam morte gravatos Pyramus erexit Pyramus opened his eyes, even though they had already been weighed down by death ...
Auxiliaries in spoken Sinhala
... that are not fully finite (Bolinger 1980:297). As there is an infinitive verb form in Sinhala, this means that elements co-occurring with an infinitive complement may qualify as auxiliaries. Finiteness in Sinhala, as in many other languages, is a matter of degree. For this reason, elements which are no ...
... that are not fully finite (Bolinger 1980:297). As there is an infinitive verb form in Sinhala, this means that elements co-occurring with an infinitive complement may qualify as auxiliaries. Finiteness in Sinhala, as in many other languages, is a matter of degree. For this reason, elements which are no ...
Accepted Version - Queen Mary University of London
... “weak sampling” and “strong sampling” and has been used in previous work on concept learning and word learning [16,17,22]. In weak sampling, learners assume that there is no systematic relationship between the concept or word that they are learning and the way in which their observations are generat ...
... “weak sampling” and “strong sampling” and has been used in previous work on concept learning and word learning [16,17,22]. In weak sampling, learners assume that there is no systematic relationship between the concept or word that they are learning and the way in which their observations are generat ...
ACT English Test Prep
... The first example shows a dependent clause (“Scared of monsters”) acting as an adjective modifying “Tina.” The second example shows a dependent clause acting as an adverb. Since the adverbial clause is at the beginning of the sentence, it needs to be set off from the main clause by a comma. Adverbia ...
... The first example shows a dependent clause (“Scared of monsters”) acting as an adjective modifying “Tina.” The second example shows a dependent clause acting as an adverb. Since the adverbial clause is at the beginning of the sentence, it needs to be set off from the main clause by a comma. Adverbia ...
What is a pronoun?
... 7.1 In Restrictive Relative Clauses Usually speaking, both that and which are possible in restrictive relative clauses, but that is preferred to which when the antecedents are non-personal indefinite pronouns like all, much, little, none, any, a few, or are impersonal nouns with superlative adject ...
... 7.1 In Restrictive Relative Clauses Usually speaking, both that and which are possible in restrictive relative clauses, but that is preferred to which when the antecedents are non-personal indefinite pronouns like all, much, little, none, any, a few, or are impersonal nouns with superlative adject ...
Free! - Classical Academic Press
... student of the Spanish language. •Do your exercises faithfully and well. Your assignments should not be too long, but you will have at least two every week. •Speak Spanish as often as you can, even while you are still gaining confidence. •Ask questions whenever you are not sure of something. •Memo ...
... student of the Spanish language. •Do your exercises faithfully and well. Your assignments should not be too long, but you will have at least two every week. •Speak Spanish as often as you can, even while you are still gaining confidence. •Ask questions whenever you are not sure of something. •Memo ...
MORPHOLOGY, DIVIDED AND CONQUERED?
... If we add to do and have the supposedly inflectional third singular and third plural suffices ‑es and ‑Ø, we can obtain from these verb roots auxiliaries that can invert in yes-no questions and can appear both before n’ t and in tag questions, i.e. which have what are widely known as the NICE prope ...
... If we add to do and have the supposedly inflectional third singular and third plural suffices ‑es and ‑Ø, we can obtain from these verb roots auxiliaries that can invert in yes-no questions and can appear both before n’ t and in tag questions, i.e. which have what are widely known as the NICE prope ...
Canto - Classical Academic Press
... will go,” and “I did go.” We add other words such as “I,” “you,” “will,” and “did” to tell us more about who is doing the action in the sentence and when that action happens. In Spanish, instead of adding extra words, you show who is doing the action and when the action happens by changing the last ...
... will go,” and “I did go.” We add other words such as “I,” “you,” “will,” and “did” to tell us more about who is doing the action in the sentence and when that action happens. In Spanish, instead of adding extra words, you show who is doing the action and when the action happens by changing the last ...
Context Clues and Reference
... Infers the general meaning of an adjective (term not used) based on the context given in a short paragraph (less than 3 sentences) Infers the meaning of a base word given the meaning of words containing the base plus prefixes and/or suffixes Infers the meaning of a word given the meaning of its base ...
... Infers the general meaning of an adjective (term not used) based on the context given in a short paragraph (less than 3 sentences) Infers the meaning of a base word given the meaning of words containing the base plus prefixes and/or suffixes Infers the meaning of a word given the meaning of its base ...
Using the Simple and Complex Directional Complements in
... "going from Point A to Point B, where Point A is the speaker and Point B is a point that is located away from the speaker at Point A." ...
... "going from Point A to Point B, where Point A is the speaker and Point B is a point that is located away from the speaker at Point A." ...
Russian Holidays - Праздники
... pronounced more like the letter "a". (See later notes.) Т т - Pronounced like the "t" in "tap". (Note: The hand-written (and italic) form is "т". It should always start from the top, as it looks quite similar to the letter "м") ...
... pronounced more like the letter "a". (See later notes.) Т т - Pronounced like the "t" in "tap". (Note: The hand-written (and italic) form is "т". It should always start from the top, as it looks quite similar to the letter "м") ...
Bridging the Gap: Retaking the Accuplacer WritePlacer College
... essay, he or she must take developmental English classes in college before taking English I. In addition to these conditions, students who do not achieve a 6 or better must take extra language arts sections of the test, which contain reading comprehension and sentence skills-based questions. Student ...
... essay, he or she must take developmental English classes in college before taking English I. In addition to these conditions, students who do not achieve a 6 or better must take extra language arts sections of the test, which contain reading comprehension and sentence skills-based questions. Student ...
Writing Curricula: Vertical Articulation
... pl. C Ns for classifying/general use) Quantifiers (some, any, few/many, little/much, several/great deal) ...
... pl. C Ns for classifying/general use) Quantifiers (some, any, few/many, little/much, several/great deal) ...
VerbTenseInProgress
... simple past ("I went"); the simple present ("I go"); the simple future ("I will go"). A verb in the indefinite aspect is used when the beginning or ending of an action, an event, or condition is unknown or unimportant to the meaning of the sentence. The indefinite aspect is also used to indicate a h ...
... simple past ("I went"); the simple present ("I go"); the simple future ("I will go"). A verb in the indefinite aspect is used when the beginning or ending of an action, an event, or condition is unknown or unimportant to the meaning of the sentence. The indefinite aspect is also used to indicate a h ...
Grammar Workshop Series- Unit 1: Sentence Structure
... say that a sentence is a group of words that includes a subject and a predicate. • Which of the above definitions are correct? Which of the above are useful? • Oh, and … can you define “subject” and “predicate”? Give it a try before moving on. Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre ...
... say that a sentence is a group of words that includes a subject and a predicate. • Which of the above definitions are correct? Which of the above are useful? • Oh, and … can you define “subject” and “predicate”? Give it a try before moving on. Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre ...
teaching technical english writing
... otherwise identify people and objects; others express action, connect other words, or do still other kinds of work. There are eight main ways in which words are used in sentences; the eight kinds of words that perform these jobs are called parts of speech. They are noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, ad ...
... otherwise identify people and objects; others express action, connect other words, or do still other kinds of work. There are eight main ways in which words are used in sentences; the eight kinds of words that perform these jobs are called parts of speech. They are noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, ad ...