Lecture37
... Dangling modifiers detract from the clarity of your writing, so you should make sure your modifiers are properly connected to the words they modify. To repair a dangling modifier, add the noun or phrase that the modifier was intended to modify and rephrase the sentence accordingly. ...
... Dangling modifiers detract from the clarity of your writing, so you should make sure your modifiers are properly connected to the words they modify. To repair a dangling modifier, add the noun or phrase that the modifier was intended to modify and rephrase the sentence accordingly. ...
L R H
... When the main clause describes an action or actions that lasted for the same length of time as that described by the subordinate clause, the tense of the subordinate verb reflects whatever would be most appropriate. Dum could, in such cases, also be translated as ‘as long as’, or ‘the whole time tha ...
... When the main clause describes an action or actions that lasted for the same length of time as that described by the subordinate clause, the tense of the subordinate verb reflects whatever would be most appropriate. Dum could, in such cases, also be translated as ‘as long as’, or ‘the whole time tha ...
Chapter 35: Uses of the Dative Case Chapter 35 covers the
... make thoroughly (per-) sweet (-suad-) to,” that is, “to sugarcoat” something so that someone will swallow it, one way to look at persuasion. The Romans’ natural suspicion of “slick” arguments, the sort of subtle thinking they associated with the Greeks, is not well hidden here, as if with this one w ...
... make thoroughly (per-) sweet (-suad-) to,” that is, “to sugarcoat” something so that someone will swallow it, one way to look at persuasion. The Romans’ natural suspicion of “slick” arguments, the sort of subtle thinking they associated with the Greeks, is not well hidden here, as if with this one w ...
Gerunds and Infinitives: Their Noun Roles
... Although we do not find many infinitives in this next category, it is not uncommon to find gerunds taking on the role of Object of a Preposition: a. She wrote a newspaper article about dealing with college recruiters. b. She thanked her coach for helping her to deal with the pressure. Two prepositio ...
... Although we do not find many infinitives in this next category, it is not uncommon to find gerunds taking on the role of Object of a Preposition: a. She wrote a newspaper article about dealing with college recruiters. b. She thanked her coach for helping her to deal with the pressure. Two prepositio ...
ACT English Diagnostic Test 1 pages 26-27
... “Various” modifies “innovations,” not “introduced.” 2. F is correct. “Marches,” the present tense, singular form of the verb “to march,” modifies the singular noun “the rigid system” and fits with the present tense of the passage. 3. D is correct. “Between” is appropriate for comparing two or more e ...
... “Various” modifies “innovations,” not “introduced.” 2. F is correct. “Marches,” the present tense, singular form of the verb “to march,” modifies the singular noun “the rigid system” and fits with the present tense of the passage. 3. D is correct. “Between” is appropriate for comparing two or more e ...
Accusative Case - David S. Danaher
... One of the most frequent uses of the accusative is as the direct object of a verb. Verbs that have direct objects are called transitive verbs, and we can think of a typical scenario in which someone (an agent or doer of an action) transfers the energy of the verb directly onto something else (the ob ...
... One of the most frequent uses of the accusative is as the direct object of a verb. Verbs that have direct objects are called transitive verbs, and we can think of a typical scenario in which someone (an agent or doer of an action) transfers the energy of the verb directly onto something else (the ob ...
língua inglesa iii
... 1) Indicate by Od, Oi, Cs or Co whether the parts underlined in the sentences below are the direct object (Od), the indirect object (Oi), the subject complement (Cs) or the object complement (Co): a) Will someone get a doctor, quickly? b) George and Paul both became famous doctors. c) It’s so cold. ...
... 1) Indicate by Od, Oi, Cs or Co whether the parts underlined in the sentences below are the direct object (Od), the indirect object (Oi), the subject complement (Cs) or the object complement (Co): a) Will someone get a doctor, quickly? b) George and Paul both became famous doctors. c) It’s so cold. ...
Pronoun Concord
... If the coordinator is or, either . . . or, or neither . . . nor, in accordance with the principle of proximity the last noun phrase determines the person of the verb: • Neither you, nor I, nor anyone else knows the answer. • Either my wife or I am going. Because of the awkwardness of this choice, a ...
... If the coordinator is or, either . . . or, or neither . . . nor, in accordance with the principle of proximity the last noun phrase determines the person of the verb: • Neither you, nor I, nor anyone else knows the answer. • Either my wife or I am going. Because of the awkwardness of this choice, a ...
pronouns - Texas State University
... 6. After I talked with the therapist, she told me to come back once a week for consultation. 7. A rolling stone gathers no moss, which is why one must always be on the go. 8. I knew nothing about economics which my instructor had not learned. 9. Heidi told her mother that she should learn to type. 1 ...
... 6. After I talked with the therapist, she told me to come back once a week for consultation. 7. A rolling stone gathers no moss, which is why one must always be on the go. 8. I knew nothing about economics which my instructor had not learned. 9. Heidi told her mother that she should learn to type. 1 ...
In our data, we define four different groups: neologisms, occasional
... inflectional morphology. Aronoff (1994) claimed that lexemes are vocabulary items that belong to the lexical categories like noun, verb, etc. Hippesley (1998) explains the distinction between inflectional and derivational morphology as “Inflectional morphology is the realization of morphosyntactic c ...
... inflectional morphology. Aronoff (1994) claimed that lexemes are vocabulary items that belong to the lexical categories like noun, verb, etc. Hippesley (1998) explains the distinction between inflectional and derivational morphology as “Inflectional morphology is the realization of morphosyntactic c ...
IJST-Vivek_RPaper_01
... draw_back – पीछे _हटना /मुकर_जाना , has_read – पढ़_लिया are occurred in sentence, online translators are helpless. In this paper, a simple method for identifying Multiwords Verbal Chunk of all kinds by means of python is presented for an English-Hindi parallel corpus and said system yields mining Eng ...
... draw_back – पीछे _हटना /मुकर_जाना , has_read – पढ़_लिया are occurred in sentence, online translators are helpless. In this paper, a simple method for identifying Multiwords Verbal Chunk of all kinds by means of python is presented for an English-Hindi parallel corpus and said system yields mining Eng ...
The Phrase
... Kinds of Phrases and Their Functions One of the most famous prose compositions in the English language is a brief essay, about a page in length, called simply "Of Studies" by Francis Bacon. Many of his other essays were similarly introduced by the preposition of. Likewise, one of the noblest pieces ...
... Kinds of Phrases and Their Functions One of the most famous prose compositions in the English language is a brief essay, about a page in length, called simply "Of Studies" by Francis Bacon. Many of his other essays were similarly introduced by the preposition of. Likewise, one of the noblest pieces ...
MM - Spanish Targets 2013
... compound subject or noun modified by a possessive adjective. Use correct conjugated form of JUGAR + A (to play) for a collective noun, compound subject or noun modified by a possessive adjective. ...
... compound subject or noun modified by a possessive adjective. Use correct conjugated form of JUGAR + A (to play) for a collective noun, compound subject or noun modified by a possessive adjective. ...
3rd Grade Grammar - THE STUDENTS` CENTER FOR
... Sandy needed to find a pair of ( shoe, shoes ) to wear to the beach that ( day, days ). She found one of her ( flipflop, flipflops ) behind the only ( chair, chairs ) in her ( bedroom, bedrooms ), but the other ( one, ones ) was nowhere to be seen. Sandy looked under a pile of ( book, books). She lo ...
... Sandy needed to find a pair of ( shoe, shoes ) to wear to the beach that ( day, days ). She found one of her ( flipflop, flipflops ) behind the only ( chair, chairs ) in her ( bedroom, bedrooms ), but the other ( one, ones ) was nowhere to be seen. Sandy looked under a pile of ( book, books). She lo ...
Negation patterns in Bengali
... negative meaning it is syntactically a regular verb and has no unusual features which concern the negation structures of Bengali. (1) Sentences with the negative element noThis is a negative verbal element; it is not used in connection with other verb forms and is the negative of the zero verb. The ...
... negative meaning it is syntactically a regular verb and has no unusual features which concern the negation structures of Bengali. (1) Sentences with the negative element noThis is a negative verbal element; it is not used in connection with other verb forms and is the negative of the zero verb. The ...
Adjectives and Adverbs Study Guide Adjectives (Modify Nouns)
... Adverbs (Modify Verbs, Adjectives, or other Adverbs) Example: The bird flew swiftly over the treetops. (“swiftly” modifies how the bird flew) 1. Comparative Form of Adverbs—used when comparing only 2 things. 1. add –er to the ending of most comparative adverbs with one syllable Example: Scott runs ...
... Adverbs (Modify Verbs, Adjectives, or other Adverbs) Example: The bird flew swiftly over the treetops. (“swiftly” modifies how the bird flew) 1. Comparative Form of Adverbs—used when comparing only 2 things. 1. add –er to the ending of most comparative adverbs with one syllable Example: Scott runs ...
Information extraction from text
... A set of enabling conditions: describe the linguistic context in which the concept node should be triggered PTRANS concept node should be triggered by ”brought” only when the verb occurs in an active construction a different concept node would be needed to handle a passive sentence construction ...
... A set of enabling conditions: describe the linguistic context in which the concept node should be triggered PTRANS concept node should be triggered by ”brought” only when the verb occurs in an active construction a different concept node would be needed to handle a passive sentence construction ...
Pronouns
... (He and she form the compound subject.) Whenever the subject pronoun I or the object pronoun me is part of the compound subject or object, it should come last. Ex. Deon and I went to a chess tournament. (not I and Deon) Sometimes a noun and pronoun are used together for emphasis. The form of the pro ...
... (He and she form the compound subject.) Whenever the subject pronoun I or the object pronoun me is part of the compound subject or object, it should come last. Ex. Deon and I went to a chess tournament. (not I and Deon) Sometimes a noun and pronoun are used together for emphasis. The form of the pro ...
Nouns Adjectives
... wrong with your sentences, but you may have been confused about how to fix these. A lot of this confusion has to do with the fact that we speak differently than we write. For example, if you were asked to verbally answer the question: “Why do you want to take this course?” You might respond: “Becaus ...
... wrong with your sentences, but you may have been confused about how to fix these. A lot of this confusion has to do with the fact that we speak differently than we write. For example, if you were asked to verbally answer the question: “Why do you want to take this course?” You might respond: “Becaus ...
Grammar At A Glance Document
... They are involved in a process of some kind. Participants are realised by noun groups functioning as a subject or object of the clause. The participant as subject is ‘the doer’ of the process (verb) and the participant as object is the ‘done to’ of the process (verb). Derewianka covers participants ...
... They are involved in a process of some kind. Participants are realised by noun groups functioning as a subject or object of the clause. The participant as subject is ‘the doer’ of the process (verb) and the participant as object is the ‘done to’ of the process (verb). Derewianka covers participants ...
Sentence Parts
... • Predicates are verbs. • Contractions may have a subjects and a predicate combined. • Questions might have the subject sandwiched in the verb phrase. ...
... • Predicates are verbs. • Contractions may have a subjects and a predicate combined. • Questions might have the subject sandwiched in the verb phrase. ...
1.Introduction
... ripen), but a few nouns can also be found e.g. strengthen, lengthen. -ify This suffix attaches to base words that are either monosyllabic, stressed on the final syllable or end in unstressed /I/. Neologisms usually do not show stress shift, but some older forms do (húmid - humídify, sólid - solídify ...
... ripen), but a few nouns can also be found e.g. strengthen, lengthen. -ify This suffix attaches to base words that are either monosyllabic, stressed on the final syllable or end in unstressed /I/. Neologisms usually do not show stress shift, but some older forms do (húmid - humídify, sólid - solídify ...
implementing the romanian accusative clitic pronouns in fluid
... Our presentation of the core/main properties of the Romanian accusative clitic pronouns was inspired by (Klein, 2007) −Udo Klein’s mother tongue is Romanian−, but it goes significantly further. Indeed, we revised and then extended the set of properties that Klein has stated as modeling the behavior ...
... Our presentation of the core/main properties of the Romanian accusative clitic pronouns was inspired by (Klein, 2007) −Udo Klein’s mother tongue is Romanian−, but it goes significantly further. Indeed, we revised and then extended the set of properties that Klein has stated as modeling the behavior ...
The verbal phrase of Northern Sotho: A morpho-syntactic
... Northern Sotho is one of the eleven national languages of South Africa and one of the four Sotho languages of the South-eastern Language Zone group (S.30 in the classification of Guthrie (1971)): Northern and Southern Sotho, Tswana (“Western Sotho”) and Lozi (Silozi, Rozi). The Sotho languages are w ...
... Northern Sotho is one of the eleven national languages of South Africa and one of the four Sotho languages of the South-eastern Language Zone group (S.30 in the classification of Guthrie (1971)): Northern and Southern Sotho, Tswana (“Western Sotho”) and Lozi (Silozi, Rozi). The Sotho languages are w ...