Diagramming Sentences
... Sentence Diagramming A direct object follows the verb on the horizontal line; it is separated from the verb by a vertical line that does not go through the horizontal line. The glacier is slowly destroying the forest. ...
... Sentence Diagramming A direct object follows the verb on the horizontal line; it is separated from the verb by a vertical line that does not go through the horizontal line. The glacier is slowly destroying the forest. ...
english 10 - Mona Shores Blogs
... NOTE: use a comma before the conjunction if it joins two sentences Correlative conjunctions: both…and, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, whether…to a. Both the dog and the cat were eating. b. I want either to swim or to snorkel. c. Neither Don nor Sue was ready for the dance. d. My wife is ...
... NOTE: use a comma before the conjunction if it joins two sentences Correlative conjunctions: both…and, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, whether…to a. Both the dog and the cat were eating. b. I want either to swim or to snorkel. c. Neither Don nor Sue was ready for the dance. d. My wife is ...
phrasal verbs with the particles down and up in english and their
... their translation equivalents and elaborate on certain shifts in aspect, aktionsart, and levels of idiomaticity. Therefore, a contrastive analysis of the phrasal verbs with the particles down and up and their translation equivalents in the Serbian language is presented in the paper. The main aim of ...
... their translation equivalents and elaborate on certain shifts in aspect, aktionsart, and levels of idiomaticity. Therefore, a contrastive analysis of the phrasal verbs with the particles down and up and their translation equivalents in the Serbian language is presented in the paper. The main aim of ...
6. The Verb Form 1. The Middle Cornish verb has three moods
... t-preterite in Middle Cornish (see also GMW.133(b) and L&P.463). It is remarkable that this final /-t/ of /kemert/ has not changed into /-s/ in MC. Note (2) In an earlier stage of development of the Cornish language the subjunctive may still have been regularly marked by an /h/ in between the stem a ...
... t-preterite in Middle Cornish (see also GMW.133(b) and L&P.463). It is remarkable that this final /-t/ of /kemert/ has not changed into /-s/ in MC. Note (2) In an earlier stage of development of the Cornish language the subjunctive may still have been regularly marked by an /h/ in between the stem a ...
THE ENGLISH -ING FORM FROM A
... studies discussed lack: when children used the novel verbs, cases occurred where the meaning of the word and the child's treatment of it were difficult to distinguish. The most common of these was when the child used a form of the verb (often with -ing), as a noun, which all the eight participating ...
... studies discussed lack: when children used the novel verbs, cases occurred where the meaning of the word and the child's treatment of it were difficult to distinguish. The most common of these was when the child used a form of the verb (often with -ing), as a noun, which all the eight participating ...
Holmberg`s Generalization`
... is introduced by Holmberg (1986) as referring to movement of both pronouns and full noun phrases. I believe that these two movements should be kept apart (cf. Zwart 1992a), and will use the terms `pronoun shift' and `clitic placement' here to refer to movement of weak pronouns. `Focus scrambling' (N ...
... is introduced by Holmberg (1986) as referring to movement of both pronouns and full noun phrases. I believe that these two movements should be kept apart (cf. Zwart 1992a), and will use the terms `pronoun shift' and `clitic placement' here to refer to movement of weak pronouns. `Focus scrambling' (N ...
Sentence Sense
... allowing the auxiliary to show the time clues. Chapters 9 and 10 explain this shift. For now, practice adding do, does, or did and then splitting the new verb string. Tip for finding verbs: Turn each sentence into a negative statement. The word not will come before the main verb and after any auxili ...
... allowing the auxiliary to show the time clues. Chapters 9 and 10 explain this shift. For now, practice adding do, does, or did and then splitting the new verb string. Tip for finding verbs: Turn each sentence into a negative statement. The word not will come before the main verb and after any auxili ...
Cause Event Representations for Happiness and Surprise
... cooccurrence restrictions; 3) the appropriateness in the imperative and evaluative construction; 4) the verbal aspect; and 5) the transitivity. Since surprise was not examined in Chang et al.’s analysis, we test the emotion verbs of surprise in Chinese according to the five criteria based on the Sin ...
... cooccurrence restrictions; 3) the appropriateness in the imperative and evaluative construction; 4) the verbal aspect; and 5) the transitivity. Since surprise was not examined in Chang et al.’s analysis, we test the emotion verbs of surprise in Chinese according to the five criteria based on the Sin ...
Valency classes in Yucatec Maya
... The strategy of signaling syntactic relations is, thus, exclusively head-marking. There are no cases, only prepositions. Apart from specific prepositions for local and other concrete functions, there is an all-purpose preposition ti', glossed LOC, which marks a generic local relation as well as the ...
... The strategy of signaling syntactic relations is, thus, exclusively head-marking. There are no cases, only prepositions. Apart from specific prepositions for local and other concrete functions, there is an all-purpose preposition ti', glossed LOC, which marks a generic local relation as well as the ...
Adjectives: Highlighting Details
... Participles as Adjectives A participle is not an adjective. But notice that eating can be used as an adjective, in the predicative position, in this sentence: A man eating is a man contented. Another participle singing can be used as an adjective as well. Notice that this one works in the attributiv ...
... Participles as Adjectives A participle is not an adjective. But notice that eating can be used as an adjective, in the predicative position, in this sentence: A man eating is a man contented. Another participle singing can be used as an adjective as well. Notice that this one works in the attributiv ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
... Another criterion is the capability of taking an (adjective) adjunct. Especially when a word can take one of the articles the and a before, we seldom hesitate to reckon it among nouns. If we make the content a criterion, other difficulties appear; here the chief distinction between nouns and adjecti ...
... Another criterion is the capability of taking an (adjective) adjunct. Especially when a word can take one of the articles the and a before, we seldom hesitate to reckon it among nouns. If we make the content a criterion, other difficulties appear; here the chief distinction between nouns and adjecti ...
Part 2 "Of the Verb": An Australian grammar : comprehending the
... act to him: as, Bum-mun-bil-Ia-b6n, let him strike, Bilm-mara-bun..,bil-la-bon, cause some Olle to strike him, or the equivalent let him be struck. Bum-ma-ra-bun-bi yi ko-ra bOD, let no one strike him. 6. Causative by personal agenc,lJ, or, those which denote the eJ:ertion if personal energy to prod ...
... act to him: as, Bum-mun-bil-Ia-b6n, let him strike, Bilm-mara-bun..,bil-la-bon, cause some Olle to strike him, or the equivalent let him be struck. Bum-ma-ra-bun-bi yi ko-ra bOD, let no one strike him. 6. Causative by personal agenc,lJ, or, those which denote the eJ:ertion if personal energy to prod ...
Chapter 2 "Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?"
... All complete sentences have at least one independent clause. You can identify an independent clause by reading it on its own and looking for the subject and the verb. ...
... All complete sentences have at least one independent clause. You can identify an independent clause by reading it on its own and looking for the subject and the verb. ...
FNLP Lecture 8 Part-of-speech tagging and HMMs What is part of
... – POS tagging: if preceding word is a modal verb (say will) then this word is more likely to be a verb. ...
... – POS tagging: if preceding word is a modal verb (say will) then this word is more likely to be a verb. ...
The middle and passive derivations in Konso
... In (38b) there is a full subject that has the semantic role of non-human undergoer with no control or volition. Obviously such full subjects are not the object of the active verb; they are more patient-like than the possible patient subjects of the equivalent active intransitive verb. In the non pas ...
... In (38b) there is a full subject that has the semantic role of non-human undergoer with no control or volition. Obviously such full subjects are not the object of the active verb; they are more patient-like than the possible patient subjects of the equivalent active intransitive verb. In the non pas ...
Spidey Notes
... Although it claims to delve into political issues, television can be superficial such as when each of the three major networks broadcast exactly the same statement from a political candidate. (A) superficial such as when each of the three major networks (B) superficial, as can sometimes occur if all ...
... Although it claims to delve into political issues, television can be superficial such as when each of the three major networks broadcast exactly the same statement from a political candidate. (A) superficial such as when each of the three major networks (B) superficial, as can sometimes occur if all ...
is used as a conjunction to show contrast. The original
... 85. B – ‘when they died’ is a relative clause modifying ‘the day’. If ‘which’ were used, a preposition ‘on’ should be used because we should say ‘on the day’. 86. B – A non-defining clause should be used because ‘four-letter-word’ is a specific noun. Note that ‘that’ should not be used after a comma ...
... 85. B – ‘when they died’ is a relative clause modifying ‘the day’. If ‘which’ were used, a preposition ‘on’ should be used because we should say ‘on the day’. 86. B – A non-defining clause should be used because ‘four-letter-word’ is a specific noun. Note that ‘that’ should not be used after a comma ...
Auxiliaries in spoken Sinhala
... socially, but merely very different from the written variant. To illustrate, subject–verb agreement is present in literary Sinhala but does not occur in spoken ...
... socially, but merely very different from the written variant. To illustrate, subject–verb agreement is present in literary Sinhala but does not occur in spoken ...
Talking about the weather
... D IRECTED MOTION EVENT: The rain rained down on my head — Unaccusative — One verb is used with both event construals as it lexicalizes the common form of precipitation. — In this respect, precipitation events in English are rather like the whistle example in Lecture I, where a single verb is used to ...
... D IRECTED MOTION EVENT: The rain rained down on my head — Unaccusative — One verb is used with both event construals as it lexicalizes the common form of precipitation. — In this respect, precipitation events in English are rather like the whistle example in Lecture I, where a single verb is used to ...
125 Caught`yas
... And the teachers, with the exception of Ms. Amicable Artist Mr. Melodious Music, and the new, amazing english teacher Ms. Witty Writing Wizard, were there usual stern selves. They also still did their usual routine when William or Sam recited one of their appalling limericks: stick out their tongues ...
... And the teachers, with the exception of Ms. Amicable Artist Mr. Melodious Music, and the new, amazing english teacher Ms. Witty Writing Wizard, were there usual stern selves. They also still did their usual routine when William or Sam recited one of their appalling limericks: stick out their tongues ...
The Function and Signification of Certain
... language other than English—much less with Navajo—nor did they have special training in second-language teaching techniques. All languages possess means of one kind or another with which to shade meaning—including the complex intonational system employed by English. The simple statement “this is my ...
... language other than English—much less with Navajo—nor did they have special training in second-language teaching techniques. All languages possess means of one kind or another with which to shade meaning—including the complex intonational system employed by English. The simple statement “this is my ...
Commands in Deni (Arawá)
... practices of the speech communities, which offers us clues about how such communities are socially organized. For instance, in Yankunytjatjara, an Australian language, parents-in-law cannot make a request for food directly addressed to the son-in-law (AIKHENVALD, 2015, p. 298). Yankunytjatjara inclu ...
... practices of the speech communities, which offers us clues about how such communities are socially organized. For instance, in Yankunytjatjara, an Australian language, parents-in-law cannot make a request for food directly addressed to the son-in-law (AIKHENVALD, 2015, p. 298). Yankunytjatjara inclu ...
Lesson Plans - CRSD Moodle
... Schoolhouse Rock: Adverbs URL Me, Myself, I--Adjective Adverb Poster Project File ...
... Schoolhouse Rock: Adverbs URL Me, Myself, I--Adjective Adverb Poster Project File ...
Word - BJU Press
... Identify the past-tense verbs that tell how Christians served God Recognize the past-tense forms of the irregular verbs tell, give, and sing Use the present- and past-tense forms of these verbs correctly in sentences Use self-assessment questions to locate sentence parts ...
... Identify the past-tense verbs that tell how Christians served God Recognize the past-tense forms of the irregular verbs tell, give, and sing Use the present- and past-tense forms of these verbs correctly in sentences Use self-assessment questions to locate sentence parts ...
The emergence of na as a copula in Nigerian Pidgin
... In 4, on the contrary, the copular complement is a noun phrase and it is +determined (my best friend), as it is the subject (Carlo). The copular complement is therefore fully referential and represents an argument, namely the direct object. While in predications the complement tells something about ...
... In 4, on the contrary, the copular complement is a noun phrase and it is +determined (my best friend), as it is the subject (Carlo). The copular complement is therefore fully referential and represents an argument, namely the direct object. While in predications the complement tells something about ...
Macedonian grammar
The grammar of Macedonian is, in many respects, similar to that of some other Balkan languages (constituent languages of the Balkan sprachbund), especially Bulgarian. Macedonian exhibits a number of grammatical features that distinguish it from most other Slavic languages, such as the elimination of case declension, the development of a suffixed definite article, and the lack of an infinitival verb, among others.The first printed Macedonian grammar was published by Gjorgjija Pulevski in 1880.