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... prepositional phrase, infinitive phrase, gerundive phrase, and participle phrase. By contrast, Verspoor, and Kim Sauter (200:119) state that “phrases can also be analyzed into constituents, each with a function and realization. The head of a phrase is realized by noun/pronoun, verb, adjective, adver ...
... prepositional phrase, infinitive phrase, gerundive phrase, and participle phrase. By contrast, Verspoor, and Kim Sauter (200:119) state that “phrases can also be analyzed into constituents, each with a function and realization. The head of a phrase is realized by noun/pronoun, verb, adjective, adver ...
the passive - englishdepartmentbaio
... They are followed by a bare infinitive in the active, but take a to-infinitive in the passive Active: Her two sisters made him clean the house Passive: He was made to clean the house by her two sisters. In the passive, let is replaced by allowed and is followed by a to-infinitive. Active: The teache ...
... They are followed by a bare infinitive in the active, but take a to-infinitive in the passive Active: Her two sisters made him clean the house Passive: He was made to clean the house by her two sisters. In the passive, let is replaced by allowed and is followed by a to-infinitive. Active: The teache ...
Affect vs. Effect Affect and effect are frequently confused in academic
... An easy way to determine whether effect is functioning as a verb or as a noun is to look for the infinitive or the “to be” form of a verb. A bare verb is a verb in its simplest form: the same form that you find when you look up verbs in the dictionary (“run,” “whistle,” “mumble”). The infinitive for ...
... An easy way to determine whether effect is functioning as a verb or as a noun is to look for the infinitive or the “to be” form of a verb. A bare verb is a verb in its simplest form: the same form that you find when you look up verbs in the dictionary (“run,” “whistle,” “mumble”). The infinitive for ...
Light Nouns and predicative Infinitives
... Bayer & Brandner – Light nouns and predicative infinitives ...
... Bayer & Brandner – Light nouns and predicative infinitives ...
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... 10,000 long – lines remain extant. Its composition, much of which has been lost, may have stretched over several decades, perhaps from mid-century until about 1180. This poetry has not been praised because of its literary quality, for it was dogmatic in the use of consistently long lines of 15 beats ...
... 10,000 long – lines remain extant. Its composition, much of which has been lost, may have stretched over several decades, perhaps from mid-century until about 1180. This poetry has not been praised because of its literary quality, for it was dogmatic in the use of consistently long lines of 15 beats ...
Rhetorical Grammar for Expository Reading and Writing Developed
... that the meaning and emphasis can change depending which sentence you use as the main clause and which you use as adjective clause. 1. Women tend to communicate indirectly. Men prefer to communicate directly. Women and men are judged differently. Women, who tend to communicate indirectly, are judge ...
... that the meaning and emphasis can change depending which sentence you use as the main clause and which you use as adjective clause. 1. Women tend to communicate indirectly. Men prefer to communicate directly. Women and men are judged differently. Women, who tend to communicate indirectly, are judge ...
Depictive Secondary Predicates and Small Clause Approaches to
... Phenomena Analyzed as Small Clauses ...
... Phenomena Analyzed as Small Clauses ...
Irregular Verbs
... of verbs. Action verbs are used to depict activities that are doable, and linking verbs are used to describe conditions. Both action verbs and linking verbs can accompany auxiliary verbs including the three main ones: do, be, and have. Sometimes actions or conditions occur only one time and then the ...
... of verbs. Action verbs are used to depict activities that are doable, and linking verbs are used to describe conditions. Both action verbs and linking verbs can accompany auxiliary verbs including the three main ones: do, be, and have. Sometimes actions or conditions occur only one time and then the ...
Ling 107 Syntax - The Study of Sentence Structure All human
... the way in which human creativity is constrained by structure. Compare the possibilities for creation in the lexicon and with sentences: What is the longest word you know? / The longest sentence? Can you make up a new word? / A new sentence? Both questions reveal a level of creativity available at t ...
... the way in which human creativity is constrained by structure. Compare the possibilities for creation in the lexicon and with sentences: What is the longest word you know? / The longest sentence? Can you make up a new word? / A new sentence? Both questions reveal a level of creativity available at t ...
Part V Verb Forms
... Typical forms of the serial are: -he÷, -ha÷, -as, -s, -÷se÷, -hse÷ The -e- before the final glottal stop is epenthetic. Each verb stem selects one of these forms as its serial suffix. There is some patterning here, but it is probably easiest just to learn the selected form when you learn the verb st ...
... Typical forms of the serial are: -he÷, -ha÷, -as, -s, -÷se÷, -hse÷ The -e- before the final glottal stop is epenthetic. Each verb stem selects one of these forms as its serial suffix. There is some patterning here, but it is probably easiest just to learn the selected form when you learn the verb st ...
bYTEBoss English Grammar Writers Error Analysis
... They had had to go back. They had to go back. They have to go back. They have had to go back. They went back. They go back. They are going back. They were going back. They will go back. They will have gone back. ...
... They had had to go back. They had to go back. They have to go back. They have had to go back. They went back. They go back. They are going back. They were going back. They will go back. They will have gone back. ...
Sentence Basics
... can be used either as adjectives or adverbs The best way to prepare for the test is studying.(j) He attended school to become a lawyer.(v) o ALWAYS separate with commas when starting a sentence and a noun follows the phrase To become a doctor, Jack went to medical school. Interrupting the ...
... can be used either as adjectives or adverbs The best way to prepare for the test is studying.(j) He attended school to become a lawyer.(v) o ALWAYS separate with commas when starting a sentence and a noun follows the phrase To become a doctor, Jack went to medical school. Interrupting the ...
Topic 7
... Suddenly the young lecturer grabbed the little grey-haired professor with big ideas by the bowtie. The long-suffering first-year students were getting very impatient. They laughed politely at the ongoing farce every Monday and ...
... Suddenly the young lecturer grabbed the little grey-haired professor with big ideas by the bowtie. The long-suffering first-year students were getting very impatient. They laughed politely at the ongoing farce every Monday and ...
developing-revising-prose
... There is too much going on in this sentence, or all of the parts don’t agree (called a “mixed construction”). 1), the relative plural pronoun “they” shifts the context in a subtle, yet critical way, 2), a school (or entity) is an “it” (not a “they”), 3), “get” (along with “go”) is too vague of a te ...
... There is too much going on in this sentence, or all of the parts don’t agree (called a “mixed construction”). 1), the relative plural pronoun “they” shifts the context in a subtle, yet critical way, 2), a school (or entity) is an “it” (not a “they”), 3), “get” (along with “go”) is too vague of a te ...
Object Pronouns
... Other key concepts are article and pronoun. An article precedes a noun, whereas a pronoun replaces the noun. If I say The book is thick, so I carry it in a big backpack, The words the and a are articles because they precede the nouns book and backpack. The word it is a pronoun because it replaces th ...
... Other key concepts are article and pronoun. An article precedes a noun, whereas a pronoun replaces the noun. If I say The book is thick, so I carry it in a big backpack, The words the and a are articles because they precede the nouns book and backpack. The word it is a pronoun because it replaces th ...
The participle
... meetings, speakers receiving warm applause. The delegates were represented by whites and Negroes, a third of them being youth. When an absolute participial construction is used in this function, it may be introduced by the prepositions with or without. The resolution was adopted by a majority of 53 ...
... meetings, speakers receiving warm applause. The delegates were represented by whites and Negroes, a third of them being youth. When an absolute participial construction is used in this function, it may be introduced by the prepositions with or without. The resolution was adopted by a majority of 53 ...
Types of Predicate-Subject Constructions in Indonesian
... 1. Introduction Simple Indonesia sentences have the following characteristics: (1) they consist of one clause, (2) they have complete components, (3) the components occur in the most general order, and (4) they do not contain interrogation or negation. In relation to characteristic (3) above, that t ...
... 1. Introduction Simple Indonesia sentences have the following characteristics: (1) they consist of one clause, (2) they have complete components, (3) the components occur in the most general order, and (4) they do not contain interrogation or negation. In relation to characteristic (3) above, that t ...
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... could travel to New York. (8.) Who had this ingenious, imaginative showman failed to reach? (9.) Barnum was sure that if his show could travel, it would attract those whom were unable to get to New York. (10.) In 1871, Barnum organized a railroad tour, whose goal was a wider market. (11.) The tour b ...
... could travel to New York. (8.) Who had this ingenious, imaginative showman failed to reach? (9.) Barnum was sure that if his show could travel, it would attract those whom were unable to get to New York. (10.) In 1871, Barnum organized a railroad tour, whose goal was a wider market. (11.) The tour b ...
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... Please email me ([email protected]) by Thursday is you are going to write a final paper instead of/along with taking the final exam. Make sure to indicate which article(s) you will be doing a review of. Review questions for this last topic (learning structure with parameters) are now available ...
... Please email me ([email protected]) by Thursday is you are going to write a final paper instead of/along with taking the final exam. Make sure to indicate which article(s) you will be doing a review of. Review questions for this last topic (learning structure with parameters) are now available ...
Lesson #8: CAPITALIZATION RULES
... everybody clearly plural in meaning. In such a special case, you should use a plural pronoun to refer to everyone or everybody as an antecedent, so that your sentence will be logical. EXAMPLE: When everyone heard the score, they cheered. ...
... everybody clearly plural in meaning. In such a special case, you should use a plural pronoun to refer to everyone or everybody as an antecedent, so that your sentence will be logical. EXAMPLE: When everyone heard the score, they cheered. ...
extraction of simple sentences from mixed
... more coordinate clauses. A complex sentence consists of one main clause and one subordinate clause, which is a constituent of the main clause. The subordinate clause has the adverbial, adnominal or nominal functions. By combining compound and complex sentences we get a mixed sentence, which is struc ...
... more coordinate clauses. A complex sentence consists of one main clause and one subordinate clause, which is a constituent of the main clause. The subordinate clause has the adverbial, adnominal or nominal functions. By combining compound and complex sentences we get a mixed sentence, which is struc ...
notes-6
... information, and nominative pronoun. • This is the prototypical situation. • If all sentences were like this, we wouldn’t need to learn the difference between subject, agent, pre-verbal noun (or other word order position), given information, and nominative case. ...
... information, and nominative pronoun. • This is the prototypical situation. • If all sentences were like this, we wouldn’t need to learn the difference between subject, agent, pre-verbal noun (or other word order position), given information, and nominative case. ...
compound sentences
... • A subordinate clause is introduced by a subordinate conjunction and cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. • Example: Since the day we met • The subordinating conjunctions are: after because though although before unless as how until as if if when as long as in order that whenever as much as ...
... • A subordinate clause is introduced by a subordinate conjunction and cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. • Example: Since the day we met • The subordinating conjunctions are: after because though although before unless as how until as if if when as long as in order that whenever as much as ...
Diction and Idiom Errors
... decided on should be used to introduce the ultimate outcome of the situation: “The general‟s orders decided on the matter.” “The general‟s orders decided the matter.” “The general decided on a direct assault.” “stopped while we decided on which route to take” “stopped while we decided which route to ...
... decided on should be used to introduce the ultimate outcome of the situation: “The general‟s orders decided on the matter.” “The general‟s orders decided the matter.” “The general decided on a direct assault.” “stopped while we decided on which route to take” “stopped while we decided which route to ...