Simple Sentences
... pronoun. This error could be corrected: a. by repeating the antecedent; b. using a synonym for the antecedent; ...
... pronoun. This error could be corrected: a. by repeating the antecedent; b. using a synonym for the antecedent; ...
Grammar Voyage - Royal Fireworks Press
... When you see an -ing word in a sentence, you have to study the function of the -ing word to see if it is a verb, a participle, or a gerund. This participial phrase intervenes between the subject and its predicate left, which is an action verb that transfers the action over to the direct object wake. ...
... When you see an -ing word in a sentence, you have to study the function of the -ing word to see if it is a verb, a participle, or a gerund. This participial phrase intervenes between the subject and its predicate left, which is an action verb that transfers the action over to the direct object wake. ...
Direct and Indirect Objects
... direct object and an indirect object. The “who?” will be the indirect object and it will come after the action verb. The “what?” will be the direct object and it will come after the indirect object. The sentence pattern will always be S – V- IODO.) Example: Mom gave me a cookie. 1. The action verb i ...
... direct object and an indirect object. The “who?” will be the indirect object and it will come after the action verb. The “what?” will be the direct object and it will come after the indirect object. The sentence pattern will always be S – V- IODO.) Example: Mom gave me a cookie. 1. The action verb i ...
Study Session
... The moon is staring down at me. Is this sentence a fragment, run-on, simple, compound, or complex sentence? Simple (one subject-predicate pair) Is this sentence a declarative, imperative, exclamatory, or interrogative? Declarative (statement- not a question or command & does not reveal strong emoti ...
... The moon is staring down at me. Is this sentence a fragment, run-on, simple, compound, or complex sentence? Simple (one subject-predicate pair) Is this sentence a declarative, imperative, exclamatory, or interrogative? Declarative (statement- not a question or command & does not reveal strong emoti ...
Document
... A verb is an action word when it tells what a thing or person is doing (walking, talking, falling), and sometimes changes to show when the action took place (past, present or future tense). The change to past tense can be made with the suffix –ed (e.g. walked, talked) in which case it is known as a ...
... A verb is an action word when it tells what a thing or person is doing (walking, talking, falling), and sometimes changes to show when the action took place (past, present or future tense). The change to past tense can be made with the suffix –ed (e.g. walked, talked) in which case it is known as a ...
electronic
... 8. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT ERRORS: If the subject ends in “s” (plural), the verb should not. 9. PRONOUN AGREEMENT ERRORS: Every pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and gender. Keep in mind that the -one/-body/-thing indefinite pronouns (e.g., “someone,” “everybody,” “anything”) are alwa ...
... 8. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT ERRORS: If the subject ends in “s” (plural), the verb should not. 9. PRONOUN AGREEMENT ERRORS: Every pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and gender. Keep in mind that the -one/-body/-thing indefinite pronouns (e.g., “someone,” “everybody,” “anything”) are alwa ...
Scientific Communication 233.405
... • Verbs has to agree with their subject. • Proofread carefully to see if you words out. • If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. ...
... • Verbs has to agree with their subject. • Proofread carefully to see if you words out. • If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. ...
Active and Passive Voice
... Form of Passive Voice Verbs Examples: Passive: The cookies were eaten by the children. Active: The children ate the cookies. Passive: The tunnels are dug by the gophers. Active: The gophers dug the tunnels. ...
... Form of Passive Voice Verbs Examples: Passive: The cookies were eaten by the children. Active: The children ate the cookies. Passive: The tunnels are dug by the gophers. Active: The gophers dug the tunnels. ...
Predicate Adjectives and Predicate Nouns Power Point
... • Earlier we learned that a direct object receives the action of the action verb. • Now we are learning that a predicate noun is linked to the subject by a linking verb. • Remember that linking verbs act like equals signs. The Subject = Predicate Noun ...
... • Earlier we learned that a direct object receives the action of the action verb. • Now we are learning that a predicate noun is linked to the subject by a linking verb. • Remember that linking verbs act like equals signs. The Subject = Predicate Noun ...
GRAMMAR NOTES
... A declarative sentence makes a statement. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. Example: My hobby is reading mystery books. (declarative) An interrogative sentence asks a question. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a question mark. Example: Have you read the latest Nanc ...
... A declarative sentence makes a statement. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. Example: My hobby is reading mystery books. (declarative) An interrogative sentence asks a question. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a question mark. Example: Have you read the latest Nanc ...
Writing Booklet Year 6 - Barlow Hall Primary School
... time and cause, indicated a complete action, e.g. ‘ I have finished my homework already.’ Past perfect: ‘He had watched TV for an hour before dinner. I can use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely (e.g. the boy that jumped over the fence is over there, or the fact that i ...
... time and cause, indicated a complete action, e.g. ‘ I have finished my homework already.’ Past perfect: ‘He had watched TV for an hour before dinner. I can use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely (e.g. the boy that jumped over the fence is over there, or the fact that i ...
Frequently Confused Word Pairs
... • *Which refers to things only. • *That may refer to either persons or things. • Isn’t Walt Whitman the poet who [or that] wrote Leaves of Grass? [person] • They decided to replace Miss Forestier’s necklace, which they did not know was fake. [thing] • The necklace that the Loisels bought cost thirty ...
... • *Which refers to things only. • *That may refer to either persons or things. • Isn’t Walt Whitman the poet who [or that] wrote Leaves of Grass? [person] • They decided to replace Miss Forestier’s necklace, which they did not know was fake. [thing] • The necklace that the Loisels bought cost thirty ...
Study Session - Waunakee Community School
... The moon is staring down at me. Is this sentence a fragment, run-on, simple, compound, or complex sentence? Simple (one subject-predicate pair) Is this sentence a declarative, imperative, exclamatory, or interrogative? Declarative (statement- not a question or command & does not reveal strong emoti ...
... The moon is staring down at me. Is this sentence a fragment, run-on, simple, compound, or complex sentence? Simple (one subject-predicate pair) Is this sentence a declarative, imperative, exclamatory, or interrogative? Declarative (statement- not a question or command & does not reveal strong emoti ...
Campus Academic Resource Program
... Participial Phrase: According to the Purdue Online Writing Lab, a participial phrase “a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifier(s) and/or noun(s), pronoun(s), or noun phrase(s) that function as the direct object(s), indirect object(s), or complement(s) of the action or state exp ...
... Participial Phrase: According to the Purdue Online Writing Lab, a participial phrase “a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifier(s) and/or noun(s), pronoun(s), or noun phrase(s) that function as the direct object(s), indirect object(s), or complement(s) of the action or state exp ...
THE SUBTLE INTERPLAY OF SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS
... having to resort to a prepositional assistant, they are usually construed with one or two at most, e.g. dream of/about, trample on. As regards the difficult decision of assigning such verbs to the transitive or intransitive category, and as many times before, Dixon (1992: 13) argues his way out of t ...
... having to resort to a prepositional assistant, they are usually construed with one or two at most, e.g. dream of/about, trample on. As regards the difficult decision of assigning such verbs to the transitive or intransitive category, and as many times before, Dixon (1992: 13) argues his way out of t ...
Subject/Verb Agreement
... begins with the word, there. For example: There is a tool available to determine cost. There are tools available to determine cost. In the case of a sentence with no subject, you match the verb with the noun that immediately follows the verb. The fifth rule to remember when checking subject/verb agr ...
... begins with the word, there. For example: There is a tool available to determine cost. There are tools available to determine cost. In the case of a sentence with no subject, you match the verb with the noun that immediately follows the verb. The fifth rule to remember when checking subject/verb agr ...
第一节科技英语写作语法错误举例
... → In light of these limitations, the experiments were discontinued. 例 43 Understanding the effect of substituents on the parent molecules, the ortho hydrogens could be assigned to the high-frequency peak. →Understanding the effect of substituents on the parent molecules, we could assign the ortho hy ...
... → In light of these limitations, the experiments were discontinued. 例 43 Understanding the effect of substituents on the parent molecules, the ortho hydrogens could be assigned to the high-frequency peak. →Understanding the effect of substituents on the parent molecules, we could assign the ortho hy ...
4 basic sentence structures
... Indirect objects are not always essential elements: The government promised a tax cut. The government promised citizens a tax cut. This protest should send a clear message. This protest should send politicians a clear message. “Promise” and “send” can be transitive or ...
... Indirect objects are not always essential elements: The government promised a tax cut. The government promised citizens a tax cut. This protest should send a clear message. This protest should send politicians a clear message. “Promise” and “send” can be transitive or ...
GRS LX 700 Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory
... English has two auxiliary (“helping”) verbs have and be, which cannot serve as the main verbs of a sentence but generally serve to indicate differences in verbal aspect (progressive, past perfect, …). The auxiliary verbs often appear in I. Radford has had us up until now drawing them as if they exem ...
... English has two auxiliary (“helping”) verbs have and be, which cannot serve as the main verbs of a sentence but generally serve to indicate differences in verbal aspect (progressive, past perfect, …). The auxiliary verbs often appear in I. Radford has had us up until now drawing them as if they exem ...
passe compose vs. imparfait
... When used in the passive voice or as an adjective, the past participle needs to agree in gender and number with the word it modifies, following the normal rules of adjective agreement. In the compound tenses, it may or may not need to agree, depending on certain factors - learn more. ...
... When used in the passive voice or as an adjective, the past participle needs to agree in gender and number with the word it modifies, following the normal rules of adjective agreement. In the compound tenses, it may or may not need to agree, depending on certain factors - learn more. ...
Verbals: Infinitives Verbals: Infinitive Phrases
... Verbals: Infinitives Verbals are formed from verbs and are used as adjectives, nouns, or adverbs. One kind of verbal is the infinitive. An infinitive is a verb form that that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. Most infinitives begin with to. ...
... Verbals: Infinitives Verbals are formed from verbs and are used as adjectives, nouns, or adverbs. One kind of verbal is the infinitive. An infinitive is a verb form that that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. Most infinitives begin with to. ...
Verbs for Reporting
... Some verbs are weaker in their function, while others are strong. Some verbs are followed by a preposition (e.g. as, to, for, with, of), while others are followed by a noun or ‘that’ (see page 3). In addition, some verbs can fit more than one category e.g. warns can be used to disagree with, emphasi ...
... Some verbs are weaker in their function, while others are strong. Some verbs are followed by a preposition (e.g. as, to, for, with, of), while others are followed by a noun or ‘that’ (see page 3). In addition, some verbs can fit more than one category e.g. warns can be used to disagree with, emphasi ...
Verbs for Reporting - The University of Adelaide
... Some verbs are weaker in their function, while others are strong. Some verbs are followed by a preposition (e.g. as, to, for, with, of), while others are followed by a noun or ‘that’ (see page 3). In addition, some verbs can fit more than one category e.g. warns can be used to disagree with, emphasi ...
... Some verbs are weaker in their function, while others are strong. Some verbs are followed by a preposition (e.g. as, to, for, with, of), while others are followed by a noun or ‘that’ (see page 3). In addition, some verbs can fit more than one category e.g. warns can be used to disagree with, emphasi ...
Comparative Constructions II
... cat which is hiding under the table. Which (to a whole sentence): He was late which surprised me. Whose (possession for people, animals, or things): I met the boy whose mother is the famous surgeon. Whom (object pronoun - people, especially in non-restrictive relative clauses): I was invited b ...
... cat which is hiding under the table. Which (to a whole sentence): He was late which surprised me. Whose (possession for people, animals, or things): I met the boy whose mother is the famous surgeon. Whom (object pronoun - people, especially in non-restrictive relative clauses): I was invited b ...