Grammar Goofs
... ◦ Mistake: My grandmother stroked her cat while I combed her hair. [misplaced modifier] ◦ Correct: While I combed her hair, my grandmother stroked her cat. ...
... ◦ Mistake: My grandmother stroked her cat while I combed her hair. [misplaced modifier] ◦ Correct: While I combed her hair, my grandmother stroked her cat. ...
The Semantics of Progressive Aspect: A Thorough Study
... interpretations. The first sentence refers to Hasan’s regular practice such as he reads a newspaper almost every day. But the second one refers to his activity of reading a newspaper on a particular occasion or during a particular time. In this case, tense without the aspectual distinction fails to ...
... interpretations. The first sentence refers to Hasan’s regular practice such as he reads a newspaper almost every day. But the second one refers to his activity of reading a newspaper on a particular occasion or during a particular time. In this case, tense without the aspectual distinction fails to ...
1 present active indicative
... of Action, rather than Time of Action, is indicated by tense. For now, we will distinguish between two kinds of action, linear and punctiliar. Linear action can also be called durative, continuous, or progressive. Punctiliar action is instantaneous. (However, we need to guard against supposing that ...
... of Action, rather than Time of Action, is indicated by tense. For now, we will distinguish between two kinds of action, linear and punctiliar. Linear action can also be called durative, continuous, or progressive. Punctiliar action is instantaneous. (However, we need to guard against supposing that ...
ASPECTS OF NAVAJO VERB MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX: THE
... have already seen. If it is indeed the indefinite object agreement morphology which satisfies the object requirement of the inchoative, then these verbs fall into the same class as unergatives, like -cha ‘cry’, which introduce the indefinite to satisfy this requirement. The areal agreement morpholog ...
... have already seen. If it is indeed the indefinite object agreement morphology which satisfies the object requirement of the inchoative, then these verbs fall into the same class as unergatives, like -cha ‘cry’, which introduce the indefinite to satisfy this requirement. The areal agreement morpholog ...
Two Colonial Grammars: Tradition and Innovation
... by a person prefix and be followed by several suffixes, including case markers. The profusion of moods, tenses and nominal forms bring about an overlap of forms, so that some Latin moods, tenses and forms can be omitted. Basically, Cholón verbs have two moods: indicative and imperative, two tenses: ...
... by a person prefix and be followed by several suffixes, including case markers. The profusion of moods, tenses and nominal forms bring about an overlap of forms, so that some Latin moods, tenses and forms can be omitted. Basically, Cholón verbs have two moods: indicative and imperative, two tenses: ...
Creating Sentences with Participial Phrases
... or end of a sentence. Participial phrases may be arranged to show a sequence of actions, as in the "pinball" sentence just seen. They may also be set up to show that two or more actions are occurring at the same time: The eagles swooped and hovered, leaning on the air, and swung close together, fein ...
... or end of a sentence. Participial phrases may be arranged to show a sequence of actions, as in the "pinball" sentence just seen. They may also be set up to show that two or more actions are occurring at the same time: The eagles swooped and hovered, leaning on the air, and swung close together, fein ...
AspectuAlity in Hindi: tHe two pAirs of Aspects
... marked category and the imperfective is unmarked. Keeping in mind the unmarkedness of simple verbs, Pořízka (1978: 161) reasons: “Simple verbs are neutral, unmarked of verbal aspect. They do not have the perfective or any other aspectual meaning, but at the same time they do not throw it away and ca ...
... marked category and the imperfective is unmarked. Keeping in mind the unmarkedness of simple verbs, Pořízka (1978: 161) reasons: “Simple verbs are neutral, unmarked of verbal aspect. They do not have the perfective or any other aspectual meaning, but at the same time they do not throw it away and ca ...
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... Some sentences have _______________________________________________direct object. Example: The climbers wore helmets and gloves. This is known as a compound direct object. An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that appears with a _____________________________________. It often names the person or ...
... Some sentences have _______________________________________________direct object. Example: The climbers wore helmets and gloves. This is known as a compound direct object. An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that appears with a _____________________________________. It often names the person or ...
Scientific writing - The University of Sydney
... sensible ambition. One has inadequate chemistry but good literacy skills, the other the converse. Which do I feel has the greater chance, given strong motivation, of succeeding in a science degree and beyond? Well, I shall take the literate one. Those who disagree with me are quite welcome to the ot ...
... sensible ambition. One has inadequate chemistry but good literacy skills, the other the converse. Which do I feel has the greater chance, given strong motivation, of succeeding in a science degree and beyond? Well, I shall take the literate one. Those who disagree with me are quite welcome to the ot ...
IN DEFENSE OF PASSIVE Consider the following three sentences
... In the adaptation of Montague grammar followed here, it is assumed that English syntax is to be analysed primarily in terms of binary con structions which are interpreted as applications of functions to arguments. The kernel rules (corresponding to the rules of functional application inMontague, 197 ...
... In the adaptation of Montague grammar followed here, it is assumed that English syntax is to be analysed primarily in terms of binary con structions which are interpreted as applications of functions to arguments. The kernel rules (corresponding to the rules of functional application inMontague, 197 ...
COPULAR INVERSION AND NON-SUBJECT AGREEMENT Alex
... and in the pairs of sentences of (4) and (5), or the truth-conditional meaning of the sentences, though the information-structure is different. But, in some cases, the order of the two DPs cannot be reversed. This is what we see if we try to reverse the order of the DPs in (3b)–(3c): ...
... and in the pairs of sentences of (4) and (5), or the truth-conditional meaning of the sentences, though the information-structure is different. But, in some cases, the order of the two DPs cannot be reversed. This is what we see if we try to reverse the order of the DPs in (3b)–(3c): ...
TRANSFORMATIONAL- GENERATIVE SYNTAX AND THE TEACHING OF SENTENCE MECHANICS
... I exclude from discussion collective noun phrases; noun phrases following the expletive, there; and compound noun phrases joined by or; all ...
... I exclude from discussion collective noun phrases; noun phrases following the expletive, there; and compound noun phrases joined by or; all ...
Passive and impersonal se in the history of Portuguese Ana
... From one perspective, historical syntax is simply a branch of comparative syntax which happens to involve dialects that are closely related temporally. But one crucial difference between historical syntax and other types of comparative syntax is that the central empirical data of the former is E[xte ...
... From one perspective, historical syntax is simply a branch of comparative syntax which happens to involve dialects that are closely related temporally. But one crucial difference between historical syntax and other types of comparative syntax is that the central empirical data of the former is E[xte ...
A time-relational analysis of Russian aspect. Language
... This fact has been stated in various forms by many authors, for example by Timberlake (1982: 302): Verbs in Russian belong to one of two aspect categories, the perfective or the imperfective. Although there is some variation in their morphological expression, these categories can be described as mor ...
... This fact has been stated in various forms by many authors, for example by Timberlake (1982: 302): Verbs in Russian belong to one of two aspect categories, the perfective or the imperfective. Although there is some variation in their morphological expression, these categories can be described as mor ...
English (US) 1 Study Guide
... The primary user of this Student Study Guide is intended to be the beginning student of English. Obviously, the novice who has had no introduction whatsoever to the sounds and orthography of English will not be able to read these words. Therefore, at least initially, this Guide is a critically impor ...
... The primary user of this Student Study Guide is intended to be the beginning student of English. Obviously, the novice who has had no introduction whatsoever to the sounds and orthography of English will not be able to read these words. Therefore, at least initially, this Guide is a critically impor ...
11 Fula
... So-called “relative tenses” (Arnott 1970) may appear in all three voices. They generally occur in subordinate clauses, resultative clauses, after certain particles including question particles, and in reported speech. In relative tenses, the past perfective (“General Past Active”) suffix -ii is repl ...
... So-called “relative tenses” (Arnott 1970) may appear in all three voices. They generally occur in subordinate clauses, resultative clauses, after certain particles including question particles, and in reported speech. In relative tenses, the past perfective (“General Past Active”) suffix -ii is repl ...
Business Writing Blitz:
... either him/her or he/she. When you put in him/her, use whom. When you put in he/she, use who. – WHOM did I just hear come in the house? You heard him. – WHO is that knocking on the door? He is. – To WHOM does this purse belong? It belongs to her. – WHO took my jacket? She took your jacket. ...
... either him/her or he/she. When you put in him/her, use whom. When you put in he/she, use who. – WHOM did I just hear come in the house? You heard him. – WHO is that knocking on the door? He is. – To WHOM does this purse belong? It belongs to her. – WHO took my jacket? She took your jacket. ...
lecture 19 - ELTE / SEAS
... Losses due to automatic generalisation are usually not realised by the reader, since the missing information can be readily recovered from the immediate or wider textual environment. But if the danger of misunderstanding does occur, it requires a high degree of conscious effort on the part of the tr ...
... Losses due to automatic generalisation are usually not realised by the reader, since the missing information can be readily recovered from the immediate or wider textual environment. But if the danger of misunderstanding does occur, it requires a high degree of conscious effort on the part of the tr ...
Symposium on Complementation
... Stefanowitsch (2013) and Fanego (2012). Virtually nothing has been done, however, on the variant of the IMC illustrated in (2) above, where the verb is one of sound. This paper, therefore, will try to trace the emergence and development of this subtype, referred to henceforth as IMC RESULT, from Old ...
... Stefanowitsch (2013) and Fanego (2012). Virtually nothing has been done, however, on the variant of the IMC illustrated in (2) above, where the verb is one of sound. This paper, therefore, will try to trace the emergence and development of this subtype, referred to henceforth as IMC RESULT, from Old ...
Greek 1001 Elementary Greek
... • verbs which modify their subjects using adjective endings (instead of using personal endings to indicate their subject) AND • adjectives which describe a noun as involved in a verbal action ...
... • verbs which modify their subjects using adjective endings (instead of using personal endings to indicate their subject) AND • adjectives which describe a noun as involved in a verbal action ...
CHANGES IN EVENTS and CHANGES IN THINGS
... in fact the presentness of an event just is its happening, its occurring, as opposed to its merely having happened or being merely about to happen. We might put it this w;ty: the .things that change are existing things, and it's while they exist that they change, e.g. it's existing men, not non-exis ...
... in fact the presentness of an event just is its happening, its occurring, as opposed to its merely having happened or being merely about to happen. We might put it this w;ty: the .things that change are existing things, and it's while they exist that they change, e.g. it's existing men, not non-exis ...
Lists
... Short sentences are an index of good writing style. Word processing programs allow you to do word counts. sentence = input('Enter a sentence: ') words = sentence.split() count = len(words) print('There are', count, 'words in your sentence.') ...
... Short sentences are an index of good writing style. Word processing programs allow you to do word counts. sentence = input('Enter a sentence: ') words = sentence.split() count = len(words) print('There are', count, 'words in your sentence.') ...
English As A Second Language - Student Learning Outcomes 1
... 1. Demonstrate the skill of describing actions in the moment by selecting grammatically appropriate questions and statements (ISLO 1). 2. Demonstrate the skill of describing routines by selecting grammatically appropriate questions and statements (ISLO1). 3. Write correct forms of the verb+ ing usin ...
... 1. Demonstrate the skill of describing actions in the moment by selecting grammatically appropriate questions and statements (ISLO 1). 2. Demonstrate the skill of describing routines by selecting grammatically appropriate questions and statements (ISLO1). 3. Write correct forms of the verb+ ing usin ...
chapter ii - Institutional Repository of IAIN Tulungagung
... relationship among the various elements of a sentence and among the possible sentences of a language and uses processes or rules (some of which are called transformations) to express these relationships. Two superficially different sentences are shown in these examples. Charlie broke the window. The ...
... relationship among the various elements of a sentence and among the possible sentences of a language and uses processes or rules (some of which are called transformations) to express these relationships. Two superficially different sentences are shown in these examples. Charlie broke the window. The ...
Adjectives and Adverbs
... Good is an adjective, so you do not do good or live good, but you do well and live well. Remember, though, that an adjective follows sense-verbs and be-verbs, so you also feel good, look good, smell good, are good, have been good, etc. (Refer to rule #3 above for more information about sense verbs a ...
... Good is an adjective, so you do not do good or live good, but you do well and live well. Remember, though, that an adjective follows sense-verbs and be-verbs, so you also feel good, look good, smell good, are good, have been good, etc. (Refer to rule #3 above for more information about sense verbs a ...