Rhetorical Devices
... Winston Churchill was very fond of his pet dog Rufus. He ate in the dining room with the family on a special cloth and was treated with utmost respect. When enjoying movies, Rufus had the best seat in the house; on Winston Churchill's lap. While watching “Oliver Twist,” Churchill put his hands ove ...
... Winston Churchill was very fond of his pet dog Rufus. He ate in the dining room with the family on a special cloth and was treated with utmost respect. When enjoying movies, Rufus had the best seat in the house; on Winston Churchill's lap. While watching “Oliver Twist,” Churchill put his hands ove ...
VerbTenseInProgress
... The three indefinite tenses, or simple tenses, describe an action, but do not state whether the action is finished: simple past ("I went"); the simple present ("I go"); the simple future ("I will go"). A verb in the indefinite aspect is used when the beginning or ending of an action, an event, or co ...
... The three indefinite tenses, or simple tenses, describe an action, but do not state whether the action is finished: simple past ("I went"); the simple present ("I go"); the simple future ("I will go"). A verb in the indefinite aspect is used when the beginning or ending of an action, an event, or co ...
Syntactic and semantic constraints on the formation and
... to the meanings of the underlying verbs, but there are also many cases where the semantic relation between noun and verb appears idiosyncratic and unpredictable. The task that these data present to the linguist is twopronged: Separate the systematic from the idiosyncratic cases and explain why the s ...
... to the meanings of the underlying verbs, but there are also many cases where the semantic relation between noun and verb appears idiosyncratic and unpredictable. The task that these data present to the linguist is twopronged: Separate the systematic from the idiosyncratic cases and explain why the s ...
Grammar Lecture Notes: Pronouns and Clauses
... Possessive pronouns with words for body parts etc In English, a possessive pronoun is used in active clauses when we talk about what somebody does with his or her life, body, mind, clothes, personal belongings and so on, whereas in Swedish the definite form of the noun is used instead. But she carri ...
... Possessive pronouns with words for body parts etc In English, a possessive pronoun is used in active clauses when we talk about what somebody does with his or her life, body, mind, clothes, personal belongings and so on, whereas in Swedish the definite form of the noun is used instead. But she carri ...
Work Book (Special English) - Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation
... The pattern ‘verb + preposition + object’ is very common in English. There are some common verbs in English which are followed by particular prepositions. It is easy to learn these verbs with prepositions rather in isolation. A list of such verbs is given below : ...
... The pattern ‘verb + preposition + object’ is very common in English. There are some common verbs in English which are followed by particular prepositions. It is easy to learn these verbs with prepositions rather in isolation. A list of such verbs is given below : ...
VERB TENSES:
... All the Defective or Modal verbs share these characteristics: They have just one form for all the grammatical persons. They are not used on their own, they always appear as an auxiliary verb to another main verb. The main verb they appear with is always in infinitive form without to. This mean ...
... All the Defective or Modal verbs share these characteristics: They have just one form for all the grammatical persons. They are not used on their own, they always appear as an auxiliary verb to another main verb. The main verb they appear with is always in infinitive form without to. This mean ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR Pankhudi Bangalore
... 1. __________ watch on my wrist says it is noon. (These, This) 2. ___________ cat across the street has a striped tail. (That, Those) 3. Whose skates are ______________ by the stairs? (this, those) 4. I don’t know why I’m wearing my hair _____________way. (this, those) 5. Did you eat ___________ coo ...
... 1. __________ watch on my wrist says it is noon. (These, This) 2. ___________ cat across the street has a striped tail. (That, Those) 3. Whose skates are ______________ by the stairs? (this, those) 4. I don’t know why I’m wearing my hair _____________way. (this, those) 5. Did you eat ___________ coo ...
Validation of Corpus Pattern Analysis
... linguistic usage), as found in a large corpus. Corpus analysis shows there are not only prototypical uses of words (i.e. normal and conventional uses – norms) but also the ever1 ...
... linguistic usage), as found in a large corpus. Corpus analysis shows there are not only prototypical uses of words (i.e. normal and conventional uses – norms) but also the ever1 ...
role shift, anaphora and discourse polyphony in sign language of
... defined, in the same works, as a direction from the signer, or a point (or area) within the signing space, where an entity referred to is actually situated (deictic locus), or which represents a referent (anaphoric locus) (1995:145).8 An example of such verbs in Danish Sign Language (as in LSFB, and ...
... defined, in the same works, as a direction from the signer, or a point (or area) within the signing space, where an entity referred to is actually situated (deictic locus), or which represents a referent (anaphoric locus) (1995:145).8 An example of such verbs in Danish Sign Language (as in LSFB, and ...
Natural Language Processing
... 85.6 not good enough. Improvement of model (Precision = 88.63%) by adding contextual information (POS tags). Example, ...
... 85.6 not good enough. Improvement of model (Precision = 88.63%) by adding contextual information (POS tags). Example, ...
1. Functional Classification of Sentences
... Most of the grammars written in the 19th and 20th centuries reflected the traditional attitude that stems from the 18th century grammarians. They were rather rigid and dogmatic, tended to reject actual usage, and were quite frequently under the influence of Latin grammars. We find a different attitu ...
... Most of the grammars written in the 19th and 20th centuries reflected the traditional attitude that stems from the 18th century grammarians. They were rather rigid and dogmatic, tended to reject actual usage, and were quite frequently under the influence of Latin grammars. We find a different attitu ...
The rise of the periphrastic perfect tense in the continental West
... predates the first written sources of Dutch; I will not discuss this here but instead refer the reader to Van der Horst (2008:200ff.) for a recent overview of the various claims that have been made in this respect. Duinhoven (1997), Van der Horst (2008) and Coussé (2008/2013) have shown, however, th ...
... predates the first written sources of Dutch; I will not discuss this here but instead refer the reader to Van der Horst (2008:200ff.) for a recent overview of the various claims that have been made in this respect. Duinhoven (1997), Van der Horst (2008) and Coussé (2008/2013) have shown, however, th ...
introduction - Computer Engineering
... the capacity of the professional translators. Due to the growth of telecommunications and internet usage, there is an enormous increase in the information flow across wider global markets requiring translations into more languages; have forced many institutions to devote ever-increasing efforts to c ...
... the capacity of the professional translators. Due to the growth of telecommunications and internet usage, there is an enormous increase in the information flow across wider global markets requiring translations into more languages; have forced many institutions to devote ever-increasing efforts to c ...
sentence analysis - FS: It works!
... 4. An infinitive, an infinitive phrase, an infinitive construction. E.g. The teacher told the students to stop/to stop talking. The teacher waited for the students to stop talking. 5. A gerund, a gerundial phrase, a gerundial construction. E.g. I like flying/flying by myself/them flying to London. 6 ...
... 4. An infinitive, an infinitive phrase, an infinitive construction. E.g. The teacher told the students to stop/to stop talking. The teacher waited for the students to stop talking. 5. A gerund, a gerundial phrase, a gerundial construction. E.g. I like flying/flying by myself/them flying to London. 6 ...
Parts of Speech
... The basic form in English is the word. It is very important to find out as much as you can about a word when you learn a new one. One important fact is the word’s part of speech. From the part of speech, you will find out how the word functions or works. In English, there are eight parts of speech: ...
... The basic form in English is the word. It is very important to find out as much as you can about a word when you learn a new one. One important fact is the word’s part of speech. From the part of speech, you will find out how the word functions or works. In English, there are eight parts of speech: ...
A Sketch of Modern Hebrew Syntax
... • As in English, the basic word order in Hebrew is SVO. • This suggests the rule S -‐> NP VP ...
... • As in English, the basic word order in Hebrew is SVO. • This suggests the rule S -‐> NP VP ...
Most - Brookwood High School
... pronoun functioning as the subject of the sentence if the words ‘new drivers’ were not included in the sentence. However, the addition of the words ‘new drivers’ shift most into an adjectival function in the sentence. What does this mean? Most no longer functions as a pronoun taking the place of the ...
... pronoun functioning as the subject of the sentence if the words ‘new drivers’ were not included in the sentence. However, the addition of the words ‘new drivers’ shift most into an adjectival function in the sentence. What does this mean? Most no longer functions as a pronoun taking the place of the ...
Business English At Work, 3/e
... Whom and whomever are objective case pronouns. Use whom or whomever to refer to persons. (me, us, him, her, or them could substitute) Serena Brewer, whom you met last week, saves all of her important e-mail on a disk. (You met her last ...
... Whom and whomever are objective case pronouns. Use whom or whomever to refer to persons. (me, us, him, her, or them could substitute) Serena Brewer, whom you met last week, saves all of her important e-mail on a disk. (You met her last ...
essential writing knowledge
... parts of a sentence, or clauses must be joined to provide the complete meaning of the compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence or of the part of a sentence where it is located. A common myth concerning commas is that we place a comma where we wish to pause. This is NOT the case. While we paus ...
... parts of a sentence, or clauses must be joined to provide the complete meaning of the compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence or of the part of a sentence where it is located. A common myth concerning commas is that we place a comma where we wish to pause. This is NOT the case. While we paus ...
Understanding Parts of Speech
... Possessive Pronouns The possessive pronoun is used to show ownership. Remember that, unlike a noun, a pronoun does not use an apostrophe when it shows possession. previous ...
... Possessive Pronouns The possessive pronoun is used to show ownership. Remember that, unlike a noun, a pronoun does not use an apostrophe when it shows possession. previous ...
Grammar Script - Sprachenzentrum der Universität Bayreuth
... Modals...................................................................................................................................... 26 Countable and Uncountable nouns........................................................................................... 32 Comparisons................... ...
... Modals...................................................................................................................................... 26 Countable and Uncountable nouns........................................................................................... 32 Comparisons................... ...
Proto-Indo-European verbal syntax
... problem of the thematic flexion was made in 1953 by J. Knobloch, who identified the thematic vowel with an object marker. His article does not seem to have evoked any response in the literature, probably because he limited himself to a typological comparison with Circassian and did not adduce any hi ...
... problem of the thematic flexion was made in 1953 by J. Knobloch, who identified the thematic vowel with an object marker. His article does not seem to have evoked any response in the literature, probably because he limited himself to a typological comparison with Circassian and did not adduce any hi ...
Adverbs
... Regardless of its position, an adverb is often neatly integrated into the flow of a sentence. When this is true, as it almost always is, the adverb is called an adjunct. When the adverb does not fit into the flow of the clause, it is called a disjunct or a conjunct and is often set off by a comma or ...
... Regardless of its position, an adverb is often neatly integrated into the flow of a sentence. When this is true, as it almost always is, the adverb is called an adjunct. When the adverb does not fit into the flow of the clause, it is called a disjunct or a conjunct and is often set off by a comma or ...
The fuzzy boundaries of operator verb and support verb
... and various terminologies. In this paper, we adopt the Zellig S. Harris’s (1991) transformational operator grammar framework. As early as 1964, Harris (1964, p.216-7) proposed the concept and named this particular type of construction as “U operator” nominalizations, linking sentences such as He stu ...
... and various terminologies. In this paper, we adopt the Zellig S. Harris’s (1991) transformational operator grammar framework. As early as 1964, Harris (1964, p.216-7) proposed the concept and named this particular type of construction as “U operator” nominalizations, linking sentences such as He stu ...