Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1: Grammar
... An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Its subject is not stated directly, but is understood to be you. Imperative sentences also begin with a capital letter and usually end with a period. A strong command may end with an exclamation point. (You) Put your essay on my desk when yo ...
... An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Its subject is not stated directly, but is understood to be you. Imperative sentences also begin with a capital letter and usually end with a period. A strong command may end with an exclamation point. (You) Put your essay on my desk when yo ...
Grammar - Mrs. Celello
... An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Its subject is not stated directly, but is understood to be you. Imperative sentences also begin with a capital letter and usually end with a period. A strong command may end with an exclamation point. (You) Put your essay on my desk when yo ...
... An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Its subject is not stated directly, but is understood to be you. Imperative sentences also begin with a capital letter and usually end with a period. A strong command may end with an exclamation point. (You) Put your essay on my desk when yo ...
Contents - Utrecht University Repository
... Instead of the more simple structure of (12a), Pollock proposes that IP actually exists of three separate projections like in (12b), each with their own features. The central idea of his article is that in English AgrP is not transparent to Θ-role assignment which allows for verb movement in situati ...
... Instead of the more simple structure of (12a), Pollock proposes that IP actually exists of three separate projections like in (12b), each with their own features. The central idea of his article is that in English AgrP is not transparent to Θ-role assignment which allows for verb movement in situati ...
Counterfactuality and Future Time Reference
... According to (16-c), (16-a) is true at w0 and now if and only if in all worlds w ′ that are best with respect to an epistemic modal base and a stereotypical ordering source at hw0 , nowi there is a time t′ in the future of the utterance time at which it does not rain in w ′. (This reading is too wea ...
... According to (16-c), (16-a) is true at w0 and now if and only if in all worlds w ′ that are best with respect to an epistemic modal base and a stereotypical ordering source at hw0 , nowi there is a time t′ in the future of the utterance time at which it does not rain in w ′. (This reading is too wea ...
The Adverb vs. the Splitting of the Infinitive
... Fussing about split infinitives is one of the most tiresome pastimes invented by 19th century prescriptive grammarians. The question is, in any case, one of usage, not of principle, and one thing that is clear is that in speech the split infinitive is common even among speakers who on principle reje ...
... Fussing about split infinitives is one of the most tiresome pastimes invented by 19th century prescriptive grammarians. The question is, in any case, one of usage, not of principle, and one thing that is clear is that in speech the split infinitive is common even among speakers who on principle reje ...
Non-concord in Existential-There Constructions: A Corpus - S
... Based on Table 7 and 8, Insua & Martinez (2003) affirm that nonconcord occurs more frequently in TCs with coordinated NPs and intervening material. There lie several limitations here as well. First, the samples for both Table 7 and Table 8 are too limited in number. The total number of TCs with coor ...
... Based on Table 7 and 8, Insua & Martinez (2003) affirm that nonconcord occurs more frequently in TCs with coordinated NPs and intervening material. There lie several limitations here as well. First, the samples for both Table 7 and Table 8 are too limited in number. The total number of TCs with coor ...
B ARE ADJECTIVES AS SYNCRETIC FORMS Avel·lina Suñer
... domain. Moreover, we will explain the syncretic and epiphenomenal character of these forms, which appear in many different constructions, despite being subjected to specific syntactic and semantic restrictions because of the negative features of their defective inflection. In the first part we will ...
... domain. Moreover, we will explain the syncretic and epiphenomenal character of these forms, which appear in many different constructions, despite being subjected to specific syntactic and semantic restrictions because of the negative features of their defective inflection. In the first part we will ...
writing style guide - University of Hull
... ‘journalistic’. (If we must remember that we are a university, we must also remember that our readers are not, on the whole, academics. The style appropriate to a scholarly monograph is not the style appropriate to an undergraduate prospectus.) On the one hand, for example, we insist on ‘correct’ sy ...
... ‘journalistic’. (If we must remember that we are a university, we must also remember that our readers are not, on the whole, academics. The style appropriate to a scholarly monograph is not the style appropriate to an undergraduate prospectus.) On the one hand, for example, we insist on ‘correct’ sy ...
Varied Sentence Structure Activities with answer key
... there to catch a train. (2) They came to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential $1 coin to New York City's famous railroad station. (3) By the U.S. Mint the gold-colored coin is the first in a new series. (4) The Mint will issue four Presidential $1 coins a year through ...
... there to catch a train. (2) They came to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential $1 coin to New York City's famous railroad station. (3) By the U.S. Mint the gold-colored coin is the first in a new series. (4) The Mint will issue four Presidential $1 coins a year through ...
Studies in African Linguistics Volume 17, Number 3, December
... bearing but segmentally non-specified vowel (a postulation that may have some historical justification). One should note that with verbs in grade 7, the ufinal grade, the L of the suffix does not result in a falling tone, e.g. dafuwaa 'being well cooked' « dafu) ,not *dafuwaa. There are two very dif ...
... bearing but segmentally non-specified vowel (a postulation that may have some historical justification). One should note that with verbs in grade 7, the ufinal grade, the L of the suffix does not result in a falling tone, e.g. dafuwaa 'being well cooked' « dafu) ,not *dafuwaa. There are two very dif ...
New Latin Grammar - The Language Realm
... f. The Italic Group. The Italic Group embraces the Umbrian, spoken in the northern part of the Italian peninsula (in ancient Umbria); the Latin, spoken in the central part (in Latium); the Oscan, spoken in the southern part (in Samnium, Campania, Lucania, etc.). Besides these, there were a number ...
... f. The Italic Group. The Italic Group embraces the Umbrian, spoken in the northern part of the Italian peninsula (in ancient Umbria); the Latin, spoken in the central part (in Latium); the Oscan, spoken in the southern part (in Samnium, Campania, Lucania, etc.). Besides these, there were a number ...
Gr V Lang Art - Teacher Training materials for ICT in Education
... Using words in sentences. Defining words as they appear in context. Including words in personal dictionary. ...
... Using words in sentences. Defining words as they appear in context. Including words in personal dictionary. ...
On the superficiality of Welsh agreement
... which only occur with pronouns. Finite verbs agree with a following pronominal subject, prepositions agree with a following pronominal complement, and a particle which introduces non-finite clauses agrees with a following pronominal subject. Similarly, nouns have a preceding clitic agreeing with a f ...
... which only occur with pronouns. Finite verbs agree with a following pronominal subject, prepositions agree with a following pronominal complement, and a particle which introduces non-finite clauses agrees with a following pronominal subject. Similarly, nouns have a preceding clitic agreeing with a f ...
II PRONOUNS APPENDIX B When we speak or write about different
... study frames 55 to 68 and then try this frame. If your more than six answers are correct, fee? ...
... study frames 55 to 68 and then try this frame. If your more than six answers are correct, fee? ...
new latin grammar
... extensive portions of northern Italy, as well as certain areas in central Europe; but after the second century B.C., they are found only in Gaul and the British Isles. Among the chief languages belonging to the Celtic group are the Gallic, spoken in ancient Gaul; the Breton, still spoken in the mode ...
... extensive portions of northern Italy, as well as certain areas in central Europe; but after the second century B.C., they are found only in Gaul and the British Isles. Among the chief languages belonging to the Celtic group are the Gallic, spoken in ancient Gaul; the Breton, still spoken in the mode ...
the simple sentence - Annie Montaut
... Oriya. The omission of the copula in negative present sentences can in no way be considered as a nominal sentence since a similar omission may be observed in other predicates (cf. MII-3.2.1.1), both being accounted for by a historical fusion of the negation and the verb be within the negative partic ...
... Oriya. The omission of the copula in negative present sentences can in no way be considered as a nominal sentence since a similar omission may be observed in other predicates (cf. MII-3.2.1.1), both being accounted for by a historical fusion of the negation and the verb be within the negative partic ...
Parallelism Rules
... Shortcut Rule 12 : Don't say "family members / cousin brother or cousin sister" but say "The members of the family / he or she is my cousin". Shortcut Rule 13 : When two nouns are connected by "and", and are closely related, add an apostrophe and S to the last noun. Kareena's and Saif's house ☓ (if ...
... Shortcut Rule 12 : Don't say "family members / cousin brother or cousin sister" but say "The members of the family / he or she is my cousin". Shortcut Rule 13 : When two nouns are connected by "and", and are closely related, add an apostrophe and S to the last noun. Kareena's and Saif's house ☓ (if ...
The Latin Alphabet
... and U could be alternative forms for I and V. A comparison of the Greek and Latin alphabets shows the close relation between the two. Green letters are those introduced later, after the alphabets had been adopted, and red letters are those that were eliminated from the archaic alphabet. The digamma, ...
... and U could be alternative forms for I and V. A comparison of the Greek and Latin alphabets shows the close relation between the two. Green letters are those introduced later, after the alphabets had been adopted, and red letters are those that were eliminated from the archaic alphabet. The digamma, ...
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... outside the classroom. In online courses, however, the listening opportunities are limited to the small amount of listening activities on the website, so it is the learners’ responsibility to provide themselves with the opportunities to listen to English. There are two basic types of texts that you ...
... outside the classroom. In online courses, however, the listening opportunities are limited to the small amount of listening activities on the website, so it is the learners’ responsibility to provide themselves with the opportunities to listen to English. There are two basic types of texts that you ...
(Warm Up Grammar 12 (1))
... 3. The gym was decorated more than it had been in previous years. 4. The mother woke up her children before they could wake up on their own. 5. Miranda failed her math test, so she will retake it next week. ...
... 3. The gym was decorated more than it had been in previous years. 4. The mother woke up her children before they could wake up on their own. 5. Miranda failed her math test, so she will retake it next week. ...
Introducing English Semantics
... of success? Linguistics is concerned with identifying the meaningful elements of specific languages, for example, English words like paint and happy and affixes like the -er of painter and the un- of unhappy. It is concerned with describing how such elements go together to express more complex meani ...
... of success? Linguistics is concerned with identifying the meaningful elements of specific languages, for example, English words like paint and happy and affixes like the -er of painter and the un- of unhappy. It is concerned with describing how such elements go together to express more complex meani ...
Verbs Llevar and Tener - Departament de Filologia Catalana
... behave as light verbs: they are not real predicates but mere hosts for an abstract preposition as well as carriers of tense and agreement properties. Thus temporal llevar and tener host an abstract prepositional predicate of temporal location. The head of this predicate (the preposition) must incorp ...
... behave as light verbs: they are not real predicates but mere hosts for an abstract preposition as well as carriers of tense and agreement properties. Thus temporal llevar and tener host an abstract prepositional predicate of temporal location. The head of this predicate (the preposition) must incorp ...
English Sentence Analysis : an Introductory Course
... Out of all the details in an event or situation, a speaker can name the following aspects: one or more participants, attributes of these participants, and information about the setting of the event or situation. First of all, the speaker names at least one person or thing and says something about hi ...
... Out of all the details in an event or situation, a speaker can name the following aspects: one or more participants, attributes of these participants, and information about the setting of the event or situation. First of all, the speaker names at least one person or thing and says something about hi ...