The Essential Handbook For Business Writing
... “Good composition is like a suspension bridge—each line adds strength and takes none away.” Robert Henri “I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.” Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) “At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, gra ...
... “Good composition is like a suspension bridge—each line adds strength and takes none away.” Robert Henri “I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.” Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) “At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, gra ...
Chapter 7: Refining Your Writing: How Do I Improve
... In this sentence, without whipped cream is the prepositional phrase. Because it describes the chocolate sundae, it cannot be moved to the beginning of the sentence. “Without whipped cream I would like a chocolate sundae” does not make as much (if any) sense. To determine whether a prepositional phra ...
... In this sentence, without whipped cream is the prepositional phrase. Because it describes the chocolate sundae, it cannot be moved to the beginning of the sentence. “Without whipped cream I would like a chocolate sundae” does not make as much (if any) sense. To determine whether a prepositional phra ...
Sentence Parsing
... compatible with the current input string and therefore never need to retract any decisions. However, a weak version of parallelism cannot be ruled out—a parser that, at some or all choice points, explores more than one alternative reading and carries these for at least a brief period of time. This s ...
... compatible with the current input string and therefore never need to retract any decisions. However, a weak version of parallelism cannot be ruled out—a parser that, at some or all choice points, explores more than one alternative reading and carries these for at least a brief period of time. This s ...
An Object-Oriented Approach In Representing And Parsing The
... given sentence. The component knowledge required to specify the grammar of the natural language English is stored in the memory agent. Parsing, an algorithm of the communication agent, is an important first step in understanding a sentence. We have proposed A Learning Program System (ALPS) [2] with ...
... given sentence. The component knowledge required to specify the grammar of the natural language English is stored in the memory agent. Parsing, an algorithm of the communication agent, is an important first step in understanding a sentence. We have proposed A Learning Program System (ALPS) [2] with ...
Slide 1
... Simplicity: Simplicity does not mean writing simple sentences. A series of short simple sentences can sound too simple and unsophisticated in academic writing. Simplicity in writing is trimming the fat which is eliminating the wordiness and saying what you want to say clearly and directly. A reader ...
... Simplicity: Simplicity does not mean writing simple sentences. A series of short simple sentences can sound too simple and unsophisticated in academic writing. Simplicity in writing is trimming the fat which is eliminating the wordiness and saying what you want to say clearly and directly. A reader ...
start with the word “Although” start with a rhetorical question start
... start with the word “One” start with the phrase “We had…” This sentence will… ...
... start with the word “One” start with the phrase “We had…” This sentence will… ...
Language English Language Arts Standard5
... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1a Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1b Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice. ...
... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1a Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1b Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice. ...
12. Infinitive Phrase Practice
... Mark It Up: Underline the infinitive phrase. Put [brackets] around the infinitive. Using the above abbreviations, identify its function within the sentence. “It is indeed a special day when a caterpillar comes all the way from the Valley of Mushrooms [to partake] in the celebration,” Bibwit Harte mu ...
... Mark It Up: Underline the infinitive phrase. Put [brackets] around the infinitive. Using the above abbreviations, identify its function within the sentence. “It is indeed a special day when a caterpillar comes all the way from the Valley of Mushrooms [to partake] in the celebration,” Bibwit Harte mu ...
What sort of innate structure is needed to “bootstrap” into syntax?*
... or short phrases (e.g., sleep, go to bed, perhaps bit in the example below). This vocabulary knowledge permits some matching of elements of the spoken sentence with elements of the event representation. For instance, given the spoken sentence The dog bit the cat, knowledge of the words dog and cat g ...
... or short phrases (e.g., sleep, go to bed, perhaps bit in the example below). This vocabulary knowledge permits some matching of elements of the spoken sentence with elements of the event representation. For instance, given the spoken sentence The dog bit the cat, knowledge of the words dog and cat g ...
Manhattan Elite Prep GMAT Verbal Sentence Correction Guide
... you have to pay attention. The various combinations of these possible errors result in the options you are given. If you have predicted the correct answer, you need only to identify the choice that matches your prediction. Sometimes you will find an exact match, but more often you will be able to na ...
... you have to pay attention. The various combinations of these possible errors result in the options you are given. If you have predicted the correct answer, you need only to identify the choice that matches your prediction. Sometimes you will find an exact match, but more often you will be able to na ...
Constructing grammatical meaning
... categories may involve polysemous relations, rather than being instances of random similarity in form, it is not clear how such relations can be adequately captured in a systematic manner. For one thing, establishing polysemy networks always raises the question of how this relates to the idea of a b ...
... categories may involve polysemous relations, rather than being instances of random similarity in form, it is not clear how such relations can be adequately captured in a systematic manner. For one thing, establishing polysemy networks always raises the question of how this relates to the idea of a b ...
How do writers effectively inform their audience through
... How to effectively inform an audience through written informational pieces How a writer uses persuasive language to effectively convince the audience ...
... How to effectively inform an audience through written informational pieces How a writer uses persuasive language to effectively convince the audience ...
Obtaining Hidden Relations from a Syntactically Annotated Corpus
... (the number of businessmen grows) governs the coordination formed by the conjunction and the comma. There are two dependent clauses: “kteřı́ nemajı́ samostatnou kancelář” (who have no separate office) and “kteřı́ podnikajı́ doma” (who work at home). Their disjoint parts are marked as coordinated ...
... (the number of businessmen grows) governs the coordination formed by the conjunction and the comma. There are two dependent clauses: “kteřı́ nemajı́ samostatnou kancelář” (who have no separate office) and “kteřı́ podnikajı́ doma” (who work at home). Their disjoint parts are marked as coordinated ...
this article - Department of Philosophy
... form a is F is true in the sense that it contains in its making the truth-value “True.” A truth-value is, in a special sense, thereby conferred upon any judgment or statement that states this is so. This is a consequence of the declarative statement’s logical form. The grammatical rendering of such ...
... form a is F is true in the sense that it contains in its making the truth-value “True.” A truth-value is, in a special sense, thereby conferred upon any judgment or statement that states this is so. This is a consequence of the declarative statement’s logical form. The grammatical rendering of such ...
Inter- and intrasentential anaphora: the case of the Ancient Greek
... Representation Theory (SDRT, Asher & Lascarides 2003) in its combination of dynamic semantics and discourse structure. However, since discourse effects that we find with participles are much more constrained than what we find between main clauses, we believe that they are to a strong degree grammati ...
... Representation Theory (SDRT, Asher & Lascarides 2003) in its combination of dynamic semantics and discourse structure. However, since discourse effects that we find with participles are much more constrained than what we find between main clauses, we believe that they are to a strong degree grammati ...
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... Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company; I gazed-and gazed-but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensiv ...
... Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company; I gazed-and gazed-but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensiv ...
Oceanside High School Writing Guide
... A paragraph contains a topic sentence, which it then explains, develops, or supports with evidence. The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph, but not necessarily. It may come, for example, after a transition sentence; it may even come at the end of a paragraph. Topic sentences ...
... A paragraph contains a topic sentence, which it then explains, develops, or supports with evidence. The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph, but not necessarily. It may come, for example, after a transition sentence; it may even come at the end of a paragraph. Topic sentences ...
on-interpretation
... spoken words. Just as all men have not the same writing, so all men have not the same speech sounds, but the mental experiences, which these directly symbolize, are the same for all, as also are those things of which our experiences are the images. This matter has, however, been discussed in my trea ...
... spoken words. Just as all men have not the same writing, so all men have not the same speech sounds, but the mental experiences, which these directly symbolize, are the same for all, as also are those things of which our experiences are the images. This matter has, however, been discussed in my trea ...
скачати - ua
... original and the basic form of derived words are homonymous. This phenomenon can be illustrated by the following cases: work – to work, love – to love, water – to water. If we regard these words from the angle of their morphemic structure, we see that they are root words. On the derivational level, ...
... original and the basic form of derived words are homonymous. This phenomenon can be illustrated by the following cases: work – to work, love – to love, water – to water. If we regard these words from the angle of their morphemic structure, we see that they are root words. On the derivational level, ...
Three Batons for Cognitive Psychology
... logicians, which would generate, or produce, all and only the members of this set in a totally explicit and algorithmic way. Chomsky's theory was, therefore, a kind of synthesis between Harris's transformational analyses and metamathematics. The degree of rjgor and precision with which arguments cou ...
... logicians, which would generate, or produce, all and only the members of this set in a totally explicit and algorithmic way. Chomsky's theory was, therefore, a kind of synthesis between Harris's transformational analyses and metamathematics. The degree of rjgor and precision with which arguments cou ...
met*: A Method for Discriminating Metonymy and Metaphor by
... Gentner's (1983) Structure-Mapping Theory, which has been implemented in the Structure-Mapping Engine (Falkenhainer, Forbus and Gentner 1989), closely resembles a comparison view of metaphor. The theory addresses literal similarity, analogy, abstraction, and anomaly, which Gentner refers to as four ...
... Gentner's (1983) Structure-Mapping Theory, which has been implemented in the Structure-Mapping Engine (Falkenhainer, Forbus and Gentner 1989), closely resembles a comparison view of metaphor. The theory addresses literal similarity, analogy, abstraction, and anomaly, which Gentner refers to as four ...
1. Introduction 1 2. Three Major Types of Actants
... • Second, to avoid the inflated polysemy of such terms as argument and term in linguistics. The term argument is often used in a vague sense of ‘a particular type of complement,’ without making clear whether it is considered from the viewpoint of semantics or syntax. For instance, Whaley (1997: 69) ...
... • Second, to avoid the inflated polysemy of such terms as argument and term in linguistics. The term argument is often used in a vague sense of ‘a particular type of complement,’ without making clear whether it is considered from the viewpoint of semantics or syntax. For instance, Whaley (1997: 69) ...
Structural Parsing
... A natural language processing system always contains a parser, which is a device that has a natural language sentence as input string and that produces a representation of the sentence when it is acceptable. Parsing is the process of structuring a representation of a natural language sentence usuall ...
... A natural language processing system always contains a parser, which is a device that has a natural language sentence as input string and that produces a representation of the sentence when it is acceptable. Parsing is the process of structuring a representation of a natural language sentence usuall ...
The syntax and pragmatics of embedded yes/no questions
... scale of different degrees of being poor. In this and many other cases, the emphatic value of the NPI is part of our current understanding of the word or phrase. In some cases, NPIs have lost the strong rhetorical quality but retain the distributional restrictions (like English any in competition to ...
... scale of different degrees of being poor. In this and many other cases, the emphatic value of the NPI is part of our current understanding of the word or phrase. In some cases, NPIs have lost the strong rhetorical quality but retain the distributional restrictions (like English any in competition to ...
There is more than one language
... All linguistic theories agree that the phonologically interpreted expressions of a language present a fairly rich phrase structure (though just how rich varies among theories). Linguistically important relations between expressions are often characterizable directly in terms of that phrase structure ...
... All linguistic theories agree that the phonologically interpreted expressions of a language present a fairly rich phrase structure (though just how rich varies among theories). Linguistically important relations between expressions are often characterizable directly in terms of that phrase structure ...