Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers PPt II
... If you stay close to the shore for little boats, the risk of sinking is reduced. (For little boats is close to shore and seems to be modifying shore.) Improved: If you stay close to the shore, the risk of sinking for little boats is reduced. Dangling modifier is one where the word modified is no ...
... If you stay close to the shore for little boats, the risk of sinking is reduced. (For little boats is close to shore and seems to be modifying shore.) Improved: If you stay close to the shore, the risk of sinking for little boats is reduced. Dangling modifier is one where the word modified is no ...
Chapter 15: Clauses
... thought and cannot stand alone in a sentence. Subordinate clauses must be joined to an independent clause. Subordinate clauses can appear anywhere in a sentence. Subordinate clauses often contain complements, modifiers, or both. ...
... thought and cannot stand alone in a sentence. Subordinate clauses must be joined to an independent clause. Subordinate clauses can appear anywhere in a sentence. Subordinate clauses often contain complements, modifiers, or both. ...
aDVANCED LITERACY SKILLS
... Spelling strategies and personal targets You may be able to improve your spelling through: 1. Practising spellings using the look-cover-write-check method. Use a highlighter or different colour pen to make you focus on where you are making a mistake. 2. Using mnemonics (memory aids e.g. Necessary = ...
... Spelling strategies and personal targets You may be able to improve your spelling through: 1. Practising spellings using the look-cover-write-check method. Use a highlighter or different colour pen to make you focus on where you are making a mistake. 2. Using mnemonics (memory aids e.g. Necessary = ...
RET Tib dictionary
... Because it is the most recent large scale Tibetan-English dictionary, which many turn to as a first port of call, Melvyn Goldstein's (2001) A New Tibetan English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan serves as a convenient example of the informal method. A perceived insufficiency in the coverage of modern an ...
... Because it is the most recent large scale Tibetan-English dictionary, which many turn to as a first port of call, Melvyn Goldstein's (2001) A New Tibetan English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan serves as a convenient example of the informal method. A perceived insufficiency in the coverage of modern an ...
First Year Grammar
... modifiers are shaded, and the words being modified are bold). • Lee caught a small mackerel. (Here, the adjective small modifies the noun mackerel.) • Lee caught a small mackerel. (Don't forget that articles (i.e., the, an, and a) are adjectives too. Here, a modifies the nounmackerel as does small.) ...
... modifiers are shaded, and the words being modified are bold). • Lee caught a small mackerel. (Here, the adjective small modifies the noun mackerel.) • Lee caught a small mackerel. (Don't forget that articles (i.e., the, an, and a) are adjectives too. Here, a modifies the nounmackerel as does small.) ...
Untitled - RIC Publications
... Women werent allowed to act in Shakespeares time, so all womens parts were played by men. ...
... Women werent allowed to act in Shakespeares time, so all womens parts were played by men. ...
Document
... identify what verb tense is used. “As you can see, all of the verbs are in present simple tense, which is the tense we are reviewing today.” o Present Simple Use - We use Present Simple when speaking about actions or things that are habitual or always true. (I go to school every day.) Key Words ...
... identify what verb tense is used. “As you can see, all of the verbs are in present simple tense, which is the tense we are reviewing today.” o Present Simple Use - We use Present Simple when speaking about actions or things that are habitual or always true. (I go to school every day.) Key Words ...
More on the Paramedic Method
... The managers have already made the decision. Again, when deciding whether to use the active or passive voice, think about the purpose of the sentence and the audience for whom it is intended. Then determine which part of the sentence is more important—the action itself or the person or thing doing t ...
... The managers have already made the decision. Again, when deciding whether to use the active or passive voice, think about the purpose of the sentence and the audience for whom it is intended. Then determine which part of the sentence is more important—the action itself or the person or thing doing t ...
Business English - Writing for the Workplace2
... • the complement - the remainder of the sentence, generally containing the object. Sentences are easier and clearer to understand when the subject of the sentence comes first. ...
... • the complement - the remainder of the sentence, generally containing the object. Sentences are easier and clearer to understand when the subject of the sentence comes first. ...
Semantic Constraints on Lexical Categories
... having a fairly specific scenario, or situation model (Kintsch, 1986) associated with a piece of text containing an unknown word. The learner’s task is then to discern which parts of this scenario are likely to be associated with the word’s meaning. At this point, we believe linguistic knowledge com ...
... having a fairly specific scenario, or situation model (Kintsch, 1986) associated with a piece of text containing an unknown word. The learner’s task is then to discern which parts of this scenario are likely to be associated with the word’s meaning. At this point, we believe linguistic knowledge com ...
document
... The noun may be sing., pl. or uncountable. May or may not be separated from the preposition by a/an, the, some or an adjective (often good or bad). at times on good terms Beneath contempt out of use For the time being to some extent In (good) time under offer ...
... The noun may be sing., pl. or uncountable. May or may not be separated from the preposition by a/an, the, some or an adjective (often good or bad). at times on good terms Beneath contempt out of use For the time being to some extent In (good) time under offer ...
Semantic Opposition and WORDNET
... synset. The link between the two very similar senses of bust is made through a common lexicographers’ source file, i.e., they are both classified as being verbs of contact. (The two senses being linked here are bust as in “ruin completely” and “separate or cause to separate abruptly.”) There are ano ...
... synset. The link between the two very similar senses of bust is made through a common lexicographers’ source file, i.e., they are both classified as being verbs of contact. (The two senses being linked here are bust as in “ruin completely” and “separate or cause to separate abruptly.”) There are ano ...
Variation In Korean Negation - S
... Neg is not clear, being an arbitrary element, set up uniquely for the purpose of triggering transformational rules to arrive at the desired surface structures. 2 Song (1973) tries to defend his earlier analysis by trying to disprove the semantic synonymity between the two types of sentences. However ...
... Neg is not clear, being an arbitrary element, set up uniquely for the purpose of triggering transformational rules to arrive at the desired surface structures. 2 Song (1973) tries to defend his earlier analysis by trying to disprove the semantic synonymity between the two types of sentences. However ...
File - Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you
... That printed page has too many &s on it. the 1960s = the years in decade from 1960 to 1969 The 1960s were a time of great social unrest. The '60s were a time of great social unrest. Don't use apostrophes for personal pronouns, the relative pronoun who, or for noun plurals. Apostrophes should not be ...
... That printed page has too many &s on it. the 1960s = the years in decade from 1960 to 1969 The 1960s were a time of great social unrest. The '60s were a time of great social unrest. Don't use apostrophes for personal pronouns, the relative pronoun who, or for noun plurals. Apostrophes should not be ...
Hollidaysburg Junior High
... Add details - lots of detail. It’s easier to cut when there’s too much than to supplement when there are too few. Avoid using passive voice. In other words, try to have the subject in your sentences doing something rather than having something done to it. Find the right words – there are “a lo ...
... Add details - lots of detail. It’s easier to cut when there’s too much than to supplement when there are too few. Avoid using passive voice. In other words, try to have the subject in your sentences doing something rather than having something done to it. Find the right words – there are “a lo ...
Importance of English Proficiency
... MRI tends to produce false positives at about twice the rate of mammography, forcing more women to undergo repeated tests and sometimes biopsies and subjecting them to anxiety, distress and discomfort. But the panel concluded that the benefits outweigh the downside for those at high risk. The champi ...
... MRI tends to produce false positives at about twice the rate of mammography, forcing more women to undergo repeated tests and sometimes biopsies and subjecting them to anxiety, distress and discomfort. But the panel concluded that the benefits outweigh the downside for those at high risk. The champi ...
Complete Subjects and Predicates
... Underline the verb phrase in each sentence. Include main verbs and helping verbs. 1. The human brain is receiving messages all the time. 2. Some messages are telling the brain about conditions in the body. 3. Our senses will send messages about the world around us. 4. The brain can process the messa ...
... Underline the verb phrase in each sentence. Include main verbs and helping verbs. 1. The human brain is receiving messages all the time. 2. Some messages are telling the brain about conditions in the body. 3. Our senses will send messages about the world around us. 4. The brain can process the messa ...
A dynamic model
... If each non-null combination of functions defines a possible part of speech, there is a total of 15 possible parts of speech. But Hengeveld argues that only six of these are actually attested in his empirical database, a principled sample of 40 languages. First, all major lexical items have a predic ...
... If each non-null combination of functions defines a possible part of speech, there is a total of 15 possible parts of speech. But Hengeveld argues that only six of these are actually attested in his empirical database, a principled sample of 40 languages. First, all major lexical items have a predic ...
Preparatory Booklet - The Open University
... the exercises then by all means do so, but you should also feel free to be selective in your work and to focus on those topics you most want to consolidate: certainly if you have studied Latin recently it may be advisable for you to skip the first few sections. Depending on what use you choose to ma ...
... the exercises then by all means do so, but you should also feel free to be selective in your work and to focus on those topics you most want to consolidate: certainly if you have studied Latin recently it may be advisable for you to skip the first few sections. Depending on what use you choose to ma ...
Noun phrases in Moro - Berkeley Linguistics
... ɡ/l class as well as singular in the l/ŋ and l/ɲ classes. Returning to the question of the initial segment on the noun itself, it is important to note that while this segment generally corresponds to the concord prefix, there are exceptions. The first large class of exceptions are nouns which contro ...
... ɡ/l class as well as singular in the l/ŋ and l/ɲ classes. Returning to the question of the initial segment on the noun itself, it is important to note that while this segment generally corresponds to the concord prefix, there are exceptions. The first large class of exceptions are nouns which contro ...
3.3 Fear Clauses
... • The tricky thing about fear clauses is that, from an English point of view, they seem to use the “opposite” conjunction from what would be logical. So you introduce a positive fear clause with ne, and a negative fear clause with ut. ...
... • The tricky thing about fear clauses is that, from an English point of view, they seem to use the “opposite” conjunction from what would be logical. So you introduce a positive fear clause with ne, and a negative fear clause with ut. ...
Greek Word Order - Website of Rev. Dr. RD Anderson
... complements and adjuncts that are tail material or part of a broad scope phrasal focus usually appear after the verb in main clauses.” On p.157 they acknowledge that they depart from the generally accepted word-order in Indo-European languages of object-verb. Dover, p.25ff. It ought to be noted that ...
... complements and adjuncts that are tail material or part of a broad scope phrasal focus usually appear after the verb in main clauses.” On p.157 they acknowledge that they depart from the generally accepted word-order in Indo-European languages of object-verb. Dover, p.25ff. It ought to be noted that ...
日英両国語比較（XXIV）
... role in language activity4）and competency5）in our everyday life. According to R. M. W. Dixon, the verb“say”belongs to the group of“SPEAKING−d, the REPORT subtype, set （i）.”6）Dixon also points out that there are four semantic roles associated with SPEAKING verbs ― the Speaker, the Addressee（ s）, the ...
... role in language activity4）and competency5）in our everyday life. According to R. M. W. Dixon, the verb“say”belongs to the group of“SPEAKING−d, the REPORT subtype, set （i）.”6）Dixon also points out that there are four semantic roles associated with SPEAKING verbs ― the Speaker, the Addressee（ s）, the ...
Grammar - Classes Home
... not refer to any definite person or thing, or they do not specify definite limits. ...
... not refer to any definite person or thing, or they do not specify definite limits. ...