Relative clauses SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
... - Such as (listing examples) as (in the function of) - Comparison and manner: As (+entire clause) like (+noun) - Wal-Mart is one of the largest employers in the US. In fact it’s the largest (A dire il vero) - Industry usually means productive sector. Plant, factory (are the words for the place wher ...
... - Such as (listing examples) as (in the function of) - Comparison and manner: As (+entire clause) like (+noun) - Wal-Mart is one of the largest employers in the US. In fact it’s the largest (A dire il vero) - Industry usually means productive sector. Plant, factory (are the words for the place wher ...
Part-of-Speech Tagging - user.phil.uni
... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ...
... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ...
Section 1 Unit 3 Word-formation – Prefixation (1) – Negative Prefixes
... Definition of a “word” has been a “tough nut” for linguists (see Unit 1). One group of scholars may see four different words: have, has, had, having. The other group of scholars distinguishes four variants of one word. On this level, morphology and lexicology overlap. Jaroslav Peprník, a Czech lingu ...
... Definition of a “word” has been a “tough nut” for linguists (see Unit 1). One group of scholars may see four different words: have, has, had, having. The other group of scholars distinguishes four variants of one word. On this level, morphology and lexicology overlap. Jaroslav Peprník, a Czech lingu ...
Writing Style Guide - East Texas Baptist University
... Pronouns (he, she, it, they, them, us, we, etc.) replace specific, explicit nouns in a clause or sentence. When a pronoun is used, the noun for which the pronoun is a substitute (the antecedent) must be clear and unambiguous. Examples: Incorrect: Bob, Jim, and Angela were riding motorcycles. Upon ar ...
... Pronouns (he, she, it, they, them, us, we, etc.) replace specific, explicit nouns in a clause or sentence. When a pronoun is used, the noun for which the pronoun is a substitute (the antecedent) must be clear and unambiguous. Examples: Incorrect: Bob, Jim, and Angela were riding motorcycles. Upon ar ...
Types of Sentences
... • A transitional expression (conjunctive adverb) shows the relationship between two ideas. A semicolon with a transitional expression often makes a smoother connection than a semicolon alone. • There are many transitional expressions showing different kinds of relationships. Here are a few common ex ...
... • A transitional expression (conjunctive adverb) shows the relationship between two ideas. A semicolon with a transitional expression often makes a smoother connection than a semicolon alone. • There are many transitional expressions showing different kinds of relationships. Here are a few common ex ...
The UVic Writer`s Guide
... Pronouns agree in gender and number. This rule is not difficult to remember if you are writing about individual people or inanimate objects (where it suffices for everything). However, collective pronouns present more of a problem. Indefinite words such as anyone, anything, someone, everybody and no ...
... Pronouns agree in gender and number. This rule is not difficult to remember if you are writing about individual people or inanimate objects (where it suffices for everything). However, collective pronouns present more of a problem. Indefinite words such as anyone, anything, someone, everybody and no ...
Non-finite Verb Phrases Practice Sentences NON
... [Working backwards from the end of the sentence: It can fairly be said is a parenthetical clause (treated on the Punctuation page): it doesn't have a function in the clause in which it's embedded. That dominates our lives, a WH-word clause, modifies concept. Both by concepts and by the concept that ...
... [Working backwards from the end of the sentence: It can fairly be said is a parenthetical clause (treated on the Punctuation page): it doesn't have a function in the clause in which it's embedded. That dominates our lives, a WH-word clause, modifies concept. Both by concepts and by the concept that ...
Lexical Semantics … cont`d
... Phrasal verb is a special type of idioms which is made up of a verb followed by a preposition or an adverbial particle or both, and usually the meaning is slightly or considerably different from the literal meaning of the words. We come across something: to see or discover it. Look down on something ...
... Phrasal verb is a special type of idioms which is made up of a verb followed by a preposition or an adverbial particle or both, and usually the meaning is slightly or considerably different from the literal meaning of the words. We come across something: to see or discover it. Look down on something ...
Inflectional morphology
... noun, etc.). However, for most practical purposes it is safe to talk about formatives and affixes tout court. ‘Formative’ then refers to any inflectional exponent whether bound or free, and ‘affix’ refers to any bound unit whether grammatical or lexical. A third notion besides word and affix that is ...
... noun, etc.). However, for most practical purposes it is safe to talk about formatives and affixes tout court. ‘Formative’ then refers to any inflectional exponent whether bound or free, and ‘affix’ refers to any bound unit whether grammatical or lexical. A third notion besides word and affix that is ...
pages 339–359 - Stanford University
... We can compare this behavior with the problematic example given in (8). It appears that the intransitive use of voir which leads to dative case marking is an instance of (or is at least closely related to) DNI. The argument cannot receive a generic interpretation: there must be some appropriate refe ...
... We can compare this behavior with the problematic example given in (8). It appears that the intransitive use of voir which leads to dative case marking is an instance of (or is at least closely related to) DNI. The argument cannot receive a generic interpretation: there must be some appropriate refe ...
``Finite`` and ``nonfinite`` from a typological perspective
... – at the syntactic level: semantic finiteness with regard to the interpretation of a sentence construction, – at the morphological level: morphological finiteness with regard to the form of the ‘‘wording’’ of a construction. These levels have been conflated in the analysis quoted: forms such as MA ibqa ...
... – at the syntactic level: semantic finiteness with regard to the interpretation of a sentence construction, – at the morphological level: morphological finiteness with regard to the form of the ‘‘wording’’ of a construction. These levels have been conflated in the analysis quoted: forms such as MA ibqa ...
Is the Subject of a Sentence Always a Noun?
... to come. He had a really good time. It enjoyed seeing Matthew. She has changed so much since last year. Do it think that Matthew and I look alike? I think you look more like brothers than cousins! Thank me for showing me how to plant flowers. I planted flowers at home. It look beautiful. Mom likes t ...
... to come. He had a really good time. It enjoyed seeing Matthew. She has changed so much since last year. Do it think that Matthew and I look alike? I think you look more like brothers than cousins! Thank me for showing me how to plant flowers. I planted flowers at home. It look beautiful. Mom likes t ...
Cicero Commentary
... completed action. persuasum est: intransitive verbs that govern the dative are used impersonally in the passive voice, but retain the dative (AG §372). salvum: Caesar feared (with good reason) that if he were to give up his army and province, he would be prosecuted before he could begin his consulsh ...
... completed action. persuasum est: intransitive verbs that govern the dative are used impersonally in the passive voice, but retain the dative (AG §372). salvum: Caesar feared (with good reason) that if he were to give up his army and province, he would be prosecuted before he could begin his consulsh ...
New Latin Grammar - The Language Realm
... a. The Sanskrit, spoken in ancient India. Of this there were several stages, the oldest of which is the Vedic, or language of the Vedic Hymns. These Hymns are the oldest literary productions known to us among all the branches of the IndoEuropean family. A conservative estimate places them as far ...
... a. The Sanskrit, spoken in ancient India. Of this there were several stages, the oldest of which is the Vedic, or language of the Vedic Hymns. These Hymns are the oldest literary productions known to us among all the branches of the IndoEuropean family. A conservative estimate places them as far ...
Exercise 5 - Routledge
... The existence of allergies was known long before scientists had any understanding of their nature. ...
... The existence of allergies was known long before scientists had any understanding of their nature. ...
A temporal semantics for Malayalam Conjunctive Participle
... The name Conjunctive/Adverbial Participle comes from the two ways these constructions can be translated, either as participle adjuncts serving an adverbial type function, (3), or as conjoined sentences, (2). While they are sometimes translated using conjunction, they are different than ‘genuinely’ c ...
... The name Conjunctive/Adverbial Participle comes from the two ways these constructions can be translated, either as participle adjuncts serving an adverbial type function, (3), or as conjoined sentences, (2). While they are sometimes translated using conjunction, they are different than ‘genuinely’ c ...
A Proposal for a Part-of-Speech Tagset for the Albanian Language
... brenda\Prep një\NumC jave\N .\Punc. ...
... brenda\Prep një\NumC jave\N .\Punc. ...
CSA version 3_Book Excerpts
... For stylistic effect, some writers will separate their subjects and verbs with clauses that modify the performer of the action. However, in workplace writing, bear in mind that your reader is trained to expect the verb to follow the subject. To make your sentence simpler and clearer, keep the s ...
... For stylistic effect, some writers will separate their subjects and verbs with clauses that modify the performer of the action. However, in workplace writing, bear in mind that your reader is trained to expect the verb to follow the subject. To make your sentence simpler and clearer, keep the s ...
separable complex verbs in Dutch
... raised. In other words, I propose to assign the structure [P V]v. to SCV's, where P stands for Particle. The separability of SCV's can also be observed in the way they form their past participles. In Dutch, past participles are formed by prefixing ge- and simultaneously suffixing t/d to the verbal s ...
... raised. In other words, I propose to assign the structure [P V]v. to SCV's, where P stands for Particle. The separability of SCV's can also be observed in the way they form their past participles. In Dutch, past participles are formed by prefixing ge- and simultaneously suffixing t/d to the verbal s ...
1 A) USES OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
... He is supposed to … This is typical English expression meaning “se dice que…” Spaniards are supposed to like dancing. ...
... He is supposed to … This is typical English expression meaning “se dice que…” Spaniards are supposed to like dancing. ...
Sentences - Murad Faridi
... because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which. In the following complex sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the subordinators and their commas (when required) are in red. A. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teac ...
... because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which. In the following complex sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the subordinators and their commas (when required) are in red. A. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teac ...
Mendeleev Alexey Ivanovitch,
... d. provide "chunks" of English that are ready to use e. give the text more variety and make it read better f. save a lot of time and effort when trying to express the idea It is not always easy to separate collocations, compounds and phrasal verbs. In contrast to collocations compounds are units of ...
... d. provide "chunks" of English that are ready to use e. give the text more variety and make it read better f. save a lot of time and effort when trying to express the idea It is not always easy to separate collocations, compounds and phrasal verbs. In contrast to collocations compounds are units of ...
CHAPTER 5 Negation
... Negative raising moves not up into the main clause of a sentence and combines it with an auxiliary or the appropriate form of do. The meaning of the sentence does not change. As illustrated in (23), the negative raising rule can be applied to a sentence when the main verb expresses an opinion (i.e., ...
... Negative raising moves not up into the main clause of a sentence and combines it with an auxiliary or the appropriate form of do. The meaning of the sentence does not change. As illustrated in (23), the negative raising rule can be applied to a sentence when the main verb expresses an opinion (i.e., ...
A Guide to Phrases and Clauses Phrases 1. Prepositional phrases
... Absolute phrases are optional in sentences: i.e., they can be removed without damaging the grammatical integrity of the sentence. They do not directly connect to or modify any specific word in the rest of the sentence; instead, they modify the entire sentence, adding information. They are always tre ...
... Absolute phrases are optional in sentences: i.e., they can be removed without damaging the grammatical integrity of the sentence. They do not directly connect to or modify any specific word in the rest of the sentence; instead, they modify the entire sentence, adding information. They are always tre ...
English Grammar: Revision and Practice
... Fatima is hungry because she hasn’t eaten since breakfast. ...
... Fatima is hungry because she hasn’t eaten since breakfast. ...