infinitives and infinitive phrases
... a. Like all adjectives, infinitives acting as adjectives modify NOUNS or PRONOUNS! Examples: The candidate to trust with your vote is Tony. Those are the easiest dogs to train. He has a great ability to paint landscapes. Josephine is the one to win the race! ...
... a. Like all adjectives, infinitives acting as adjectives modify NOUNS or PRONOUNS! Examples: The candidate to trust with your vote is Tony. Those are the easiest dogs to train. He has a great ability to paint landscapes. Josephine is the one to win the race! ...
Gerundives
... RULE: When the gerund takes an object, the Romans typically converted the gerund phrase into a gerundive phrase, by (1) putting the noun into the necessary case (so, if you have means, put noun into the ablative. If you are using causā, put noun into genitive, etc.), then (2) change the ...
... RULE: When the gerund takes an object, the Romans typically converted the gerund phrase into a gerundive phrase, by (1) putting the noun into the necessary case (so, if you have means, put noun into the ablative. If you are using causā, put noun into genitive, etc.), then (2) change the ...
ALBA IULIA DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES
... Introduction to the Hausa people The Hausa are a Sahelian people chiefly located in the West African regions of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger. There are also significant numbers found in northern regions of Benin, Ghana, Niger, Cameroon and in smaller communities in West Africa. They speak ...
... Introduction to the Hausa people The Hausa are a Sahelian people chiefly located in the West African regions of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger. There are also significant numbers found in northern regions of Benin, Ghana, Niger, Cameroon and in smaller communities in West Africa. They speak ...
Valency Grammar
... the objectless sentence leaves the thing read totally open as a matter of no immediate interest (cf. Allerton, 1982: 68–70). Thus while the optional object is clearly part of the valency of watch in all its uses, the verb read appears to have two different valencies, only one of them involving an ob ...
... the objectless sentence leaves the thing read totally open as a matter of no immediate interest (cf. Allerton, 1982: 68–70). Thus while the optional object is clearly part of the valency of watch in all its uses, the verb read appears to have two different valencies, only one of them involving an ob ...
On Tense and Copular Verbs in Sakha
... function as predicates. This can have as a direct or indirect consequence the fact that a copula may be needed with nominal and adjectival predicates—as in the future tense in Sakha (2). In contrast, based on (3)-(5) Vinokurova claims that both adjectives and verbs are intrinsically predicates (at ...
... function as predicates. This can have as a direct or indirect consequence the fact that a copula may be needed with nominal and adjectival predicates—as in the future tense in Sakha (2). In contrast, based on (3)-(5) Vinokurova claims that both adjectives and verbs are intrinsically predicates (at ...
Past Participle Packet - James Baker
... When a grade is taken, the work is due when assigned and is accepted one day late for 50%. Work on the packets (unless specified otherwise) is individual—not group—work. You will have 6 of these packets, one per six weeks. Sometimes a grade will be taken, sometimes not. Each unit will usually be fol ...
... When a grade is taken, the work is due when assigned and is accepted one day late for 50%. Work on the packets (unless specified otherwise) is individual—not group—work. You will have 6 of these packets, one per six weeks. Sometimes a grade will be taken, sometimes not. Each unit will usually be fol ...
The syntax of Quechua
... morphosyntactic properties that are not overtly found in Indoeuropean languages. The volume presents the main aspects of Quechua syntax from a minimalist perspective. It focuses on the tension between long distance agreement in a morphologically rich language and movement. The main proposal is that ...
... morphosyntactic properties that are not overtly found in Indoeuropean languages. The volume presents the main aspects of Quechua syntax from a minimalist perspective. It focuses on the tension between long distance agreement in a morphologically rich language and movement. The main proposal is that ...
Formal Syntax and Language Change
... Chomsky (1995: 230; 381) suggests: "formal features have semantic correlates and reflect semantic properties (accusative Case and transitivity, for example)." I interpret this: If a language has nouns with semantic phi-features, the learner will be able to hypothesize uninterpretable features on ano ...
... Chomsky (1995: 230; 381) suggests: "formal features have semantic correlates and reflect semantic properties (accusative Case and transitivity, for example)." I interpret this: If a language has nouns with semantic phi-features, the learner will be able to hypothesize uninterpretable features on ano ...
Markéta Lopatková, Jarmila Panevová
... (dárek and daň are patients themselves, a gift is what was given, tax is what is paid). The functor called ORIG(in) has a special position among noun complements. Although it has its counterpart within verbal inner participants, it behaves with nouns typically as a free modification: it is compatibl ...
... (dárek and daň are patients themselves, a gift is what was given, tax is what is paid). The functor called ORIG(in) has a special position among noun complements. Although it has its counterpart within verbal inner participants, it behaves with nouns typically as a free modification: it is compatibl ...
Complete French Grammar
... Now, put your first word (auxiliary) and your second word (past participle) together and you have a passé composé. Example: You want to say I visited the Louvre and I saw the Mona Lisa. First, to visit is visiter and to see is voir. Visiter is not reflexive (it’s not se visiter) and it’s not in the ...
... Now, put your first word (auxiliary) and your second word (past participle) together and you have a passé composé. Example: You want to say I visited the Louvre and I saw the Mona Lisa. First, to visit is visiter and to see is voir. Visiter is not reflexive (it’s not se visiter) and it’s not in the ...
How to Find Serial Verbs in English
... In an SVC the two (or more) verbs normally function together to express a single complex event. But because both verbs contribute to the meaning of the clause, the resulting expression is semantically more complex than the meaning of any verb on its own. The function of verbs in an SVC can be classi ...
... In an SVC the two (or more) verbs normally function together to express a single complex event. But because both verbs contribute to the meaning of the clause, the resulting expression is semantically more complex than the meaning of any verb on its own. The function of verbs in an SVC can be classi ...
1 NOUN PHRASE AS SUBJECT AND OBJECT Jauhar
... seperti dikatakan Martinet (1987:19), telaah ilmiah mengenai bahasa manusia.” (Chaer, ...
... seperti dikatakan Martinet (1987:19), telaah ilmiah mengenai bahasa manusia.” (Chaer, ...
Sentence Fragments
... Mixed Constructions These final three examples are known as mixed constructions – they start out one way (often with long prepositional phrases) and then end with a regular predicate. Usually the object of the preposition (often a gerund, as in the last two examples) is intended as the subject of th ...
... Mixed Constructions These final three examples are known as mixed constructions – they start out one way (often with long prepositional phrases) and then end with a regular predicate. Usually the object of the preposition (often a gerund, as in the last two examples) is intended as the subject of th ...
Adjectives and Adverbs
... Many adjectives are formed by adding the endings –able, –ful, –ish, –less, or – y to nouns and verbs. agree – – – – – – – – –agreeable help – – – – – – – – – –helpful fool – – – – – – – – – –foolish care – – – – – – – – – –careless noise – – – – – – – – –noisy * The articles (a, an, the) and the pos ...
... Many adjectives are formed by adding the endings –able, –ful, –ish, –less, or – y to nouns and verbs. agree – – – – – – – – –agreeable help – – – – – – – – – –helpful fool – – – – – – – – – –foolish care – – – – – – – – – –careless noise – – – – – – – – –noisy * The articles (a, an, the) and the pos ...
Level 4 Unit 8 - Grammar
... 1. I have a friend who (live/lives) in the US. 2. I have three friends who (are/is) already married. 3. My parents have some antiques that (are/is) very valuable. 4. Is there a store around here that (sell/sells) electronics? 5. Have you ever had a job that (were/was) very interesting? ...
... 1. I have a friend who (live/lives) in the US. 2. I have three friends who (are/is) already married. 3. My parents have some antiques that (are/is) very valuable. 4. Is there a store around here that (sell/sells) electronics? 5. Have you ever had a job that (were/was) very interesting? ...
The Australian Curriculum English
... the production of legible, correctly formed letters by hand or with the assistance of writing tools, for example pencil grip or assistive technology ...
... the production of legible, correctly formed letters by hand or with the assistance of writing tools, for example pencil grip or assistive technology ...
Events, Processes, and States
... house (p. 175). It is not unreasonable to integrate the two schemes by regarding Vendler accomplishments and achievements as two subspecies of the more encompassing species of Kenny performances. This integration, however, cannot be brought off without correcting one of the criteria of the typology ...
... house (p. 175). It is not unreasonable to integrate the two schemes by regarding Vendler accomplishments and achievements as two subspecies of the more encompassing species of Kenny performances. This integration, however, cannot be brought off without correcting one of the criteria of the typology ...
Grammar guide - National Geographic Learning
... • Three syllable adjectives take more or less expensiver – more expensive, dangerous ➔ more dangerous, difficult ➔ less difficult. • The only exceptions are some three syllable words which have been formed using the prefix -un unhappy ➔ more unhappy unhappier, unpleasant ➔ more unple ...
... • Three syllable adjectives take more or less expensiver – more expensive, dangerous ➔ more dangerous, difficult ➔ less difficult. • The only exceptions are some three syllable words which have been formed using the prefix -un unhappy ➔ more unhappy unhappier, unpleasant ➔ more unple ...
perfect - Michel Thomas
... Michel Thomas (1914–2005) was a gifted linguist who mastered more than ten languages in his lifetime and became famous for teaching much of Hollywood’s ’A’ list how to speak a foreign language. Film stars such as Woody Allen, Emma Thompson and Barbra Streisand paid thousands of dollars each for face ...
... Michel Thomas (1914–2005) was a gifted linguist who mastered more than ten languages in his lifetime and became famous for teaching much of Hollywood’s ’A’ list how to speak a foreign language. Film stars such as Woody Allen, Emma Thompson and Barbra Streisand paid thousands of dollars each for face ...
Purpose: Explain - e
... explanation, with variations in focus. One concerns how something works (How does a pump work? How does Parliament work? How are mountains formed? How do plants grow?). The other involves an explanation of why is something the way it is (Why do some things float? Why do our bodies need food? Why do ...
... explanation, with variations in focus. One concerns how something works (How does a pump work? How does Parliament work? How are mountains formed? How do plants grow?). The other involves an explanation of why is something the way it is (Why do some things float? Why do our bodies need food? Why do ...
The LaTin adjecTives wiTh The suffix -idus
... but by no means *-to-; we cannot presuppose any analogical secondary formation here, since the very basis of Olsen’s hypothesis is that these adjectives must have been formed very early, surely in the PIE period, before the elimination of laryngeals took place. 2. The PIE verbal adjectives in *-tó- ...
... but by no means *-to-; we cannot presuppose any analogical secondary formation here, since the very basis of Olsen’s hypothesis is that these adjectives must have been formed very early, surely in the PIE period, before the elimination of laryngeals took place. 2. The PIE verbal adjectives in *-tó- ...
noun - Fcusd
... and then a noun. This is a very frequent pattern. 2. All of the parts of speech occur frequently. Since there are only eight kinds of words, we use the very same parts of speech over and over, in every sentence. There is always a verb, and it is often modified by an adverb. There is usually a noun, ...
... and then a noun. This is a very frequent pattern. 2. All of the parts of speech occur frequently. Since there are only eight kinds of words, we use the very same parts of speech over and over, in every sentence. There is always a verb, and it is often modified by an adverb. There is usually a noun, ...
File - TSEN-95-61
... subject and a verb and can stand alone as a complete idea. It is an independent clause and can be written as a simple sentence. • The dog barked all night. • The neighbors didn’t complain. ...
... subject and a verb and can stand alone as a complete idea. It is an independent clause and can be written as a simple sentence. • The dog barked all night. • The neighbors didn’t complain. ...
The Sentence
... A subordinate (or dependent) clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself. Subordinate means “lesser in rank or importance”. Subordinate clauses are so called because they need and independent clause to complete their meaning. Example: who spoke to our class yesterday th ...
... A subordinate (or dependent) clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself. Subordinate means “lesser in rank or importance”. Subordinate clauses are so called because they need and independent clause to complete their meaning. Example: who spoke to our class yesterday th ...
Grammar - Parts of Speech
... • -all words fall into at least one category of the eight parts of speech. ...
... • -all words fall into at least one category of the eight parts of speech. ...