Types of Predicate-Subject Constructions in Indonesian
... f. Dia pula / yang menghendaki Mantri untuk bermain di San Siro. (KO, 11/4/11) It was also he / who wanted Mantri to play in San Siro. g. Saya yakin / bukan mahasiswa kami / yang memukul polisi itu. (KO, 2/6/08) I am sure / it was not our student / who beat the police officer. h. Justru buah-buahan ...
... f. Dia pula / yang menghendaki Mantri untuk bermain di San Siro. (KO, 11/4/11) It was also he / who wanted Mantri to play in San Siro. g. Saya yakin / bukan mahasiswa kami / yang memukul polisi itu. (KO, 2/6/08) I am sure / it was not our student / who beat the police officer. h. Justru buah-buahan ...
Writing Rules of Emphasis - Mount Greylock Regional School District
... Sentences in the passive voice lack conviction. Always strive to write with clear, active verbs. PASSIVE: The large box was left on the front steps by the mail carrier. ACTIVE: The mail carrier left the box on the front steps. NOTE: If you find yourself writing a sentence that features a preposition ...
... Sentences in the passive voice lack conviction. Always strive to write with clear, active verbs. PASSIVE: The large box was left on the front steps by the mail carrier. ACTIVE: The mail carrier left the box on the front steps. NOTE: If you find yourself writing a sentence that features a preposition ...
Adverbs - Deans Community High School
... Rules of Adverbs • Some words, particularly those ending in –c, form their adverbs by adding –ally. For example: • Frantic becomes frantically • Dramatic becomes dramatically. • Some adverbs are irregular and do not follow this pattern at all. For example: here, sometimes, soon, here, never, too. ...
... Rules of Adverbs • Some words, particularly those ending in –c, form their adverbs by adding –ally. For example: • Frantic becomes frantically • Dramatic becomes dramatically. • Some adverbs are irregular and do not follow this pattern at all. For example: here, sometimes, soon, here, never, too. ...
Verbs, semantic classes and semantic roles in the
... 2 senses of teach. ADESSE recognizes just one sense in each case for the Spanish equivalents of that English verbs. Among the typical cases that do not imply different verb entries in ADESSE, one finds the following ones: (a) Constructional alternations, whose meaning differences can be attributed r ...
... 2 senses of teach. ADESSE recognizes just one sense in each case for the Spanish equivalents of that English verbs. Among the typical cases that do not imply different verb entries in ADESSE, one finds the following ones: (a) Constructional alternations, whose meaning differences can be attributed r ...
GRS LX 700 Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory
... What makes DPs move? We know the subject moves. Partly for the EPP, but partly to get Case. The subject gets Case in SpecIP, so we know Case can be assigned to a specifier. What if we revise our notion of how objects get Case and say that they too get Case in a specifier, of AgrOP? Then it would hav ...
... What makes DPs move? We know the subject moves. Partly for the EPP, but partly to get Case. The subject gets Case in SpecIP, so we know Case can be assigned to a specifier. What if we revise our notion of how objects get Case and say that they too get Case in a specifier, of AgrOP? Then it would hav ...
Intro to Verbs
... 15.16a. Tense (Greek). The term tense is used differently in Greek grammars; it is quite easy to become confused. It perhaps would be easiest at first simply to use tense and time interchangeably. But this would build a significantly erroneous misconception into your basic thinking that will constan ...
... 15.16a. Tense (Greek). The term tense is used differently in Greek grammars; it is quite easy to become confused. It perhaps would be easiest at first simply to use tense and time interchangeably. But this would build a significantly erroneous misconception into your basic thinking that will constan ...
Sentence Patterns
... used to open a sentence if the adverb receives special stress. EX: Heroically, the passerby dove into the frigid river to save a little girl. EX: Tomorrow I have two final exams. 6. Open with a prepositional phrase: (See page 435 for a list of common prepositions and page 481 for more examples of pr ...
... used to open a sentence if the adverb receives special stress. EX: Heroically, the passerby dove into the frigid river to save a little girl. EX: Tomorrow I have two final exams. 6. Open with a prepositional phrase: (See page 435 for a list of common prepositions and page 481 for more examples of pr ...
Affect vs. Effect Affect and effect are frequently confused in academic
... Affect vs. Effect Affect and effect are frequently confused in academic writing. Most of the time, the difference is fairly easy to detect: affect functions as a verb and effect functions as a noun. Remember: Verbs carry action or transform. Nouns are objective; they are actors or placeholders in th ...
... Affect vs. Effect Affect and effect are frequently confused in academic writing. Most of the time, the difference is fairly easy to detect: affect functions as a verb and effect functions as a noun. Remember: Verbs carry action or transform. Nouns are objective; they are actors or placeholders in th ...
Arnold_5e_Exercise#27_29
... The gasoline station reportedly was blown up by terrorists. 3. For is a preposition when it is followed by (a. a noun or a pronoun object b. an independent clause). 4. In the following sentence, at is (a. a sentence ending that should embarrass you b. an infinitive c. a preposition). Where are the g ...
... The gasoline station reportedly was blown up by terrorists. 3. For is a preposition when it is followed by (a. a noun or a pronoun object b. an independent clause). 4. In the following sentence, at is (a. a sentence ending that should embarrass you b. an infinitive c. a preposition). Where are the g ...
Exercise 27, Chapter 15, “Prepositions”
... The gasoline station reportedly was blown up by terrorists. 3. For is a preposition when it is followed by (a. a noun or a pronoun object b. an independent clause). 4. In the following sentence, at is (a. a sentence ending that should embarrass ...
... The gasoline station reportedly was blown up by terrorists. 3. For is a preposition when it is followed by (a. a noun or a pronoun object b. an independent clause). 4. In the following sentence, at is (a. a sentence ending that should embarrass ...
Sentence Variety
... 1 – A fat yellow cat lay sleeping on the narrow sill. 2 – On the narrow sill, a fat yellow cat lay sleeping. Note the slight shift in emphasis that results from beginning with a prepositional phrase. Prepositional phrases that begin sentences are usually followed by commas. However, short prepositio ...
... 1 – A fat yellow cat lay sleeping on the narrow sill. 2 – On the narrow sill, a fat yellow cat lay sleeping. Note the slight shift in emphasis that results from beginning with a prepositional phrase. Prepositional phrases that begin sentences are usually followed by commas. However, short prepositio ...
Name
... Using Demonstrative Pronouns (This, That, These, and Those) Using Pronouns Correctly (This includes subj., obj. and possessive pronouns) Avoiding Unclear Pronoun References PRONOUN: A word that replaces a noun or pronoun. ANTECEDENT: The word that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent. ...
... Using Demonstrative Pronouns (This, That, These, and Those) Using Pronouns Correctly (This includes subj., obj. and possessive pronouns) Avoiding Unclear Pronoun References PRONOUN: A word that replaces a noun or pronoun. ANTECEDENT: The word that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent. ...
Wortarten und Grammatikalisierung
... compounding pattern may also come to be used in different syntactic or semantic-pragmatic contexts (for example, when main clause word order gets used in subordinate clauses). These changes, however, are not considered instances of grammaticisation here, because the changing constructions do not inv ...
... compounding pattern may also come to be used in different syntactic or semantic-pragmatic contexts (for example, when main clause word order gets used in subordinate clauses). These changes, however, are not considered instances of grammaticisation here, because the changing constructions do not inv ...
Preface (PDF, 22 Pages, 177 KB)
... En bons termes is a first-year French program that aims to develop a basic proficiency in the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) while fostering an awareness of the French presence in North America. It is designed to encourage and enable students to communicate in Frenc ...
... En bons termes is a first-year French program that aims to develop a basic proficiency in the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) while fostering an awareness of the French presence in North America. It is designed to encourage and enable students to communicate in Frenc ...
SYNTAX KEYS TO THE EXERCISES 15
... 6. Ahead of us / we / could / just / make out / a broad stretch of swampy grassland. A S P A P DO 7. The 268 square miles of B. National Park in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh / S were / once / the royal hunting grou ...
... 6. Ahead of us / we / could / just / make out / a broad stretch of swampy grassland. A S P A P DO 7. The 268 square miles of B. National Park in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh / S were / once / the royal hunting grou ...
CAS LX 522 Syntax I
... Verbs have a certain number of q-roles to assign (e.g., say has two), and each of those must be assigned to a distinct argument. Meanwhile, every argument needs to have exactly one q-role (it needs to have at least one, it can’t have more than one). This requirement that there be a one-to-one match ...
... Verbs have a certain number of q-roles to assign (e.g., say has two), and each of those must be assigned to a distinct argument. Meanwhile, every argument needs to have exactly one q-role (it needs to have at least one, it can’t have more than one). This requirement that there be a one-to-one match ...
SUBORDINATION
... His last hope, that the Marines would rescue him, was soon to be realized. His last hope was soon to be realized. (noun clause omitted) Some of the same clause signal words that start adverb and adjective clauses also start noun clauses: if, when, where, who, which. In noun clauses, of course, the w ...
... His last hope, that the Marines would rescue him, was soon to be realized. His last hope was soon to be realized. (noun clause omitted) Some of the same clause signal words that start adverb and adjective clauses also start noun clauses: if, when, where, who, which. In noun clauses, of course, the w ...
Agencje pracy tymczasowej
... 1a. Articles can be definite, e.g. the book, or indefinite, e.g. a book. Definite articles can be specific, e.g. The Spaniard is drinking coffee, or generic, e.g. The Spaniard is a macho. Indefinite articles can be specific, e.g. There’s a Spaniard in the room, or generic, e.g. A Spaniard is a macho ...
... 1a. Articles can be definite, e.g. the book, or indefinite, e.g. a book. Definite articles can be specific, e.g. The Spaniard is drinking coffee, or generic, e.g. The Spaniard is a macho. Indefinite articles can be specific, e.g. There’s a Spaniard in the room, or generic, e.g. A Spaniard is a macho ...
English Grammar and Syntactic Structures Feyisayo Ademola
... Grammar is the study of the structure of sentences. It gives an explanation for a language’s sentences that are well-formed and organized according to a set of rules. The term grammar could be used in both general and specific senses (see Crystal, 1997; Radford, 2004; Zeller, 2006). The general sens ...
... Grammar is the study of the structure of sentences. It gives an explanation for a language’s sentences that are well-formed and organized according to a set of rules. The term grammar could be used in both general and specific senses (see Crystal, 1997; Radford, 2004; Zeller, 2006). The general sens ...
YOU PROBABLY DON`T UNDERSTAND THIS 70s REFERENCE…
... FANCY, SCHMANCY, “I’M SMARTER THAN YOU” DEFINITION OF AN INDIRECT OBJECT IS “A WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS REPRESENTING THE PERSON OR THING WITH REFERENCE TO WHICH THE ACTION OF A VERB IS PERFORMED, IN ENGLISH GENERALLY COMING BETWEEN THE VERB AND THE DIRECT OBJECT AND PARAPHRASABLE AS THE OBJECT OF A PR ...
... FANCY, SCHMANCY, “I’M SMARTER THAN YOU” DEFINITION OF AN INDIRECT OBJECT IS “A WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS REPRESENTING THE PERSON OR THING WITH REFERENCE TO WHICH THE ACTION OF A VERB IS PERFORMED, IN ENGLISH GENERALLY COMING BETWEEN THE VERB AND THE DIRECT OBJECT AND PARAPHRASABLE AS THE OBJECT OF A PR ...
10 Basic Clause Patterns
... indefinite number of clauses. Second, in actual communication, shorter utterances are usually reconstructed and understood by reference to clauses. For instance, over here might be understood as I’m over here or Shine the light over here. The grammatical importance of clauses probably reflects the f ...
... indefinite number of clauses. Second, in actual communication, shorter utterances are usually reconstructed and understood by reference to clauses. For instance, over here might be understood as I’m over here or Shine the light over here. The grammatical importance of clauses probably reflects the f ...
1 Introduction
... an o masculine. Following the gender suffix, either a plural suffix, s, appears or else there is no suffix at all. The lack of an explicit plural suffix marks singular. The Gender and Number columns of Figure N represent these additional two paradigms. In the left-hand table the feature values for t ...
... an o masculine. Following the gender suffix, either a plural suffix, s, appears or else there is no suffix at all. The lack of an explicit plural suffix marks singular. The Gender and Number columns of Figure N represent these additional two paradigms. In the left-hand table the feature values for t ...
Forms and Functions of the English Noun Phrase in
... variety of noun phrases used by the two authors determined by their audience. The simplest structures most frequently occur in Broken Ladders while the comp lex structures occur more in Purple Hibiscus to corroborate intricacies and complexities of life portrayed in the text. Biber, Conrad, & Leech ...
... variety of noun phrases used by the two authors determined by their audience. The simplest structures most frequently occur in Broken Ladders while the comp lex structures occur more in Purple Hibiscus to corroborate intricacies and complexities of life portrayed in the text. Biber, Conrad, & Leech ...
Making Complex Sentences
... Choose five adverbial subordinators you’ve never used before but would like to learn. Write model sentences in your notebook. Use one of these sentences for your daily practice. ...
... Choose five adverbial subordinators you’ve never used before but would like to learn. Write model sentences in your notebook. Use one of these sentences for your daily practice. ...