INTRANSITIVE PREDICATES
... a. An old woman lodged at Mrs Parker’s. b. *There lodged an old woman at Mrs Parker’s. ...
... a. An old woman lodged at Mrs Parker’s. b. *There lodged an old woman at Mrs Parker’s. ...
Work Book (Special English) - Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation
... Question words: which, what, whose, etc. ...
... Question words: which, what, whose, etc. ...
Irregular Verbs
... You probably know that every sentence has at least one verb in it. There are two main types of verbs. Action verbs are used to depict activities that are doable, and linking verbs are used to describe conditions. Both action verbs and linking verbs can accompany auxiliary verbs including the three m ...
... You probably know that every sentence has at least one verb in it. There are two main types of verbs. Action verbs are used to depict activities that are doable, and linking verbs are used to describe conditions. Both action verbs and linking verbs can accompany auxiliary verbs including the three m ...
Classical Latin textbook - Preface, Introduction
... for example, the subject of an English sentence will almost always come first. In Latin, by contrast, word order tells you nothing about a word’s function; this information comes from the word’s ending. At first the order of words in Latin sentences will seem arbitrary. Be patient. By the time you hav ...
... for example, the subject of an English sentence will almost always come first. In Latin, by contrast, word order tells you nothing about a word’s function; this information comes from the word’s ending. At first the order of words in Latin sentences will seem arbitrary. Be patient. By the time you hav ...
JoL-submission #1016 - Munin
... unified treatment despite their empirical differences, which we describe in §2. The line of research that we pursue in this paper is to show that both kinds of nominals can receive the same analysis, as their differences derive from independent properties of the verbal base they combine with; more s ...
... unified treatment despite their empirical differences, which we describe in §2. The line of research that we pursue in this paper is to show that both kinds of nominals can receive the same analysis, as their differences derive from independent properties of the verbal base they combine with; more s ...
A temporal semantics for Malayalam Conjunctive Participle
... up the dog shit and deposited it and the day’s news in a refuse can. [time adverbial] c. Transposed to a trumpet or saxophone, her creations would probably herald a new school.[conditional clause] (Stump 1985 p2: 2-4) Stump’s general proposal is that these adjuncts, if not serving as an argument of ...
... up the dog shit and deposited it and the day’s news in a refuse can. [time adverbial] c. Transposed to a trumpet or saxophone, her creations would probably herald a new school.[conditional clause] (Stump 1985 p2: 2-4) Stump’s general proposal is that these adjuncts, if not serving as an argument of ...
falls
... Contribution of our data to the typology of falling verbs. Linguistically, verbs of falling are related to some other domains besides motion (sound, destruction etc.) => Uralic data on this matter. ...
... Contribution of our data to the typology of falling verbs. Linguistically, verbs of falling are related to some other domains besides motion (sound, destruction etc.) => Uralic data on this matter. ...
Gerunds without phrase structure
... the internal characteristics of a clause with the external characteristics of a noun phrase. Previous analyses have tried to recognise the mixed character of gerunds by assigning them two separate nodes, one verbal and the other nominal. However dependency analyses such as Word Grammar allow only on ...
... the internal characteristics of a clause with the external characteristics of a noun phrase. Previous analyses have tried to recognise the mixed character of gerunds by assigning them two separate nodes, one verbal and the other nominal. However dependency analyses such as Word Grammar allow only on ...
Grammar for Trainee Teachers by Colette Godkin for ATC Language
... stopped. The rule for this spelling change is that if the last syllable of the word is stressed and there is one vowel followed by one consonant in this syllable, then we double the consonant. An example of this is the verb commit where the last syllable is stressed (which means it is the longest an ...
... stopped. The rule for this spelling change is that if the last syllable of the word is stressed and there is one vowel followed by one consonant in this syllable, then we double the consonant. An example of this is the verb commit where the last syllable is stressed (which means it is the longest an ...
Guidelines for the annotation of Old English
... identical, even if we know that a form is in all likelihood either indicative or subjunctive. It is a practice that can be questioned, but we follow the practice of the YCOE corpus in this matter. 2.1.2 Noun, common No particular problems. 2.1.3 Noun, proper No particular problems. 2.1.4 Pronoun, pe ...
... identical, even if we know that a form is in all likelihood either indicative or subjunctive. It is a practice that can be questioned, but we follow the practice of the YCOE corpus in this matter. 2.1.2 Noun, common No particular problems. 2.1.3 Noun, proper No particular problems. 2.1.4 Pronoun, pe ...
Chapter 16
... Kisi (also commonly Kissi, representing French spelling), is the language of some 500,000 speakers, of whom the majority (60%) reside in Guinea, with the rest split between Liberia (20%) and Sierra Leone (20%). Childs (1995:9-10) identifies “at least two different dialects”, Northern and Southern Ki ...
... Kisi (also commonly Kissi, representing French spelling), is the language of some 500,000 speakers, of whom the majority (60%) reside in Guinea, with the rest split between Liberia (20%) and Sierra Leone (20%). Childs (1995:9-10) identifies “at least two different dialects”, Northern and Southern Ki ...
PDF Version
... sharp distinction between the bases ER and MIN ‘one, first of a series’, stating specifically that ER “cannot be used for ‘first’” and “was not used in counting in series” (ibid.). This distinction seems to have been made throughout Tolkien’s long development of his languages, even from the earliest ...
... sharp distinction between the bases ER and MIN ‘one, first of a series’, stating specifically that ER “cannot be used for ‘first’” and “was not used in counting in series” (ibid.). This distinction seems to have been made throughout Tolkien’s long development of his languages, even from the earliest ...
First Year Grammar
... When a modifier is an adjective, it modifies a noun or a pronoun. (In these examples, the 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 ...
... When a modifier is an adjective, it modifies a noun or a pronoun. (In these examples, the 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 ...
Lesson 7 Writing Overview
... passive voice sentence order. What was the subject of the sentence now becomes its object. Thus, a sentence written in the passive voice shows the object as the doer of the action. The subject no longer acts but is acted upon. Example: The ball was thrown by George. A passive sentence may also omit ...
... passive voice sentence order. What was the subject of the sentence now becomes its object. Thus, a sentence written in the passive voice shows the object as the doer of the action. The subject no longer acts but is acted upon. Example: The ball was thrown by George. A passive sentence may also omit ...
File - Marcelo`s English Site
... When agreeing with a negative statement or opinion, you may use “me (n)either,” “Neither am/do I,” or “I am/do not either”. Change do for a modal verb if necessary. When disagreeing, you may use “I do” or “I am” depending on the verb. “I don’t like broccoli.” “I’m not fat.” “Me (n)either.” / “I do. ...
... When agreeing with a negative statement or opinion, you may use “me (n)either,” “Neither am/do I,” or “I am/do not either”. Change do for a modal verb if necessary. When disagreeing, you may use “I do” or “I am” depending on the verb. “I don’t like broccoli.” “I’m not fat.” “Me (n)either.” / “I do. ...
Blocking of Phrasal Constructions by Lexical Items Introduction
... elided by the process referred to as O-Ellipsis.8 In the transitive case this can readily be determined by the case-marking of the object: accusative in the case of a true incorporated periphrastic but genitive in the case of an unincorporated periphrastic that has undergone O-Ellipsis. Another diag ...
... elided by the process referred to as O-Ellipsis.8 In the transitive case this can readily be determined by the case-marking of the object: accusative in the case of a true incorporated periphrastic but genitive in the case of an unincorporated periphrastic that has undergone O-Ellipsis. Another diag ...
ADVERBS IN ENGLISH
... We do not put adverbs between verbs and their direct objects or between verbs and non-finite or that-clauses (Grammar for English Language Teachers, p32). ...
... We do not put adverbs between verbs and their direct objects or between verbs and non-finite or that-clauses (Grammar for English Language Teachers, p32). ...
3015 FRENCH MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2011 question paper
... where a past narrative is required, “Le minibus arrivet” would not score for Communication. For past tense narrative, please accept (for Communication only) the Imperfect and Pluperfect as well as the Perfect and Past Historic. If a Future is required, please accept the Conditional as well. In the c ...
... where a past narrative is required, “Le minibus arrivet” would not score for Communication. For past tense narrative, please accept (for Communication only) the Imperfect and Pluperfect as well as the Perfect and Past Historic. If a Future is required, please accept the Conditional as well. In the c ...
Doing more with less: Verb learning in Korean
... consistent with this proposal: toddlers fail to map novel verbs involving only a single participant (i.e., intransitive verbs) when they appear in rich linguistic contexts (Lidz, Bunger, Leddon, Baier, & Waxman, 2009). Thus, within a language, the optimal linguistic context for verb learning varies ...
... consistent with this proposal: toddlers fail to map novel verbs involving only a single participant (i.e., intransitive verbs) when they appear in rich linguistic contexts (Lidz, Bunger, Leddon, Baier, & Waxman, 2009). Thus, within a language, the optimal linguistic context for verb learning varies ...
8th Grade Narrative Instructional Writing Rubric
... *This instructional writing rubric is designed as an instructional tool for teachers and students to use as they begin implementation of the Next Generation WV Content Standards and Objectives in the classroom. The existing WV Writing Rubric, aligned to the 21st Century WV Content Standards and Obje ...
... *This instructional writing rubric is designed as an instructional tool for teachers and students to use as they begin implementation of the Next Generation WV Content Standards and Objectives in the classroom. The existing WV Writing Rubric, aligned to the 21st Century WV Content Standards and Obje ...
A Biographical Memoir of Kenneth Hale
... the word with this pronunciation ought to have this meaning rather than a different one. As (2) shows, any English speaker also knows at least one other fact about faint, namely that it is intransitive (that is, that it cannot have a direct object). Is this an independent fact that must be separatel ...
... the word with this pronunciation ought to have this meaning rather than a different one. As (2) shows, any English speaker also knows at least one other fact about faint, namely that it is intransitive (that is, that it cannot have a direct object). Is this an independent fact that must be separatel ...
Commas Until You Cry! - Introducing Adam Morton
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
Pie Corbett Progression
... Types of sentences: Statements Questions Exclamations Simple Connectives: and or but so because so that then that while when where Also as openers: While… When… Where… -‘ly’ openers Fortunately,…Unfortunately, Sadly,… Simple sentences e.g. I went to the park. The castle is haunted. Embellished simpl ...
... Types of sentences: Statements Questions Exclamations Simple Connectives: and or but so because so that then that while when where Also as openers: While… When… Where… -‘ly’ openers Fortunately,…Unfortunately, Sadly,… Simple sentences e.g. I went to the park. The castle is haunted. Embellished simpl ...
File - Mr. Bailey`s Class
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...