Subject-Verb Agreement after `Neither of`, `Either of`
... ‘indefinite pronouns’ which “lack the element of definiteness which is found in the personal, reflexive, possessive and demonstrative pronouns, and to some extent also in the wh-pronouns”. They state that they are in a “logical sense quantitative” (ibid), and explain further that “they have universa ...
... ‘indefinite pronouns’ which “lack the element of definiteness which is found in the personal, reflexive, possessive and demonstrative pronouns, and to some extent also in the wh-pronouns”. They state that they are in a “logical sense quantitative” (ibid), and explain further that “they have universa ...
What does an adjective do
... a. Psychology is a subject. Psychology really interests me. b. Psychology is a subject [that really interests me ]. ...
... a. Psychology is a subject. Psychology really interests me. b. Psychology is a subject [that really interests me ]. ...
Conversion
... The fishermen were very happy to have a good catch this time. (4) Doer of the action The boy is such a bore. It seems he never speaks. (5) Tool or instrument to do the action with Better hammer the nail in. ...
... The fishermen were very happy to have a good catch this time. (4) Doer of the action The boy is such a bore. It seems he never speaks. (5) Tool or instrument to do the action with Better hammer the nail in. ...
Non-finite Verbs and their Objects in Finnic
... differ in their case selection in the languages studied, the present analysis is restricted to noun objects, although some mention of personal pronouns is used to clarify certain aspects. Livonian presents a problem in glossing, as the singular nominative and genitive nouns are often identical, and ...
... differ in their case selection in the languages studied, the present analysis is restricted to noun objects, although some mention of personal pronouns is used to clarify certain aspects. Livonian presents a problem in glossing, as the singular nominative and genitive nouns are often identical, and ...
English Literacy - Willow Tree Primary School
... Identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarising these. ...
... Identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarising these. ...
Course Objectives Level 10 Objectives Grammar Reading/Writing
... Use ordinal and cardinal numbers up to one million Understand short, informal presentations take notes on a short, informal presentation on a familiar topic or on a biographical or experiential topic Give a short, informal presentation in class on a biographical topic using the past and present tens ...
... Use ordinal and cardinal numbers up to one million Understand short, informal presentations take notes on a short, informal presentation on a familiar topic or on a biographical or experiential topic Give a short, informal presentation in class on a biographical topic using the past and present tens ...
The Regular, Irregular, and Pronominal Commands
... Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such Use the tu command when speaking to one person with whom you’re familiar. You use the vous command when speaking to one person with whom you aren’t familiar, a superior (like your boss or your professor), or someone older than you; an ...
... Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such Use the tu command when speaking to one person with whom you’re familiar. You use the vous command when speaking to one person with whom you aren’t familiar, a superior (like your boss or your professor), or someone older than you; an ...
Motivation for studying Italian
... combine the irregular root pus- with regular endings. The 2nd singular past indicative form pus-iste, for example, has the same theme vowel –i- and the same inflectional ending –ste as the corresponding form of a regular 2nd conjugation verb such as comer ‘to eat’ (see Table 1 below). The status of ...
... combine the irregular root pus- with regular endings. The 2nd singular past indicative form pus-iste, for example, has the same theme vowel –i- and the same inflectional ending –ste as the corresponding form of a regular 2nd conjugation verb such as comer ‘to eat’ (see Table 1 below). The status of ...
An Accurate Arabic Root-Based Lemmatizer for Information
... 2.2 Direct and Rule-Based Lexicons Direct access lexicons produce fewer errors, as they store a complete set of possible words, with their morphosyntactic features. Early work on Arabic stemming used manually constructed dictionaries, till now this approach is still widely used. Al-Kharashi and Even ...
... 2.2 Direct and Rule-Based Lexicons Direct access lexicons produce fewer errors, as they store a complete set of possible words, with their morphosyntactic features. Early work on Arabic stemming used manually constructed dictionaries, till now this approach is still widely used. Al-Kharashi and Even ...
syntactic and semantic characteristics
... cannot replace for by after, simply because this will break the meaning with for. The meaning of look for is search whereas the meaning of look after is tend . 3. Because phrasal verbs often constitute one unit, they can, thus, be replaced by single verbs of the same sense: 11.They tried hard to put ...
... cannot replace for by after, simply because this will break the meaning with for. The meaning of look for is search whereas the meaning of look after is tend . 3. Because phrasal verbs often constitute one unit, they can, thus, be replaced by single verbs of the same sense: 11.They tried hard to put ...
External temporal specification in English verbs of motion
... Perhaps the best-known classification of verbs in terms of what Dušková (1983) felicitously referred to as ‘lexical aspect’ was proposed by Vendler (1957). He distinguished four major types of verbs. States (such as knowing the answer) are temporally homogeneous and static. Activities, such as runni ...
... Perhaps the best-known classification of verbs in terms of what Dušková (1983) felicitously referred to as ‘lexical aspect’ was proposed by Vendler (1957). He distinguished four major types of verbs. States (such as knowing the answer) are temporally homogeneous and static. Activities, such as runni ...
The rise of the periphrastic perfect tense in the continental West
... gradual rise of this prefix in the Old and Middle Dutch period. The Gothic verbal tense system consists of just a past and a present tense, with the latter referring to eventualities occurring at speech time, in the future, or without any time specification; cf. Van der Wal (1986:36) and Van der Hor ...
... gradual rise of this prefix in the Old and Middle Dutch period. The Gothic verbal tense system consists of just a past and a present tense, with the latter referring to eventualities occurring at speech time, in the future, or without any time specification; cf. Van der Wal (1986:36) and Van der Hor ...
6B – El subjuntivo con verbos de emoción y duda
... Alegrar de – to make happy Complacer – to please Divertir (ie) – to amuse Encantar – to enchant, to delight Fascinar – to fascinate Gustar – to be pleasing, to appeal (like) Importar – to matter, be important Interesar – to interest Molestar – to bother Parecer bien / mal – to seem right / wrong Pre ...
... Alegrar de – to make happy Complacer – to please Divertir (ie) – to amuse Encantar – to enchant, to delight Fascinar – to fascinate Gustar – to be pleasing, to appeal (like) Importar – to matter, be important Interesar – to interest Molestar – to bother Parecer bien / mal – to seem right / wrong Pre ...
the Difference in the Stress Patterns between
... syllables of the word, as can be done in French, where the last syllable is usually stressed, in Polish, where the syllable before the last is usually stressed or Czech, where the first syllable is stressed. Many writers have said that “….. English word stress is so difficult to predict that the bes ...
... syllables of the word, as can be done in French, where the last syllable is usually stressed, in Polish, where the syllable before the last is usually stressed or Czech, where the first syllable is stressed. Many writers have said that “….. English word stress is so difficult to predict that the bes ...
Dutch Tenses and the Analysis of a Literary Text: The Case of Marga
... simple past. In the Dutch original: "Het Staat vast dat de twee monteurs [...] eerst aanlegden bij De Salamander"; "Het kan zijn dat ze het nog te koud of te donker vonden [...]"; "hei is ook mogelijk dat het kwam door [...]." Surely, these are unusual combinations of plain narrative and objective, ...
... simple past. In the Dutch original: "Het Staat vast dat de twee monteurs [...] eerst aanlegden bij De Salamander"; "Het kan zijn dat ze het nog te koud of te donker vonden [...]"; "hei is ook mogelijk dat het kwam door [...]." Surely, these are unusual combinations of plain narrative and objective, ...
APA 2 - ELTE / SEAS
... which are set off with commas, will help make your writing clear and precise. Subordinate conjunctions. While and since. Some style authorities accept the use of while and since when they do not refer strictly to time; however, words like these, with more than one meaning, can cause confusion. Becau ...
... which are set off with commas, will help make your writing clear and precise. Subordinate conjunctions. While and since. Some style authorities accept the use of while and since when they do not refer strictly to time; however, words like these, with more than one meaning, can cause confusion. Becau ...
Grammar Practice #9 (Adverbs)
... Adverbs answer questions of how, when, where, and to what extent. Here are some examples. Mandy caught that ball easily. (How did Mandy catch the ball?) “easily” is the adverb. Today Ernie cut the lawn. (When did Ernie cut the lawn?) “Today” is the adverb. Would you bring your skis here? (Where shou ...
... Adverbs answer questions of how, when, where, and to what extent. Here are some examples. Mandy caught that ball easily. (How did Mandy catch the ball?) “easily” is the adverb. Today Ernie cut the lawn. (When did Ernie cut the lawn?) “Today” is the adverb. Would you bring your skis here? (Where shou ...
Grammar guide - National Geographic Learning
... 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 unpleasant unpleasanter. Notice: As may be used to compare the way two things are similar or differen ...
... 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 unpleasant unpleasanter. Notice: As may be used to compare the way two things are similar or differen ...
учебно-методический комплекс по учебной дисциплине
... predicate of double orientation. In both cases their second parts are expressed by the verb to be, or one of the others mentioned above. a) There must be something wrong with him. There may come a time when you’ll regret this. b) There seemed to be only two people in the room. There did not appear t ...
... predicate of double orientation. In both cases their second parts are expressed by the verb to be, or one of the others mentioned above. a) There must be something wrong with him. There may come a time when you’ll regret this. b) There seemed to be only two people in the room. There did not appear t ...
AIRMAN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
... Reciprocal pronouns (each other and one another) combine ideas. “Pete and Paul keep each other laughing” shows the proper use of “each.” “Tom, Dick, and Harry give one another a hard time” shows the proper use of the pronoun “one another” when there are more than two subjects. Reciprocal pronouns ca ...
... Reciprocal pronouns (each other and one another) combine ideas. “Pete and Paul keep each other laughing” shows the proper use of “each.” “Tom, Dick, and Harry give one another a hard time” shows the proper use of the pronoun “one another” when there are more than two subjects. Reciprocal pronouns ca ...
PARTICIPLES AND PARTICIPIAL PHRASES
... present participle The broken bottle floated down the polluted river. past participles The crowded elevator broke down on the third floor. past participle Hopping and skipping, the kangaroo traversed the landscape. present participles ...
... present participle The broken bottle floated down the polluted river. past participles The crowded elevator broke down on the third floor. past participle Hopping and skipping, the kangaroo traversed the landscape. present participles ...
Does shall could should must did
... 8. She appears capable. 9. That answer sounds right. 10. That fateful response still sounds in my head. ...
... 8. She appears capable. 9. That answer sounds right. 10. That fateful response still sounds in my head. ...
Packet for the Grammar Proficiency Exam
... 1. For most of us the lecture was a bore, for Grace, however, it was stimulating. 2. Don't ask if this assignment involves you, it does. 3. Although the bridge was damaged, we were able to cross the rampaging river. 4. The lecture delivered, Professor Brooks asked if there were any questions. 5. Art ...
... 1. For most of us the lecture was a bore, for Grace, however, it was stimulating. 2. Don't ask if this assignment involves you, it does. 3. Although the bridge was damaged, we were able to cross the rampaging river. 4. The lecture delivered, Professor Brooks asked if there were any questions. 5. Art ...
Participles and finiteness: the case of Akhvakh
... category with the status of functional head, responsible for a variety of syntactic phenomena, in particular the presence of an overt subject in the nominative case in finite clauses, contrasting with its absence in nonfinite structures (control and raising structures, structures in which the subjec ...
... category with the status of functional head, responsible for a variety of syntactic phenomena, in particular the presence of an overt subject in the nominative case in finite clauses, contrasting with its absence in nonfinite structures (control and raising structures, structures in which the subjec ...