Swarthmore College Writing Center
... specify which one of them he’s referring to. Setting the title off with commas would suggest that it could be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence; however, the title is essential for meaning. For the same reason, restrictive clauses are not set off from the rest of the sentence by c ...
... specify which one of them he’s referring to. Setting the title off with commas would suggest that it could be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence; however, the title is essential for meaning. For the same reason, restrictive clauses are not set off from the rest of the sentence by c ...
Tricky Grammar - Talk for Writing
... On the positive side it is useful to know that there are two basic forms of the past tense • The simple past eg: I ran; I danced; I ate • The past progressive eg: I was running, I was dancing; I was eating These parallel the two basic forms of the present tense. • The simple present eg: I run; I dan ...
... On the positive side it is useful to know that there are two basic forms of the past tense • The simple past eg: I ran; I danced; I ate • The past progressive eg: I was running, I was dancing; I was eating These parallel the two basic forms of the present tense. • The simple present eg: I run; I dan ...
The Past Participle
... Using the Passive Voice (To Be and the Past Participle) The passive voice is composed of the past participle with some form of to be (am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been, or had been). In the passive voice, the subject does not act but is acted upon. Compare the passive voice with the active ...
... Using the Passive Voice (To Be and the Past Participle) The passive voice is composed of the past participle with some form of to be (am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been, or had been). In the passive voice, the subject does not act but is acted upon. Compare the passive voice with the active ...
Writing Curricula: Vertical Articulation
... Present vs present progressive Past progressive vs past Present perfect vs Present perfect progressive vs past Future (be going to, will, present & present progressive) introduced as new: past perfect & past perfect progressive future perfect & future perfect progressive ...
... Present vs present progressive Past progressive vs past Present perfect vs Present perfect progressive vs past Future (be going to, will, present & present progressive) introduced as new: past perfect & past perfect progressive future perfect & future perfect progressive ...
web query structure: implications for ir system design
... the form of a question. Further, almost all took the form of a Wh-phrase. A Wh-phrase is an interrogative phrase that begins with words like what, where, when, how, why, which, and whose. A typical query of this type is: ‘what is empty space in the universe composed of?’ In nearly all of these sente ...
... the form of a question. Further, almost all took the form of a Wh-phrase. A Wh-phrase is an interrogative phrase that begins with words like what, where, when, how, why, which, and whose. A typical query of this type is: ‘what is empty space in the universe composed of?’ In nearly all of these sente ...
Greek Notes by Terry Cook
... Very important to the use of this guide is understanding the layout so that the user will be able to make the most of the material. The design includes hundreds of “notes” from these textbooks on all the features of New Testament Greek that I felt might be important to a 2nd year Koine Greek student ...
... Very important to the use of this guide is understanding the layout so that the user will be able to make the most of the material. The design includes hundreds of “notes” from these textbooks on all the features of New Testament Greek that I felt might be important to a 2nd year Koine Greek student ...
ra - Stichting Papua Erfgoed
... There are two major townships in the Bird's Head: Sorong, which is the largest town, on the north western tip; and Manokwari on the north eastern tip. Smaller townships are Ransiki on the east coast; and on the south coast Bintuni (formerly Steenkool), lnanwatan and Teminabuan. These townships are i ...
... There are two major townships in the Bird's Head: Sorong, which is the largest town, on the north western tip; and Manokwari on the north eastern tip. Smaller townships are Ransiki on the east coast; and on the south coast Bintuni (formerly Steenkool), lnanwatan and Teminabuan. These townships are i ...
Clitics in Word Grammar
... Another issue where I still hold the beliefs I expressed in my earlier work is the analysis of compounds (Hudson 1984:50-2), which I think are words that contain smaller words. For example, FIELDMOUSE can be recognised as a single word alongside its component words FIELD and MOUSE. Since the compone ...
... Another issue where I still hold the beliefs I expressed in my earlier work is the analysis of compounds (Hudson 1984:50-2), which I think are words that contain smaller words. For example, FIELDMOUSE can be recognised as a single word alongside its component words FIELD and MOUSE. Since the compone ...
0 - DSpace@MIT
... This holds for the standard dialect, Central Catalan, the one that is the primary object of study of the present paper. Other dialects, such as Valencian or Ibizan, use it in spoken language (cf. Veny (1993)). See Harris (1998) for an account of Spanish imperatives within Distributed Morphology. It ...
... This holds for the standard dialect, Central Catalan, the one that is the primary object of study of the present paper. Other dialects, such as Valencian or Ibizan, use it in spoken language (cf. Veny (1993)). See Harris (1998) for an account of Spanish imperatives within Distributed Morphology. It ...
Nominal Clause - colliertech.org
... Island-sensitivity is widely assumed to be diagnostic of syntactic movement, so the dependencies in (9) show that the initial NPs are not associated with their rābiṭ-pronouns by movement, and so must be base-generated in the left-dislocated position. However, Aoun & Benmamoun (1997), Aoun, Choueiri ...
... Island-sensitivity is widely assumed to be diagnostic of syntactic movement, so the dependencies in (9) show that the initial NPs are not associated with their rābiṭ-pronouns by movement, and so must be base-generated in the left-dislocated position. However, Aoun & Benmamoun (1997), Aoun, Choueiri ...
23 THE SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS OF PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
... purpose, we prepositions expressing either the material cause or the psychological cause (motive). Most of adjuncts expresses the meaning of place and time. For example, a sentence in the short story about science fiction, “She had a very happy life until she was murdered on her wedding day”. On he ...
... purpose, we prepositions expressing either the material cause or the psychological cause (motive). Most of adjuncts expresses the meaning of place and time. For example, a sentence in the short story about science fiction, “She had a very happy life until she was murdered on her wedding day”. On he ...
Parts of Speech Jeopardy
... Category 1 - for 500 This part of speech shows a relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words in the sentence. ...
... Category 1 - for 500 This part of speech shows a relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words in the sentence. ...
South African discourse analysis in theory and practice
... Nouns/noun phrases embedded in the VP, like the traditional direct and indirect object, may also contain embedded elements. It should be added that, minimally, there may be only one noun/noun phrase functioning as subject of the VP, but there can be more such nouns/noun phrases connected to the same ...
... Nouns/noun phrases embedded in the VP, like the traditional direct and indirect object, may also contain embedded elements. It should be added that, minimally, there may be only one noun/noun phrase functioning as subject of the VP, but there can be more such nouns/noun phrases connected to the same ...
Basic English Grammar Module Unit 2B: The Verbal Group: Tenses
... contains the content information i.e. it tells us what type of activity is occurring. ...
... contains the content information i.e. it tells us what type of activity is occurring. ...
Objective - Magistra Snyder`s Latin Website
... deducted, either in part or full, if they are missing. You have the entire period to complete the exam. If you finish early, bring me your test paper and take out other ...
... deducted, either in part or full, if they are missing. You have the entire period to complete the exam. If you finish early, bring me your test paper and take out other ...
SAT/PSAT Grammar
... help you decide if a pronoun is in the proper case. When you have a compound subject like her and her friend, throw out each side of the phrase and try it out in the sentence—just remember to make the verb singular, since it stops being plural when you throw out one half of the subject. If you follo ...
... help you decide if a pronoun is in the proper case. When you have a compound subject like her and her friend, throw out each side of the phrase and try it out in the sentence—just remember to make the verb singular, since it stops being plural when you throw out one half of the subject. If you follo ...
3.1 The subjunctive in noun clauses
... • The subjunctive (el subjuntivo) is used mainly in the subordinate clause of multiple-clause sentences to express will, influence, emotion, doubt, or denial. The present subjunctive is formed by dropping the –o from the yo form of the present indicative and adding these endings: ¡ATENCIÓN! The indi ...
... • The subjunctive (el subjuntivo) is used mainly in the subordinate clause of multiple-clause sentences to express will, influence, emotion, doubt, or denial. The present subjunctive is formed by dropping the –o from the yo form of the present indicative and adding these endings: ¡ATENCIÓN! The indi ...
volume 15 - wecol 2003
... Copy + Merge (with copies not in the head ofa chain deleted at PF). Within 0, the moved verb can satisfy the necessary Case/theta-role requirements within that domain. Cyclic Spell-Out then applies, rendering K inaccessible to further computation. Subsequent operations (Merge and Move) render the de ...
... Copy + Merge (with copies not in the head ofa chain deleted at PF). Within 0, the moved verb can satisfy the necessary Case/theta-role requirements within that domain. Cyclic Spell-Out then applies, rendering K inaccessible to further computation. Subsequent operations (Merge and Move) render the de ...
Forming and Using Verb Tenses
... take place within a specific time frame. While actions referred to in the present progressive have some connection to the present, actions referred in the past progressive have no immediate or obvious connection to the present. The on-going actions took place and were completed at some point well be ...
... take place within a specific time frame. While actions referred to in the present progressive have some connection to the present, actions referred in the past progressive have no immediate or obvious connection to the present. The on-going actions took place and were completed at some point well be ...
Shurley and Reading Street Alignment
... Below is a table that correlates the language arts section of Scott/Foresman to Shurley Grammar. The Scott/Foresman can be utilized for extra practice, review, and/or assessment. It is also a great tool to use with students who enter the classroom mid-year and have not had Shurley grammar before. It ...
... Below is a table that correlates the language arts section of Scott/Foresman to Shurley Grammar. The Scott/Foresman can be utilized for extra practice, review, and/or assessment. It is also a great tool to use with students who enter the classroom mid-year and have not had Shurley grammar before. It ...
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Higher Lessons
... language he sees only a mass of unorganized words, how much greater must be his confusion when this mass of words is in a foreign tongue! A study of the parts of speech is a far less important preparation for translation, since the declensions and conjugations in English do not conform to those of o ...
... language he sees only a mass of unorganized words, how much greater must be his confusion when this mass of words is in a foreign tongue! A study of the parts of speech is a far less important preparation for translation, since the declensions and conjugations in English do not conform to those of o ...
Lesson #1 - McEachern High School
... together smoothly. Implementing direct references will also be enforced. Materials: Activity “Coherence: Direct References and Transitions” Coherence: Direct References and Transitions ...
... together smoothly. Implementing direct references will also be enforced. Materials: Activity “Coherence: Direct References and Transitions” Coherence: Direct References and Transitions ...
Phonological and Phonetic Effects of Minor Phrase
... 2.1. The experimental materials Experimental materials involved 5-word sentences in which the third noun varied in length from 3 to 7 syllables/moras; the syllables were all monomoraic CV. All other nouns in the sentence were consistently 5 moras long. N3 appeared in two distinct syntactic contexts: ...
... 2.1. The experimental materials Experimental materials involved 5-word sentences in which the third noun varied in length from 3 to 7 syllables/moras; the syllables were all monomoraic CV. All other nouns in the sentence were consistently 5 moras long. N3 appeared in two distinct syntactic contexts: ...
Target 1 ※ Different from English
... Region of space or time 有 some event, person, etc. In English we can either say, "There are holes in my shoes," or, "My shoes have holes in them." Target 8 PREDICATE == PREDa (to) ITV 我到城裡去買。 Very frequently we do one thing to set things up for doing something else, e.g., "He went to medical school ...
... Region of space or time 有 some event, person, etc. In English we can either say, "There are holes in my shoes," or, "My shoes have holes in them." Target 8 PREDICATE == PREDa (to) ITV 我到城裡去買。 Very frequently we do one thing to set things up for doing something else, e.g., "He went to medical school ...
Chapter 4
... Ellen often talked with Mr. Lee. Ellen often talked about Mr. Lee. Ellen often talked to Mr. Lee. See how the meaning has changed? English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ...
... Ellen often talked with Mr. Lee. Ellen often talked about Mr. Lee. Ellen often talked to Mr. Lee. See how the meaning has changed? English for Careers, 9th Edition Business, Professional, and Technical By Leila R. Smith ...
Scottish Gaelic grammar
This article describes the grammar of the Scottish Gaelic language.