A unified analysis of the English bare plural
... article, but that some idiosyncratic property of its semantics restricts it to having narrow scope only. It is not clear how a defense of this nature might proceed, but in any case it becomes untenable when we examine the next set of data, where the scope possibilities of u and 4 are differentiated, ...
... article, but that some idiosyncratic property of its semantics restricts it to having narrow scope only. It is not clear how a defense of this nature might proceed, but in any case it becomes untenable when we examine the next set of data, where the scope possibilities of u and 4 are differentiated, ...
e aland - MPG.PuRe
... but little explored and as each person's notions will vary with the acuteness of his ear, and the extent to which his judgment has been exercised, we may be prepared to expect a considerable discrepancy of opinion. shall therefore proceed with caution, and offer ...
... but little explored and as each person's notions will vary with the acuteness of his ear, and the extent to which his judgment has been exercised, we may be prepared to expect a considerable discrepancy of opinion. shall therefore proceed with caution, and offer ...
The Category of Participles
... cannot take PP modifiers/arguments.6 We also know that in languages where PP-modifiers of attributes are licit, agentive by-phrases are also licit in this context, as in the following example from Rapp (2000): (10) der vom Kellner eingeschenkte Wein the by waiter served wine "the wine served by the ...
... cannot take PP modifiers/arguments.6 We also know that in languages where PP-modifiers of attributes are licit, agentive by-phrases are also licit in this context, as in the following example from Rapp (2000): (10) der vom Kellner eingeschenkte Wein the by waiter served wine "the wine served by the ...
AGU Grammar and Style Guide
... If you have both combinations in a paper (one modified by an adverb and one not, such as "high-frequency waves" and "very high frequency waves"), do not treat them similarly (i.e., do not hyphen both or leave both open). The presence of the adverb in the second combination makes the difference. For ...
... If you have both combinations in a paper (one modified by an adverb and one not, such as "high-frequency waves" and "very high frequency waves"), do not treat them similarly (i.e., do not hyphen both or leave both open). The presence of the adverb in the second combination makes the difference. For ...
Grammar - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... • A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought. • A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. • A statement is a sentence that tells something. • A question is a sentence that asks something. • All sentences begin with a capital letter and end ...
... • A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought. • A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. • A statement is a sentence that tells something. • A question is a sentence that asks something. • All sentences begin with a capital letter and end ...
AGU Grammar and Style Guide
... If you have both combinations in a paper (one modified by an adverb and one not, such as "high-frequency waves" and "very high frequency waves"), do not treat them similarly (i.e., do not hyphen both or leave both open). The presence of the adverb in the second combination makes the difference. For ...
... If you have both combinations in a paper (one modified by an adverb and one not, such as "high-frequency waves" and "very high frequency waves"), do not treat them similarly (i.e., do not hyphen both or leave both open). The presence of the adverb in the second combination makes the difference. For ...
The Clause - Haiku Learning
... trap energy and matter. 4. The school presented a special award to the student whose work had improved most. 5. Frances Perkins, who served as secretary of labor, was the first woman to hold a Cabinet position. 6. The problem that worries us right now is the pollution of underground sources of water ...
... trap energy and matter. 4. The school presented a special award to the student whose work had improved most. 5. Frances Perkins, who served as secretary of labor, was the first woman to hold a Cabinet position. 6. The problem that worries us right now is the pollution of underground sources of water ...
Negative Prefixes in English and Macedonian
... The distinction can be illustrated by the following example: Mary is a smoker. ~ Mary is a non-smoker. It is contradiction that is in question here, simply because we are dealing with two features on the scale: smoker and nonsmoker, and only one of them is true: Mary either smokes or doesn’t smoke, ...
... The distinction can be illustrated by the following example: Mary is a smoker. ~ Mary is a non-smoker. It is contradiction that is in question here, simply because we are dealing with two features on the scale: smoker and nonsmoker, and only one of them is true: Mary either smokes or doesn’t smoke, ...
Tagset Manual
... The words daer and toe together form a pronominal adverb daartoe. In the tag tier this is indicated by tagging toe with PronAdv(prep), indicating that it is part of a separated PronAdv. In the fifth tier, it is shown which tokens should be linked together. The tag ba4 in the second line indicates th ...
... The words daer and toe together form a pronominal adverb daartoe. In the tag tier this is indicated by tagging toe with PronAdv(prep), indicating that it is part of a separated PronAdv. In the fifth tier, it is shown which tokens should be linked together. The tag ba4 in the second line indicates th ...
The sentence – A2 level
... Use of 'so' to express a goal ........................................................................................................................... 34 'That' and dependent clauses .................................................................................................................. ...
... Use of 'so' to express a goal ........................................................................................................................... 34 'That' and dependent clauses .................................................................................................................. ...
JWodern English and lts 1-ieritage
... one or more of these tong~es. What few persons except philologists realize, however, is the .really large number of languages in existence. Louis H. Gray in his Foundations of Language 1 tentatively puts the total number of present-day spoken languages, exclusive of dialects, at 2796. Most of these ...
... one or more of these tong~es. What few persons except philologists realize, however, is the .really large number of languages in existence. Louis H. Gray in his Foundations of Language 1 tentatively puts the total number of present-day spoken languages, exclusive of dialects, at 2796. Most of these ...
Year 3 Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Objectives
... Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals (for example, girls', boys') and in words with irregular plurals (for example, children's). Use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary. Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the ...
... Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals (for example, girls', boys') and in words with irregular plurals (for example, children's). Use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary. Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the ...
Natural Language Processing in Perl
... You can use this module e.g. to preprocess text before it is sent to electronic media that has some maximum text size limit. For example pagers have an arbitrary text size limit, typically around 200 characters, which you want to fill as much as possible. Alternatively you may have GSM cellular phon ...
... You can use this module e.g. to preprocess text before it is sent to electronic media that has some maximum text size limit. For example pagers have an arbitrary text size limit, typically around 200 characters, which you want to fill as much as possible. Alternatively you may have GSM cellular phon ...
Practice sheets for the sentences in this booklet are available in a
... improve their sentences by using synonyms, antonyms, or other word changes to improve different parts of the practice sentence. Writing improved sentences will help students to mentally make better word choices as they write because their writing ability and their vocabulary increase. The Writing Se ...
... improve their sentences by using synonyms, antonyms, or other word changes to improve different parts of the practice sentence. Writing improved sentences will help students to mentally make better word choices as they write because their writing ability and their vocabulary increase. The Writing Se ...
Alpha-Phonics Video
... Y stands for yuh, and if you put yuh in front of am and ap, you get yam and yap. Z stands for zuh, and if you put zuh in front of ag, you get zag . Thus , by the end of Lesson 9, you've learned the short a vowel sound, and the sounds of consonant letters b, c, d, f, g, h, j, I, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, ...
... Y stands for yuh, and if you put yuh in front of am and ap, you get yam and yap. Z stands for zuh, and if you put zuh in front of ag, you get zag . Thus , by the end of Lesson 9, you've learned the short a vowel sound, and the sounds of consonant letters b, c, d, f, g, h, j, I, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, ...
Language Arts Diagnostic Tests 500-800
... If the underlined words are incorrect, write correct words on the lines. Circle the degree of comparison used in the sentence. ...
... If the underlined words are incorrect, write correct words on the lines. Circle the degree of comparison used in the sentence. ...
Grammar 6
... cracked like dry earth” instead of “The elephant’s skin looked dry,” “The moon hangs like a pearl earring” instead of “The moon is white and round”) • Use precise nouns. (heron instead of bird, skyscraper instead of building) • Harness the power of strong verbs. (whisper instead of say, galloped ins ...
... cracked like dry earth” instead of “The elephant’s skin looked dry,” “The moon hangs like a pearl earring” instead of “The moon is white and round”) • Use precise nouns. (heron instead of bird, skyscraper instead of building) • Harness the power of strong verbs. (whisper instead of say, galloped ins ...
ADJECTIVE + PARTICIPLE
... 4) Don’t use an apostrophe at the end of verbs that end in s. (I’m sorry I even had to include this, but I’ve seen it way too often not to warn you about it!) INCORRECT: And then can you tell me what the witness say’s? I don’t understand what she see’s in him. ...
... 4) Don’t use an apostrophe at the end of verbs that end in s. (I’m sorry I even had to include this, but I’ve seen it way too often not to warn you about it!) INCORRECT: And then can you tell me what the witness say’s? I don’t understand what she see’s in him. ...
INFLECTION OF ADJECTIVES
... In the course of the Middle English period the adjectives for the most part ceased to be inflected. In the position before the governing noun this and that alone show traces of their former rich inflection. T h e y can still indicate the plural: these, those. In the position after the governing noun ...
... In the course of the Middle English period the adjectives for the most part ceased to be inflected. In the position before the governing noun this and that alone show traces of their former rich inflection. T h e y can still indicate the plural: these, those. In the position after the governing noun ...
Lecture notes
... (In simple words, Phonemes that are contrastive in certain environments may not be contrastive in all environments. In the environments where they don't contrast, the contrast is said to be neutralized.) ...
... (In simple words, Phonemes that are contrastive in certain environments may not be contrastive in all environments. In the environments where they don't contrast, the contrast is said to be neutralized.) ...
perfect tense
... 17. Girls love water, but farmers love the native land. 18. She was holding the farmer, but was carrying the girl. 19. You (sg.) had carried the letters, but you wandered. ...
... 17. Girls love water, but farmers love the native land. 18. She was holding the farmer, but was carrying the girl. 19. You (sg.) had carried the letters, but you wandered. ...
File - Tennessee Against Common Core
... The spoken word consists of a sequence of elementary sounds (phonemes). A phoneme is defined as the minimal change in sound that will change one word into another word: sit-> bit; top ->shop (see Figure 1, Intervention Strategies for Phonemic Awareness). Phonemic awareness is the ability to recogniz ...
... The spoken word consists of a sequence of elementary sounds (phonemes). A phoneme is defined as the minimal change in sound that will change one word into another word: sit-> bit; top ->shop (see Figure 1, Intervention Strategies for Phonemic Awareness). Phonemic awareness is the ability to recogniz ...
English Success Standards - Truth in American Education
... The spoken word consists of a sequence of elementary sounds (phonemes). A phoneme is defined as the minimal change in sound that will change one word into another word: sit-> bit; top ->shop (see Figure 1, Intervention Strategies for Phonemic Awareness). Phonemic awareness is the ability to recogniz ...
... The spoken word consists of a sequence of elementary sounds (phonemes). A phoneme is defined as the minimal change in sound that will change one word into another word: sit-> bit; top ->shop (see Figure 1, Intervention Strategies for Phonemic Awareness). Phonemic awareness is the ability to recogniz ...
Typological variation of the adjectival class
... Most current linguistic theories—whose main proponents are speakers of and researchers in European languages—are modeled on languages with parts-of-speech systems organized into the four major classes of verb, noun, adjective, and adverb. Cross-linguistic investigation shows that not all languages f ...
... Most current linguistic theories—whose main proponents are speakers of and researchers in European languages—are modeled on languages with parts-of-speech systems organized into the four major classes of verb, noun, adjective, and adverb. Cross-linguistic investigation shows that not all languages f ...
Grammar and Punctuation, Grade 6
... Rule 1 Kinds of Sentences...................................................................... 3 Rule 2 Subjects & Predicates ................................................................. 7 Rule 3 Compound Sentences ............................................................... 11 Rule 4 Commo ...
... Rule 1 Kinds of Sentences...................................................................... 3 Rule 2 Subjects & Predicates ................................................................. 7 Rule 3 Compound Sentences ............................................................... 11 Rule 4 Commo ...