Petronius, Satyricon - , the Matron of Ephesus
... matron? Simply put, a matron is “a married woman or a widow, especially a mother of dignity, mature age, and established social position” (dictionary.com). And indeed, from Petronius’ description of his matron of Ephesus, she seems to be all of these things. She is most definitely a widow, as we fin ...
... matron? Simply put, a matron is “a married woman or a widow, especially a mother of dignity, mature age, and established social position” (dictionary.com). And indeed, from Petronius’ description of his matron of Ephesus, she seems to be all of these things. She is most definitely a widow, as we fin ...
On degree phrases and result clauses Rijkhoek, Paulien Dea
... (Hoekstra 1991 (p.24), Kayne 1994). This agreement relationship restricts the distribution of specifiers to certain functional projections, which yields considerable differences in the predictions made by the two hypotheses. I will discuss the specifier and adjunct analyses in sections 2.3 and 2.4. ...
... (Hoekstra 1991 (p.24), Kayne 1994). This agreement relationship restricts the distribution of specifiers to certain functional projections, which yields considerable differences in the predictions made by the two hypotheses. I will discuss the specifier and adjunct analyses in sections 2.3 and 2.4. ...
Iberdrola Style Guide
... Avoid the forms inputted and outputted. Instead, write input and output: 70,000 records were input last month. ...
... Avoid the forms inputted and outputted. Instead, write input and output: 70,000 records were input last month. ...
Unit - 1 Nouns
... Even though there are enough contextual clues in (2) as to the antecedent of each other the sentence is not possible. Note: Traditional grammar makes a distinction between each other and one another. It requires that each other be used of only two people/things and one another of more than two. In c ...
... Even though there are enough contextual clues in (2) as to the antecedent of each other the sentence is not possible. Note: Traditional grammar makes a distinction between each other and one another. It requires that each other be used of only two people/things and one another of more than two. In c ...
Reteach Workbook
... • An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation mark. Hooray, I’m the winner! • Add a comma and the conjunction and, or, or but to join pairs of each kind of sentence. Chaz will play violin tonight, or he will play piano. Underline each sentence that is written correctly. ...
... • An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation mark. Hooray, I’m the winner! • Add a comma and the conjunction and, or, or but to join pairs of each kind of sentence. Chaz will play violin tonight, or he will play piano. Underline each sentence that is written correctly. ...
6th Grade Grammar Minutes
... and should not be included as part of a student’s overall language arts grade. However, the Minutes provide an excellent opportunity to identify which skills the class as a whole needs to practice or review. Use this information to plan the content of future grammar lessons. For example, if many stu ...
... and should not be included as part of a student’s overall language arts grade. However, the Minutes provide an excellent opportunity to identify which skills the class as a whole needs to practice or review. Use this information to plan the content of future grammar lessons. For example, if many stu ...
How to Speak and Write Correctly Joseph Devlin
... VocabularyParts of SpeechRequisites It is very easy to learn how to speak and write correctly, as for all purposes of ordinary conversation and communication, only about 2,000 different words are required. The mastery of just twenty hundred words, the knowing where to place them, will make us not ma ...
... VocabularyParts of SpeechRequisites It is very easy to learn how to speak and write correctly, as for all purposes of ordinary conversation and communication, only about 2,000 different words are required. The mastery of just twenty hundred words, the knowing where to place them, will make us not ma ...
How to Speak and Write Correctly
... this number will suffice for all your wants. Of course you may think not, and you may not be content to call things by their common names; you may be ambitious to show superiority over others and display your learning or, rather, your pedantry and lack of learning. For instance, you may not want to ...
... this number will suffice for all your wants. Of course you may think not, and you may not be content to call things by their common names; you may be ambitious to show superiority over others and display your learning or, rather, your pedantry and lack of learning. For instance, you may not want to ...
Prose Passages for Level 2
... as she had tied him (DO) fast, [Adv. to "had tied" so that [Adv. to "must starve" if he could not get away] he must starve {to death}]]. | But the cockchafer did not trouble himself (DO) {about that}; | he sat down {with her} {on a large green leaf}, gave her (IO) the honey (DO) {out of the flowers} ...
... as she had tied him (DO) fast, [Adv. to "had tied" so that [Adv. to "must starve" if he could not get away] he must starve {to death}]]. | But the cockchafer did not trouble himself (DO) {about that}; | he sat down {with her} {on a large green leaf}, gave her (IO) the honey (DO) {out of the flowers} ...
LEXICAL AND STYLISTIC MEANS OF EXPRESSING POLITENESS
... professor of phonetics, while telling his opinion about Liza Doolittle to her relatives, tries not to offence them by using different hedging constructions. “MRSX PEARCE I just wish to trouble you with a word, if I may, Mr. Higgins.” [3] This example shows how people try to be polite while interferi ...
... professor of phonetics, while telling his opinion about Liza Doolittle to her relatives, tries not to offence them by using different hedging constructions. “MRSX PEARCE I just wish to trouble you with a word, if I may, Mr. Higgins.” [3] This example shows how people try to be polite while interferi ...
compounds
... Some nouns consist of a verb and a preposition or adverb: Take-off, sell-out, wrap-up, sit-in As for headless adjectives, there are quite a number consisting of a preposition and a noun. Overland, in-house, with profits, offshore, downmarket, upscale, underweight, over-budget The adjectival status o ...
... Some nouns consist of a verb and a preposition or adverb: Take-off, sell-out, wrap-up, sit-in As for headless adjectives, there are quite a number consisting of a preposition and a noun. Overland, in-house, with profits, offshore, downmarket, upscale, underweight, over-budget The adjectival status o ...
UAS Writing Style Guide - University of Alaska Southeast
... A class is a particular instance of a course offered in a particular teaching period. A course may consist of one or more components (e.g. lecture, laboratory) with a separate class for each component type (e.g. a lecture and a laboratory). There may also be separate classes for each “offering” of a ...
... A class is a particular instance of a course offered in a particular teaching period. A course may consist of one or more components (e.g. lecture, laboratory) with a separate class for each component type (e.g. a lecture and a laboratory). There may also be separate classes for each “offering” of a ...
higher lessons in english
... sentence. To study thought through its outward form, the sentence, and to discover the fitness of the different parts of the expression to the parts of the thought, is to learn to think. It has been noticed that pupils thoroughly trained in the analysis and the construction of sentences come to thei ...
... sentence. To study thought through its outward form, the sentence, and to discover the fitness of the different parts of the expression to the parts of the thought, is to learn to think. It has been noticed that pupils thoroughly trained in the analysis and the construction of sentences come to thei ...
EN - English Grammar for the Utterly Confused
... adj. noun 2. Use vivid adjectives to make your writing more specific and descriptive. Take a larger slice of the luscious cake. adj. noun adj. noun 3. Use an adjective after a linking verb. A linking verb connects a subject with a descriptive word. The most common linking verbs are be (is, am, are, ...
... adj. noun 2. Use vivid adjectives to make your writing more specific and descriptive. Take a larger slice of the luscious cake. adj. noun adj. noun 3. Use an adjective after a linking verb. A linking verb connects a subject with a descriptive word. The most common linking verbs are be (is, am, are, ...
Grammar: Part I - Parts of Speech
... Have you written that letter? They had already bought her present. I have never seen anything like that before. Paul can do anything. Tracy will be buying her wedding dress in New York. My dad thought that he could sell his old car for more. She might have been being chased before her car smashed in ...
... Have you written that letter? They had already bought her present. I have never seen anything like that before. Paul can do anything. Tracy will be buying her wedding dress in New York. My dad thought that he could sell his old car for more. She might have been being chased before her car smashed in ...
DeQue: A Lexicon of Complex Prepositions and Conjunctions
... (*from late 8:00) (d) If the open-class word is an adverb, it cannot be replaced by similar adverbs: à moins que (unless) *à plus que (*unmore) Criterion C3, and specially C3.1, helps us excluding compositional and quite productive combinations, specially including relational nouns like south, begin ...
... (*from late 8:00) (d) If the open-class word is an adverb, it cannot be replaced by similar adverbs: à moins que (unless) *à plus que (*unmore) Criterion C3, and specially C3.1, helps us excluding compositional and quite productive combinations, specially including relational nouns like south, begin ...
ANTHEM by Ayn Rand – Grammar and Style
... gerund (ger), infinitive (inf), or participle (par). Also indicate the usage by labeling each: subj = subject adj = adjective ...
... gerund (ger), infinitive (inf), or participle (par). Also indicate the usage by labeling each: subj = subject adj = adjective ...
2- Achieving coherence through grammatical consistency
... Example: These days, American Indian businesses are becoming more diversified. 1. Many American Indian groups have expanded income sources well beyond tourism and art. 2. Some countries have developed by expending businesses on tourism . 3. Rich students’ parents started providing support services t ...
... Example: These days, American Indian businesses are becoming more diversified. 1. Many American Indian groups have expanded income sources well beyond tourism and art. 2. Some countries have developed by expending businesses on tourism . 3. Rich students’ parents started providing support services t ...
additive conjunction choice in english children short stories
... (6) We will have finished by Tuesday. Verb phrase In example above, will have finished is a verb phrase with finished as its head. Syntactic Categories A syntactic category is a set of words and/or phrases in a language which share a significant number of common characteristics. The classification i ...
... (6) We will have finished by Tuesday. Verb phrase In example above, will have finished is a verb phrase with finished as its head. Syntactic Categories A syntactic category is a set of words and/or phrases in a language which share a significant number of common characteristics. The classification i ...