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... • A compound sentence is a sentence that contains two or more connected simple sentences. • Each simple sentence in a compound sentence is called a main clause. • A main clause has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence. ...
... • A compound sentence is a sentence that contains two or more connected simple sentences. • Each simple sentence in a compound sentence is called a main clause. • A main clause has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence. ...
Lecture Notes: Linguistics
... It is astonishing what language can do. With a few syllables it can express an incalculable number of thoughts, so that even a thought grasped by a terrestrial being for the very first time can be put into a form of words which will be understood by someone to whom the thought is entirely new. This w ...
... It is astonishing what language can do. With a few syllables it can express an incalculable number of thoughts, so that even a thought grasped by a terrestrial being for the very first time can be put into a form of words which will be understood by someone to whom the thought is entirely new. This w ...
Complex Feature Values - NTU Computational Linguistics Lab
... essential properties, including ➢ where it occurs in larger phrases ➢ what its internal structure is ➣ This is called the head ➣ The term head is used both for the head word in a phrase and for all the intermediate phrases containing that word ➣ NB: Not all phrases have heads ...
... essential properties, including ➢ where it occurs in larger phrases ➢ what its internal structure is ➣ This is called the head ➣ The term head is used both for the head word in a phrase and for all the intermediate phrases containing that word ➣ NB: Not all phrases have heads ...
Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1
... 16. They made sand castles on the beach, but waves soon washed away their work. 17. He raked the leaves, but the sudden wind scattered them all over our yard. 18. Your new puppy looks as if it will turn out to be a beautiful, large dog. ...
... 16. They made sand castles on the beach, but waves soon washed away their work. 17. He raked the leaves, but the sudden wind scattered them all over our yard. 18. Your new puppy looks as if it will turn out to be a beautiful, large dog. ...
reference cohesion within the complex sentence
... The observation above may be true with regard to a language like English which has few inflections. However, in agglutinating languages like Kiswahili, morphosyntactic relationships are such that cohesion within a sentence is of paramount importance, as will be seen in the examples below. Morphologi ...
... The observation above may be true with regard to a language like English which has few inflections. However, in agglutinating languages like Kiswahili, morphosyntactic relationships are such that cohesion within a sentence is of paramount importance, as will be seen in the examples below. Morphologi ...
Cumulativity and Countability in Karitiana Verbs* Luciana Sanchez
... count predicates can be said of the different types of verbal predicates. Inspired by the description in Link 1983, Bach 1986 shows the similarity between atelic predicates and mass nouns in the sense that they are like the stuff that the telic predicates and count names are made. Doetjes 2007 claim ...
... count predicates can be said of the different types of verbal predicates. Inspired by the description in Link 1983, Bach 1986 shows the similarity between atelic predicates and mass nouns in the sense that they are like the stuff that the telic predicates and count names are made. Doetjes 2007 claim ...
Writing Matters
... Grammar Instruction Keep two things in mind: • We teach grammar to improve writing. If you cannot justify teaching a particular concept in terms of improving a student’s writing, don’t teach it. • The best grammar exercises involve students writing sentences containing/practicing variou ...
... Grammar Instruction Keep two things in mind: • We teach grammar to improve writing. If you cannot justify teaching a particular concept in terms of improving a student’s writing, don’t teach it. • The best grammar exercises involve students writing sentences containing/practicing variou ...
Practice - Oak Park Elementary School District 97
... exclamation, or a question mark if it is a question. Circle any letters that should be capitals. 1. Write the list of ingredients on a sheet of paper 2. Don’t forget to buy flour 3. Oh no, the cupcakes are burning 4. her head felt as though it were stuffed with cotton 5. Have you seen her suitcases ...
... exclamation, or a question mark if it is a question. Circle any letters that should be capitals. 1. Write the list of ingredients on a sheet of paper 2. Don’t forget to buy flour 3. Oh no, the cupcakes are burning 4. her head felt as though it were stuffed with cotton 5. Have you seen her suitcases ...
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC
... English are words such as big, old, and tired that actually describe people, places, or things. These words can themselves be modified with adverbs, as in the phrase very big. The articles a, an, and the and possessive nouns, such as Mary's, are classified as adjectives by some grammarians; however, ...
... English are words such as big, old, and tired that actually describe people, places, or things. These words can themselves be modified with adverbs, as in the phrase very big. The articles a, an, and the and possessive nouns, such as Mary's, are classified as adjectives by some grammarians; however, ...
Grammar and Language Workbook, Part 1
... 30. Does that seem like a lot of money to you ? 31. When did Americans begin going to Alaska ? 32. Americans began going to Alaska during the 1890s and 1900s . 33. They went there to look for gold . 34. Large amounts of “black gold” were discovered in Alaska in 1968 . 35. What is “black gold” ? 36. ...
... 30. Does that seem like a lot of money to you ? 31. When did Americans begin going to Alaska ? 32. Americans began going to Alaska during the 1890s and 1900s . 33. They went there to look for gold . 34. Large amounts of “black gold” were discovered in Alaska in 1968 . 35. What is “black gold” ? 36. ...
Using the South Tyneside Assessment of Syntactic Structures
... emergence of word endings in children’s spoken English development. The -ing verb ending occurs very early on, and features such as -er on comparative adjectives are usually still not present by five years old. These features are relatively easy to spot. Crystal is also interested in the interplay b ...
... emergence of word endings in children’s spoken English development. The -ing verb ending occurs very early on, and features such as -er on comparative adjectives are usually still not present by five years old. These features are relatively easy to spot. Crystal is also interested in the interplay b ...
Test 16 Writing Answers
... Choice (B) produces an illogical pronoun reference. There is nothing in the sentence to which the plural pronoun “they” can logically refer. Choice (D) creates a comma splice and illogical phrasing. Two independent clauses (“The article . . . people” and “they were . . . lived”) are joined by only a ...
... Choice (B) produces an illogical pronoun reference. There is nothing in the sentence to which the plural pronoun “they” can logically refer. Choice (D) creates a comma splice and illogical phrasing. Two independent clauses (“The article . . . people” and “they were . . . lived”) are joined by only a ...
pdf format - Skyline College
... Good writers know they must put in the time to make sure their reader clearly understands their writing, from a text message to an email to a college essay. Think of the times when you have said something that someone misinterpreted. If this happened in a conversation, you had the chance to explain ...
... Good writers know they must put in the time to make sure their reader clearly understands their writing, from a text message to an email to a college essay. Think of the times when you have said something that someone misinterpreted. If this happened in a conversation, you had the chance to explain ...
doc format - Skyline College
... Good writers know they must put in the time to make sure their reader clearly understands their writing, from a text message to an email to a college essay. Think of the times when you have said something that someone misinterpreted. If this happened in a conversation, you had the chance to explain ...
... Good writers know they must put in the time to make sure their reader clearly understands their writing, from a text message to an email to a college essay. Think of the times when you have said something that someone misinterpreted. If this happened in a conversation, you had the chance to explain ...
Junior Skill Builders: Grammar in 15 Minutes a Day
... dedicated to the rules of English, referred to as grammar and usage. This is a huge set of guidelines that helps clarify the multifaceted, dynamic parts of our language (maybe you have studied many of them already at school). Understanding the inner structure of sentences and writing doesn’t have to ...
... dedicated to the rules of English, referred to as grammar and usage. This is a huge set of guidelines that helps clarify the multifaceted, dynamic parts of our language (maybe you have studied many of them already at school). Understanding the inner structure of sentences and writing doesn’t have to ...
Giving Voice to Poetry
... Although both clocks strike cheerfully, neither keeps good time. A plural verb is commonly used when none suggests more than one thing or person: None are so fallible as those who are sure they are right. A compound subject formed of two or more nouns joined by and almost always requires a plural ve ...
... Although both clocks strike cheerfully, neither keeps good time. A plural verb is commonly used when none suggests more than one thing or person: None are so fallible as those who are sure they are right. A compound subject formed of two or more nouns joined by and almost always requires a plural ve ...
Key to Comments and Commonly Confused Words http://www.wsu
... 1. A fact is an idea generally acknowledged to be true by rational people. It is based on evidence and logic. 2. A belief is an idea widely held by a group of people; its truth is evident to them but not to others outside the group. A particular group may call its belief a "fact," but that does not ...
... 1. A fact is an idea generally acknowledged to be true by rational people. It is based on evidence and logic. 2. A belief is an idea widely held by a group of people; its truth is evident to them but not to others outside the group. A particular group may call its belief a "fact," but that does not ...
Section 8 – Compound Main Clauses
... maarr T Thhiirrdd G Grraaddee W Woorrkkbbooookk................................................. 77 Section 1 – An Initial Review .........................................................................................................................8 Exercise 1.1 Identifying Subjects and Verbs ... ...
... maarr T Thhiirrdd G Grraaddee W Woorrkkbbooookk................................................. 77 Section 1 – An Initial Review .........................................................................................................................8 Exercise 1.1 Identifying Subjects and Verbs ... ...
grammar - BTHS.edu
... review the basic grammatical structures that exist in our language – the eight parts of speech; as well as the sentence, the phrase, and the clause – and then go on to cover those areas where, over the years, I’ve encountered the greatest frequency of errors when reading my students’ writing. Yet ev ...
... review the basic grammatical structures that exist in our language – the eight parts of speech; as well as the sentence, the phrase, and the clause – and then go on to cover those areas where, over the years, I’ve encountered the greatest frequency of errors when reading my students’ writing. Yet ev ...
Test 1 (19) Writing Answ
... idiomatic to follow the correlative conjunction “Neither” with “or,” which should be replaced with “nor.” There is no error at (B). The singular verb “belongs” agrees with the singular subject “panda.” In addition, the preposition “to” appropriately introduces the prepositional phrase “to the bear f ...
... idiomatic to follow the correlative conjunction “Neither” with “or,” which should be replaced with “nor.” There is no error at (B). The singular verb “belongs” agrees with the singular subject “panda.” In addition, the preposition “to” appropriately introduces the prepositional phrase “to the bear f ...
Essay resources - Peirce College
... 5. Read your paper for pronoun and verb errors, by reading the paper aloud and/or by reading from the last sentence to the first. 6. Finally, proofread for punctuation and spelling, again following the methods mentioned above. 7. Use your word processor’s spell checker and grammar checker only after ...
... 5. Read your paper for pronoun and verb errors, by reading the paper aloud and/or by reading from the last sentence to the first. 6. Finally, proofread for punctuation and spelling, again following the methods mentioned above. 7. Use your word processor’s spell checker and grammar checker only after ...
acctg 527 -- comma usage – basics
... Why? A comma is used between adjectives that modify the noun equally. To test, see if the sense is the same if you join the adjectives with “and” or reverse them. If the sense changes, no comma is used because the adjectives are not equal in their function. 11. (a) The accountant, a graduate of the ...
... Why? A comma is used between adjectives that modify the noun equally. To test, see if the sense is the same if you join the adjectives with “and” or reverse them. If the sense changes, no comma is used because the adjectives are not equal in their function. 11. (a) The accountant, a graduate of the ...
Learning Punctuation Through Pattern Recognition
... Without the clause beginning with whose, we do not know which patients require followup. The above discussion of essential and nonessential clauses could be applied to essential and nonessential phrases as well. Test for Subordinate Clause • It has at least one subject and one predicate. • It is int ...
... Without the clause beginning with whose, we do not know which patients require followup. The above discussion of essential and nonessential clauses could be applied to essential and nonessential phrases as well. Test for Subordinate Clause • It has at least one subject and one predicate. • It is int ...
Chapter 4 “Odd Prepositions”
... Example (16) is admittedly not as unacceptable as (15); a possible explanation for this contrast will be given later in this section. ...
... Example (16) is admittedly not as unacceptable as (15); a possible explanation for this contrast will be given later in this section. ...
PUNCTUATION: End Marks, Commas, Semicolons & Colons
... Essential phrases and clauses tell us which one(s), so they are necessary to the meaning. The man who tells Navajo folk tales is Mr. Platero. The dress that I liked has been sold. A bowl made by Maria Martinez is a collector’s item. ...
... Essential phrases and clauses tell us which one(s), so they are necessary to the meaning. The man who tells Navajo folk tales is Mr. Platero. The dress that I liked has been sold. A bowl made by Maria Martinez is a collector’s item. ...