Subjects and verbs in sentences
... sing, or a word like am, is, or are that links the subject to a description. Mrs. Pérez is my Spanish teacher. She is from Florida. We like her very much. English sentences always have a subject. The subject can be a noun or a pronoun. A noun refers to a person, a thing, or a place. A noun can be re ...
... sing, or a word like am, is, or are that links the subject to a description. Mrs. Pérez is my Spanish teacher. She is from Florida. We like her very much. English sentences always have a subject. The subject can be a noun or a pronoun. A noun refers to a person, a thing, or a place. A noun can be re ...
Semicolons
... are not joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so = FANBOYS). Each of the sentences above could also be made into two separate sentences by replacing the semicolon with a period. Note that the first word after a semicolon is not capitalized (unless it is a proper noun). I ...
... are not joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so = FANBOYS). Each of the sentences above could also be made into two separate sentences by replacing the semicolon with a period. Note that the first word after a semicolon is not capitalized (unless it is a proper noun). I ...
Noun and Predicate Phrases
... 11. The river had been cutting into the rock for ages. 12. The deficit will have been increasing dangerously by next year. 13. We are sacrificing a lot of our time. 14. My friends were planning a surprise for me. 15. These poems will be inspiring you. 16. We have been dancing all night. 17. The hors ...
... 11. The river had been cutting into the rock for ages. 12. The deficit will have been increasing dangerously by next year. 13. We are sacrificing a lot of our time. 14. My friends were planning a surprise for me. 15. These poems will be inspiring you. 16. We have been dancing all night. 17. The hors ...
Chapter_2_
... A context free grammar has context free rules: One can always replace (i.e., rewrite) the single nonterminal element on the left of the arrow with what is on the right side of the arrow regardless of the context (e.g., semantic, syntactic context,..). Another type of phrase structure grammar is the ...
... A context free grammar has context free rules: One can always replace (i.e., rewrite) the single nonterminal element on the left of the arrow with what is on the right side of the arrow regardless of the context (e.g., semantic, syntactic context,..). Another type of phrase structure grammar is the ...
Sentences
... The narrator’s mother liked to invent gadgets, and her father worked at a more traditional job. The two boldfaced clauses each express a complete thought. They are independent clauses joined by the conjunction “and.” Now, you practice on this handout. ...
... The narrator’s mother liked to invent gadgets, and her father worked at a more traditional job. The two boldfaced clauses each express a complete thought. They are independent clauses joined by the conjunction “and.” Now, you practice on this handout. ...
week-1-parts-of-speech-fe-16-11-16
... • They often tell “how many” or “how much” of something. • List of indefinite adjective: all, any, another, both, each, either, few, little, many, more, most, much, neither, one, other, several, some ...
... • They often tell “how many” or “how much” of something. • List of indefinite adjective: all, any, another, both, each, either, few, little, many, more, most, much, neither, one, other, several, some ...
Morphology and cross dependencies in the synthesis of
... similar to the English ones ; the other positions may give rise to pronouns that must appear before the verb, such pronouns being noted Ppv . 2) The person and number of the token. Person and number are semantic information which are given in the definition of the token. 3) The gender of the nominal ...
... similar to the English ones ; the other positions may give rise to pronouns that must appear before the verb, such pronouns being noted Ppv . 2) The person and number of the token. Person and number are semantic information which are given in the definition of the token. 3) The gender of the nominal ...
The Participle Phrase
... Mariah risked petting the pit bull wagging its stub tail . But when a participle phrase concludes a main clause and modifies a word farther up in the sentence, you will need a comma. The pattern looks like this: MAIN CLAUSE + , + PARTICIPLE PHRASE . ...
... Mariah risked petting the pit bull wagging its stub tail . But when a participle phrase concludes a main clause and modifies a word farther up in the sentence, you will need a comma. The pattern looks like this: MAIN CLAUSE + , + PARTICIPLE PHRASE . ...
Fragments and Run-Ons
... With his disposable lighter in his hand, he told everyone to get out of the way. Then he lit the fuse. Pulling out his disposable lighter, Fred told everyone to get out of the way before he lit the fuse. He pulled out his disposable lighter. Fred told everyone to get out of the way, and then he lit ...
... With his disposable lighter in his hand, he told everyone to get out of the way. Then he lit the fuse. Pulling out his disposable lighter, Fred told everyone to get out of the way before he lit the fuse. He pulled out his disposable lighter. Fred told everyone to get out of the way, and then he lit ...
Essential Business Grammar Builder
... reflexive pronouns: myself/ourselves, indefinite pronouns: someone/everyone ...
... reflexive pronouns: myself/ourselves, indefinite pronouns: someone/everyone ...
Clauses - Gordon State College
... Otherwise, it’s something besides a verb (as in this case, where it’s an adjective). The same is true of past participles like “fallen.” To make the second phrase into a sentence, you’d have to say something like “the soldier has fallen.” ...
... Otherwise, it’s something besides a verb (as in this case, where it’s an adjective). The same is true of past participles like “fallen.” To make the second phrase into a sentence, you’d have to say something like “the soldier has fallen.” ...
DGP 6th Five-Day Plan Sent. 1
... An intransitive verb does not take a direct object. The object of the preposition follows the preposition and tells “what” or “whom.” A prepositional phrase is a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun. Reflection: Use the reflection space to explain the r ...
... An intransitive verb does not take a direct object. The object of the preposition follows the preposition and tells “what” or “whom.” A prepositional phrase is a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun. Reflection: Use the reflection space to explain the r ...
Adjective or Adverbs
... N.B. Sometimes people say "I feel badly" when they feel that they have done something wrong. Let's say you dropped your friend's favorite dish, and it broke into a million pieces. You might say, "I feel really badly about what happened." 2. Good or Well? Good is an adjective, so you do not do good o ...
... N.B. Sometimes people say "I feel badly" when they feel that they have done something wrong. Let's say you dropped your friend's favorite dish, and it broke into a million pieces. You might say, "I feel really badly about what happened." 2. Good or Well? Good is an adjective, so you do not do good o ...
Head Words and Phrases Heads and their Dependents
... • Often a verb can appear in more than one subclass – Chris couldn’t remember that long shopping list. » NP complement – Chris remembered that they’d left it on the shelf. » Finite clause complement – Chris usually remembers to pick up the list. » Non-finite infinitival clause complement – Chris rem ...
... • Often a verb can appear in more than one subclass – Chris couldn’t remember that long shopping list. » NP complement – Chris remembered that they’d left it on the shelf. » Finite clause complement – Chris usually remembers to pick up the list. » Non-finite infinitival clause complement – Chris rem ...
Fever
... - classification of pronouns: personal, possessive, demonstrative, reflexive, interrogative, indefinite, distributive and relative pronouns - pronouns vs. conjunctions/ adjectives - the mysterious `that` - pronoun, adjective, conjunction or something else? - gerunds vs. participles ...
... - classification of pronouns: personal, possessive, demonstrative, reflexive, interrogative, indefinite, distributive and relative pronouns - pronouns vs. conjunctions/ adjectives - the mysterious `that` - pronoun, adjective, conjunction or something else? - gerunds vs. participles ...
Parts of Speech Activities
... Parts of Speech Activities Introducing the Dominoes Encourage students to explore the dominoes, helping them to read any words that are difficult for them. Point out the different color dominoes, and explain to students that they show different parts of speech (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, ad ...
... Parts of Speech Activities Introducing the Dominoes Encourage students to explore the dominoes, helping them to read any words that are difficult for them. Point out the different color dominoes, and explain to students that they show different parts of speech (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, ad ...
Grammar in the Vertical Alignment + Teaching Parallel Structure
... Parallel: To walk in this rain with neither a raincoat nor umbrella is to invite a reprimand from your mother and ridicule from your father. [Here infinitive phrases are parallel. Note how each infinitive phrase is balanced appropriately on either side of the linking verb is. Note, as well, the para ...
... Parallel: To walk in this rain with neither a raincoat nor umbrella is to invite a reprimand from your mother and ridicule from your father. [Here infinitive phrases are parallel. Note how each infinitive phrase is balanced appropriately on either side of the linking verb is. Note, as well, the para ...
Packet 8: Pronouns
... Tim gave his book to my sister. If you examine these sentences, you will notice that she and I are subjects of the first sentence, that her and me, in the second sentence, are objects of a preposition, and that his and my show possession in the third sentence. A pronoun may have one form when it is ...
... Tim gave his book to my sister. If you examine these sentences, you will notice that she and I are subjects of the first sentence, that her and me, in the second sentence, are objects of a preposition, and that his and my show possession in the third sentence. A pronoun may have one form when it is ...
Fragments
... his own firecrackers. Or Because he wanted to make his own firecrackers, Fred filled a cardboard tube with gunpowder. When the sentence starts with the dependent clause, it must have a comma before the independent clause ...
... his own firecrackers. Or Because he wanted to make his own firecrackers, Fred filled a cardboard tube with gunpowder. When the sentence starts with the dependent clause, it must have a comma before the independent clause ...
Fragments - Red River College
... his own firecrackers. Or Because he wanted to make his own firecrackers, Fred filled a cardboard tube with gunpowder. When the sentence starts with the dependent clause, it must have a comma before the independent clause ...
... his own firecrackers. Or Because he wanted to make his own firecrackers, Fred filled a cardboard tube with gunpowder. When the sentence starts with the dependent clause, it must have a comma before the independent clause ...
The Fragment - Chomp Chomp
... During the stressful chemistry test, Victor sneezed repeatedly. Because Julissa wore too much perfume, Victor sneezed repeatedly during the stressful chemistry test. Victor sneezed repeatedly, each time asking Janice for a new tissue to blow his nose. To deal with the stress building up in his head, ...
... During the stressful chemistry test, Victor sneezed repeatedly. Because Julissa wore too much perfume, Victor sneezed repeatedly during the stressful chemistry test. Victor sneezed repeatedly, each time asking Janice for a new tissue to blow his nose. To deal with the stress building up in his head, ...
Curwen Literacy Strategy y3-6
... their own writing (should be completed throughout the week/year) Create more complex sentences, using a larger range of connectives, simplify clumsy construction Understand the need for punctuation as an aid to the reader. Use subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as long as, in ca ...
... their own writing (should be completed throughout the week/year) Create more complex sentences, using a larger range of connectives, simplify clumsy construction Understand the need for punctuation as an aid to the reader. Use subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as long as, in ca ...
Fragments
... his own firecrackers. Or Because he wanted to make his own firecrackers, Fred filled a cardboard tube with gunpowder. When the sentence starts with the dependent clause, it must have a comma before the independent clause ...
... his own firecrackers. Or Because he wanted to make his own firecrackers, Fred filled a cardboard tube with gunpowder. When the sentence starts with the dependent clause, it must have a comma before the independent clause ...
The Complete GMAT® Sentence Correction Guide
... help you to simplify questions, and thus to identify a variety of errors more quickly and efficiently. We looked at nonessential clauses briefly in the previous section, but now we’re going to consider them in more detail. We’re going to start with these clauses because they are an extremely common ...
... help you to simplify questions, and thus to identify a variety of errors more quickly and efficiently. We looked at nonessential clauses briefly in the previous section, but now we’re going to consider them in more detail. We’re going to start with these clauses because they are an extremely common ...