Sentence Patterns Chapter 2
... a picture, or a diagram, of the play. He might use “X” and “O” to represent the opposing players and draw arrows to show the direction each player will run. Likewise, visualizing sentences is helpful in understanding the structure of English. Linguists have devised a system of diagrams to illustrate ...
... a picture, or a diagram, of the play. He might use “X” and “O” to represent the opposing players and draw arrows to show the direction each player will run. Likewise, visualizing sentences is helpful in understanding the structure of English. Linguists have devised a system of diagrams to illustrate ...
Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
... Words, phrases, and clauses may be joined to one another inside a sentence with a conjunction. The coordinating conjunctions and, but, or, and nor may join subjects, predicates, adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases or dependent clauses within a sentence. This process is called "compounding." T ...
... Words, phrases, and clauses may be joined to one another inside a sentence with a conjunction. The coordinating conjunctions and, but, or, and nor may join subjects, predicates, adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases or dependent clauses within a sentence. This process is called "compounding." T ...
Grammar Practice Workbook
... Distinguishing Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ...
... Distinguishing Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ...
DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
... expressing the most essential features of an object denoted by a word. Sense components, or SEMES (semantic markers in Katzian semantics; classemes in B.Pottier’s and A.Greimas’s approach) — such as ABSTRACT – CONCRETE, DEFINITE – INDEFINITE, etc. — reveal structural relations within semantic system ...
... expressing the most essential features of an object denoted by a word. Sense components, or SEMES (semantic markers in Katzian semantics; classemes in B.Pottier’s and A.Greimas’s approach) — such as ABSTRACT – CONCRETE, DEFINITE – INDEFINITE, etc. — reveal structural relations within semantic system ...
Click to Octopodes
... noun boy. (Notice that the adjective clause contains a subject “who” and a verb “is mowing.”) English sentences work by having different kinds of phrases perform different kinds of functions. Some phrases are movable without altering meaning; others are not movable. Usage matters; dangling modifiers ...
... noun boy. (Notice that the adjective clause contains a subject “who” and a verb “is mowing.”) English sentences work by having different kinds of phrases perform different kinds of functions. Some phrases are movable without altering meaning; others are not movable. Usage matters; dangling modifiers ...
My friend Alex plays tennis.
... – noun or a pronoun that follows and renames another noun or pronoun. ...
... – noun or a pronoun that follows and renames another noun or pronoun. ...
Unit 10: Parts of Speech
... It ran away. [It refers to the dog mentioned in the previous sentence.] ...
... It ran away. [It refers to the dog mentioned in the previous sentence.] ...
ADVP - Center for Language Engineering
... National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore Pakistan ...
... National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore Pakistan ...
Document
... o Motivation – Guess what? – The teacher reads the following description, and the students have to listen and then say what astrological sign the description is about. “This is the first sign of the Zodiac. People born under this sign are leaders. They prefer to initiate rather than to complete. The ...
... o Motivation – Guess what? – The teacher reads the following description, and the students have to listen and then say what astrological sign the description is about. “This is the first sign of the Zodiac. People born under this sign are leaders. They prefer to initiate rather than to complete. The ...
Modifiers
... Misplaced modifier: I saw the murderer had been captured in the evening paper. In this sentence, it sounds as though the murderer was somehow trapped inside the newspaper. It is more likely that the author meant that he or she read about the capture in the paper. Revised version: I saw in the even ...
... Misplaced modifier: I saw the murderer had been captured in the evening paper. In this sentence, it sounds as though the murderer was somehow trapped inside the newspaper. It is more likely that the author meant that he or she read about the capture in the paper. Revised version: I saw in the even ...
Teaching guide for progression in writing and grammar
... Use of the present perfect form of verbs instead of the simple past (e.g. he has gone out to play contrasted with He went out to play) Vary long and short sentences: Long sentences to add description or information. Short sentences for emphasis and making key points Prepositional phrases to place th ...
... Use of the present perfect form of verbs instead of the simple past (e.g. he has gone out to play contrasted with He went out to play) Vary long and short sentences: Long sentences to add description or information. Short sentences for emphasis and making key points Prepositional phrases to place th ...
Grammar and Mechanics for Technical
... Example: When the accountants initially reviewed the spreadsheet, they noticed several mistakes with its contents. Example: It’s always unfortunate when faulty scripts delay projects. ...
... Example: When the accountants initially reviewed the spreadsheet, they noticed several mistakes with its contents. Example: It’s always unfortunate when faulty scripts delay projects. ...
A Short Guide to Technical Writing
... the botched spelling is a criterion of the writer's technical skill and that his/her work as an engineer will be no more reliable. Besides, the writer further convicts him/herself of having been too lazy, ignorant, or indifferent to consult the dictionary. If the word is too new to appear there, it ...
... the botched spelling is a criterion of the writer's technical skill and that his/her work as an engineer will be no more reliable. Besides, the writer further convicts him/herself of having been too lazy, ignorant, or indifferent to consult the dictionary. If the word is too new to appear there, it ...
Lesson.Dangling.Participles
... This means we take what is being modified by the ing phrase and place it first in the sentence, right after the comma. Again, let’s use the example of Amaury’s unfortunate slip. Correct: Slipping on the wet sidewalk, Amaury lost his keys when they fell from his pocket. Note that “Amaury,” the person ...
... This means we take what is being modified by the ing phrase and place it first in the sentence, right after the comma. Again, let’s use the example of Amaury’s unfortunate slip. Correct: Slipping on the wet sidewalk, Amaury lost his keys when they fell from his pocket. Note that “Amaury,” the person ...
Grammar Worksheets: Misplaced and Dangling Participles http
... This means we take what is being modified by the ing phrase and place it first in the sentence, right after the comma. Again, let’s use the example of Amaury’s unfortunate slip. Correct: Slipping on the wet sidewalk, Amaury lost his keys when they fell from his pocket. Note that “Amaury,” the person ...
... This means we take what is being modified by the ing phrase and place it first in the sentence, right after the comma. Again, let’s use the example of Amaury’s unfortunate slip. Correct: Slipping on the wet sidewalk, Amaury lost his keys when they fell from his pocket. Note that “Amaury,” the person ...
Dictionary skills
... She’s going to record the programme for me. His time in the race was a new world record. Record is a verb in the first sentence. In the second, it is a noun. One way to recognize a verb is that it frequently comes with a pronoun such as I, you or she, or with somebody’s name. Verbs can relate to the ...
... She’s going to record the programme for me. His time in the race was a new world record. Record is a verb in the first sentence. In the second, it is a noun. One way to recognize a verb is that it frequently comes with a pronoun such as I, you or she, or with somebody’s name. Verbs can relate to the ...
New York • Toronto • London • Auckland • Sydney
... progress, but the units are designed to stand on their own. You may wonder what inspired me to write this book—and the rest of the No Boring Practice, Please! series. Let me start at the beginning. As a baby boomer’s hyperactive kid, I wasn’t a huge fan of school. Sitting at a desk most of the day w ...
... progress, but the units are designed to stand on their own. You may wonder what inspired me to write this book—and the rest of the No Boring Practice, Please! series. Let me start at the beginning. As a baby boomer’s hyperactive kid, I wasn’t a huge fan of school. Sitting at a desk most of the day w ...
PPT - FLYPARSONS.org
... An adjective is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or a pronoun. An adjective describes a person, place, thing, or idea. It gives more info about the noun or pronoun. A predicate adjective follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence. A and an are called indefinite article ...
... An adjective is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or a pronoun. An adjective describes a person, place, thing, or idea. It gives more info about the noun or pronoun. A predicate adjective follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence. A and an are called indefinite article ...
Exercise 27
... (Worse) Contributing factors to rainforest depletion include overpopulation. (Better) Overpopulation contributes to rainforest depletion. ...
... (Worse) Contributing factors to rainforest depletion include overpopulation. (Better) Overpopulation contributes to rainforest depletion. ...
DISTRIBUTION OF INFINITIVE MARKERS IN ChAUCER`S
... covered that all semantic groups of verbs, with the exception of modal verbs and verbs of perception, appear on all three lists, and assumed that the variation must be accounted for on syntactic grounds. Comparing the nominal and the infinitival complementation of verbs, Callaway concluded that verb ...
... covered that all semantic groups of verbs, with the exception of modal verbs and verbs of perception, appear on all three lists, and assumed that the variation must be accounted for on syntactic grounds. Comparing the nominal and the infinitival complementation of verbs, Callaway concluded that verb ...
From parts of speech to the grammar
... My work on dictionaries has perhaps made me more sensitive than many linguists to the need to classify and specify the structural role and thus part of speech of every word. In my experience straight syntacticians are very free to simply ignore difficult or annoying words, but a dictionary maker canno ...
... My work on dictionaries has perhaps made me more sensitive than many linguists to the need to classify and specify the structural role and thus part of speech of every word. In my experience straight syntacticians are very free to simply ignore difficult or annoying words, but a dictionary maker canno ...
MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AS A STEP IN AUTOMATED
... A lemma is called unambiguous if the endings of its members determine unambiguously which of the three word classes, noun, adjective and verb, the lemma may belong to. Normally, this also means that the endings can only belong to one of the 25 paradigms of Table 1. Of the 323 lemmas formed with the ...
... A lemma is called unambiguous if the endings of its members determine unambiguously which of the three word classes, noun, adjective and verb, the lemma may belong to. Normally, this also means that the endings can only belong to one of the 25 paradigms of Table 1. Of the 323 lemmas formed with the ...
A Handbook on English - OP Jindal School, Raigarh
... either, neither, every, who, whose, what, which etc. Underline the Pronouns in the following sentences : i) I am your brother. ii) It is not my fault. iii) A friend of mine came here. iv)This book is mine. v) I’ll understand if you explain. vi)Do you feel better today? vii) What did you say? viii) H ...
... either, neither, every, who, whose, what, which etc. Underline the Pronouns in the following sentences : i) I am your brother. ii) It is not my fault. iii) A friend of mine came here. iv)This book is mine. v) I’ll understand if you explain. vi)Do you feel better today? vii) What did you say? viii) H ...
VerbTenseInProgress
... simple past ("I went"); the simple present ("I go"); the simple future ("I will go"). A verb in the indefinite aspect is used when the beginning or ending of an action, an event, or condition is unknown or unimportant to the meaning of the sentence. The indefinite aspect is also used to indicate a h ...
... simple past ("I went"); the simple present ("I go"); the simple future ("I will go"). A verb in the indefinite aspect is used when the beginning or ending of an action, an event, or condition is unknown or unimportant to the meaning of the sentence. The indefinite aspect is also used to indicate a h ...
The Fragment
... Victor sneezed repeatedly , eac h time asking Janice for a new tissue to blow his nose. To deal with the stress building up in his head, Victor sneezed repeatedly as he slogged through the difficult chemistry test. Slogging through the stressful chemistry test, Victor sneezed repeatedly while John c ...
... Victor sneezed repeatedly , eac h time asking Janice for a new tissue to blow his nose. To deal with the stress building up in his head, Victor sneezed repeatedly as he slogged through the difficult chemistry test. Slogging through the stressful chemistry test, Victor sneezed repeatedly while John c ...