Hyperlink-Grammar
... basilectal form is PRIMITIVE, part of the innate bioprogram, and the standard is LEARNED, an experiential excrescence on the bioprogram”(Chambers 2004: 139). “Put simply, the more urban and mobile the social setting the more standard the speech.” (ibid.: 137) Example: the tendency to realize unstre ...
... basilectal form is PRIMITIVE, part of the innate bioprogram, and the standard is LEARNED, an experiential excrescence on the bioprogram”(Chambers 2004: 139). “Put simply, the more urban and mobile the social setting the more standard the speech.” (ibid.: 137) Example: the tendency to realize unstre ...
The IULA Spanish LSP Treebank
... 3.5. Elliptical finite verbs This sections describes the annotations that the IULA Spanish LSP Treebank offers for two types of coordinated constructions where the verb is missing from the second conjunct: sentence gapping and conjunction reduction (or argument cluster coordination). In these const ...
... 3.5. Elliptical finite verbs This sections describes the annotations that the IULA Spanish LSP Treebank offers for two types of coordinated constructions where the verb is missing from the second conjunct: sentence gapping and conjunction reduction (or argument cluster coordination). In these const ...
atmospheric CO2
... is a bad policy because it would be disruptive for the global economy. Comparative: To rapidly terminate the use of fossil fuels is a worse policy because it would be more disruptive for the global economy. Superlative: To rapidly terminate the use of fossil fuels is the worst policy because it woul ...
... is a bad policy because it would be disruptive for the global economy. Comparative: To rapidly terminate the use of fossil fuels is a worse policy because it would be more disruptive for the global economy. Superlative: To rapidly terminate the use of fossil fuels is the worst policy because it woul ...
writing - Personal Web Page
... is a bad policy because it would be disruptive for the global economy. Comparative: To rapidly terminate the use of fossil fuels is a worse policy because it would be more disruptive for the global economy. Superlative: To rapidly terminate the use of fossil fuels is the worst policy because it woul ...
... is a bad policy because it would be disruptive for the global economy. Comparative: To rapidly terminate the use of fossil fuels is a worse policy because it would be more disruptive for the global economy. Superlative: To rapidly terminate the use of fossil fuels is the worst policy because it woul ...
Present Simple They repair cars Cars are repaired
... In sentences like The trouble was caused by your mother, the part of the sentence introduced by by is called the agent. The agent in a passive sentence is the same person or thing as the subject of an active sentence. Compare: I was shocked by her attitude Her attitude shocked me. The agent is only ...
... In sentences like The trouble was caused by your mother, the part of the sentence introduced by by is called the agent. The agent in a passive sentence is the same person or thing as the subject of an active sentence. Compare: I was shocked by her attitude Her attitude shocked me. The agent is only ...
Infinitives and Gerunds
... This doesn’t work so well with the infinitive forms *You must remember your/the to pay of the bills. The apparent affinity between gerunds and articles or possessive determiners suggests that gerunds are more noun-like than verb-like. The information expressed in gerunds is generally more event-like ...
... This doesn’t work so well with the infinitive forms *You must remember your/the to pay of the bills. The apparent affinity between gerunds and articles or possessive determiners suggests that gerunds are more noun-like than verb-like. The information expressed in gerunds is generally more event-like ...
Lesson 7 Writing Overview
... passive voice sentence order. What was the subject of the sentence now becomes its object. Thus, a sentence written in the passive voice shows the object as the doer of the action. The subject no longer acts but is acted upon. Example: The ball was thrown by George. A passive sentence may also omit ...
... passive voice sentence order. What was the subject of the sentence now becomes its object. Thus, a sentence written in the passive voice shows the object as the doer of the action. The subject no longer acts but is acted upon. Example: The ball was thrown by George. A passive sentence may also omit ...
Lesson 2 Part 1 Usage
... 1. I eat a ____________________ (bake) potato every day. 2. Mum loves soft drinks very much. She seldom drinks ____________________ (boil) water. Exercise 5 Circle the present and past participles that are used as adjectives in the sentences. 1. I could not find the lost book. 2. Mr Mok has been sic ...
... 1. I eat a ____________________ (bake) potato every day. 2. Mum loves soft drinks very much. She seldom drinks ____________________ (boil) water. Exercise 5 Circle the present and past participles that are used as adjectives in the sentences. 1. I could not find the lost book. 2. Mr Mok has been sic ...
Sentence Variety
... 1 – Charles left the room without a word. 2 – Without a word, Charles left the room. 1 – A fat yellow cat lay sleeping on the narrow sill. 2 – On the narrow sill, a fat yellow cat lay sleeping. Note the slight shift in emphasis that results from beginning with a prepositional phrase. Prepositional p ...
... 1 – Charles left the room without a word. 2 – Without a word, Charles left the room. 1 – A fat yellow cat lay sleeping on the narrow sill. 2 – On the narrow sill, a fat yellow cat lay sleeping. Note the slight shift in emphasis that results from beginning with a prepositional phrase. Prepositional p ...
preparing to solve the 15 common errors
... the first sentence above, or the role of object, as in the second sentence above. This word can be a doer of an action (making it a subject) or the recipient of an action (making it an object). The third and fourth sentences above offer further illustrations of how words may play different roles. “B ...
... the first sentence above, or the role of object, as in the second sentence above. This word can be a doer of an action (making it a subject) or the recipient of an action (making it an object). The third and fourth sentences above offer further illustrations of how words may play different roles. “B ...
المحاضرة التاسعة عنوان الشريحة WHAT IS A SENTENCE ماهـي الجملة
... There are two kinds of clauses in English اإلنجليزية هناك نوعين من العبارات باللغة ً أوال: independent clause عبارة مستقلة Example مثال- It rained أمطرت ً ثانيا: dependent clause : also called a fragment العبارة الغير مستقرة Example مثال-because it rained النها أمطرت ...
... There are two kinds of clauses in English اإلنجليزية هناك نوعين من العبارات باللغة ً أوال: independent clause عبارة مستقلة Example مثال- It rained أمطرت ً ثانيا: dependent clause : also called a fragment العبارة الغير مستقرة Example مثال-because it rained النها أمطرت ...
noun - WordPress.com
... Ex. Once she found the perfect broach, she purchased three outfits to match it. (Once demonstrates a time context. A comma is used because the conjunction begins the sentence.) ...
... Ex. Once she found the perfect broach, she purchased three outfits to match it. (Once demonstrates a time context. A comma is used because the conjunction begins the sentence.) ...
Moods
... This mood expresses commands, warning, prohibition. Many languages have no specific grammatical form for this purpose, often employing (like English) the simplest possible form of the verb, many others, such as Spanish, Hungarian and Slavic languages, have a specialised imperative inflection of the ...
... This mood expresses commands, warning, prohibition. Many languages have no specific grammatical form for this purpose, often employing (like English) the simplest possible form of the verb, many others, such as Spanish, Hungarian and Slavic languages, have a specialised imperative inflection of the ...
Phrases - Mrs. Maldonado`s English Class
... Adjectival Phrases An adjectival phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies(describes) a noun or pronoun by telling what kind or which one. A painting of great beauty hung in the palace. Mary had lunch from a paperbag. The mansion across the road has been abandoned. Let’s take a picture of the ...
... Adjectival Phrases An adjectival phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies(describes) a noun or pronoun by telling what kind or which one. A painting of great beauty hung in the palace. Mary had lunch from a paperbag. The mansion across the road has been abandoned. Let’s take a picture of the ...
Page 1of 27 011700 ENGLISH FOR EDUCATIONAL
... Clause #1 gives a thought or an idea that is COMPLETE, that can stand by itself, independent of other words. However, clause #2 gives an INCOMPLETE thought or idea, one that cannot stand by itself, one that needs some more words to make it whole. The word after changes the meaning, making the though ...
... Clause #1 gives a thought or an idea that is COMPLETE, that can stand by itself, independent of other words. However, clause #2 gives an INCOMPLETE thought or idea, one that cannot stand by itself, one that needs some more words to make it whole. The word after changes the meaning, making the though ...
Homework - Lasswade High School
... Finally, he went inside, took off his coat and shoes, and sat down in his chair. He knew he had to call the dog pound. Just as he picked up the phone, he heard a noise like scratching and whining upstairs. He said to himself, ‘What’s that?’ He put down the phone and quietly walked up the stairs in h ...
... Finally, he went inside, took off his coat and shoes, and sat down in his chair. He knew he had to call the dog pound. Just as he picked up the phone, he heard a noise like scratching and whining upstairs. He said to himself, ‘What’s that?’ He put down the phone and quietly walked up the stairs in h ...
Part I Getting Started with 500 French Verbs
... She is presently teaching in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Dr. Erotopoulos is the author of the latest edition of French For Dummies. ...
... She is presently teaching in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Dr. Erotopoulos is the author of the latest edition of French For Dummies. ...
Pseudo-incorporation in Dutch Geert Booij
... sentence like Jan kan vandaag niet koffie zetten ‘John cannot make coffee today’ is semantically odd. That is, the incorporating predicates function as intransitive predicates that denote a habitual, nameworthy activity. Hence, sentence (14a) may be uttered in a situation where there is no coffee av ...
... sentence like Jan kan vandaag niet koffie zetten ‘John cannot make coffee today’ is semantically odd. That is, the incorporating predicates function as intransitive predicates that denote a habitual, nameworthy activity. Hence, sentence (14a) may be uttered in a situation where there is no coffee av ...
Narrative Elements: Plot - Analy High School Faculty
... THEME: a statement about life a particular work is trying to get across to the reader. What does it mean to be human? SYMBOLS: is a person, place, thing or an event used to represent something else. For example, the dove is a symbol of peace. ...
... THEME: a statement about life a particular work is trying to get across to the reader. What does it mean to be human? SYMBOLS: is a person, place, thing or an event used to represent something else. For example, the dove is a symbol of peace. ...
Unit 2, Ways of Speaking Part 2
... Word. These are probably reasonably easy to recognise as nouns on semantic (meaning) grounds – words that fall into the category of ‘proper noun’ all act to name ‘individuals’, that is to say, individual places, people, institutions/companies, products etc, and remember that we said that all words w ...
... Word. These are probably reasonably easy to recognise as nouns on semantic (meaning) grounds – words that fall into the category of ‘proper noun’ all act to name ‘individuals’, that is to say, individual places, people, institutions/companies, products etc, and remember that we said that all words w ...
Scipiō Nasīca Tiberium sociōsque eius aggressus est, quī
... Deponent verbs can be recognized by their dictionary entry. They always only have 3 principal parts instead of 4. The most important thing to remember about deponent verbs is that although they look passive in voice, they are always ACTIVE in their translation. Ex. Rōmānī Punicōs aggressī sunt. The ...
... Deponent verbs can be recognized by their dictionary entry. They always only have 3 principal parts instead of 4. The most important thing to remember about deponent verbs is that although they look passive in voice, they are always ACTIVE in their translation. Ex. Rōmānī Punicōs aggressī sunt. The ...