Pronouns
... an essential piece of information about a noun. For example: I want you to cut down the tree that hangs over the back fence. * Which is used to introduce a non-definitional clause — in other words, a clause adding extra information not essential to understanding the main idea of the sentence. For ex ...
... an essential piece of information about a noun. For example: I want you to cut down the tree that hangs over the back fence. * Which is used to introduce a non-definitional clause — in other words, a clause adding extra information not essential to understanding the main idea of the sentence. For ex ...
Revising for Clarity
... Alice leaves for England the day tomorrow and returns on the day of spring Fragment: Went to class. Sentence: Lisa installs her exhibit. Fragment: Lisa her exhibit. Sentence: Before using the digital camera, take the cap off. Fragment: Before using the digital camera. Run- on: Asheka is painting a p ...
... Alice leaves for England the day tomorrow and returns on the day of spring Fragment: Went to class. Sentence: Lisa installs her exhibit. Fragment: Lisa her exhibit. Sentence: Before using the digital camera, take the cap off. Fragment: Before using the digital camera. Run- on: Asheka is painting a p ...
– SENTENCE FRAGMENTS, RUN-ON REVISING FOR CLARITY SENTENCES, AND PARALLELISM ________________________________________________________________
... Alice leaves for England the day tomorrow and returns on the day of spring Fragment: Went to class. Sentence: Lisa installs her exhibit. Fragment: Lisa her exhibit. Sentence: Before using the digital camera, take the cap off. Fragment: Before using the digital camera. Run- on: Asheka is painting a p ...
... Alice leaves for England the day tomorrow and returns on the day of spring Fragment: Went to class. Sentence: Lisa installs her exhibit. Fragment: Lisa her exhibit. Sentence: Before using the digital camera, take the cap off. Fragment: Before using the digital camera. Run- on: Asheka is painting a p ...
Parallel Structure Notes
... Rule 3. Use parallel structure with elements being compared. (X is more than / better than Y) When we compare things, we often use words such as more, less, better, and worse, We connect the items being compared with words like as and than. Comparing items without using parallel structure may cause ...
... Rule 3. Use parallel structure with elements being compared. (X is more than / better than Y) When we compare things, we often use words such as more, less, better, and worse, We connect the items being compared with words like as and than. Comparing items without using parallel structure may cause ...
2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. English Brushup, 3E John
... – Carefully select transitional words or phrases which introduce examples or a list. • For example, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. English Brushup, 3E ...
... – Carefully select transitional words or phrases which introduce examples or a list. • For example, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. English Brushup, 3E ...
Students First - Oakland University
... Add helpful transitions. Below is a chart of transitions and what they define. Definition ...
... Add helpful transitions. Below is a chart of transitions and what they define. Definition ...
OD - Princeton University
... To be more precise, Lambrecht (1994) offers the following definition: \begin{quote SENTENCE FOCUS CONSTRUCTION: the Sentence Focus construction is formally marked as expressing a pragmatically structured proposition in which both the subj and predicate are in focus. The focus domain is the sentence ...
... To be more precise, Lambrecht (1994) offers the following definition: \begin{quote SENTENCE FOCUS CONSTRUCTION: the Sentence Focus construction is formally marked as expressing a pragmatically structured proposition in which both the subj and predicate are in focus. The focus domain is the sentence ...
The Clause: Independent and Subordinate Clauses
... sentence. An independent clause can also be called a main clause. Note: An independent clause by itself is generally called a sentence. Example: Although I was tired, I stayed up to watch “Lost”. II. Subordinate Clauses A subordinate clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by its ...
... sentence. An independent clause can also be called a main clause. Note: An independent clause by itself is generally called a sentence. Example: Although I was tired, I stayed up to watch “Lost”. II. Subordinate Clauses A subordinate clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by its ...
CHAPTER 17 “The Relative Pronoun” As has been the case in the
... That’s possible, but I look at it this way: you should know how and when to use “whom” properly. If you’re in a situation where your audience will denounce your pretensions to aristocracy if you use “whom”, then don’t use it. Don’t go into a bar and say “Is this the same team whom the Packers beat l ...
... That’s possible, but I look at it this way: you should know how and when to use “whom” properly. If you’re in a situation where your audience will denounce your pretensions to aristocracy if you use “whom”, then don’t use it. Don’t go into a bar and say “Is this the same team whom the Packers beat l ...
Checking for Sentence Fragments Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E
... clause. • These examples are not independent clauses. • If a tornado sweeps across the plains. • Because snow is beautiful in the moonlight. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E ...
... clause. • These examples are not independent clauses. • If a tornado sweeps across the plains. • Because snow is beautiful in the moonlight. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E ...
No Slide Title - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... clause. • These examples are not independent clauses. • If a tornado sweeps across the plains. • Because snow is beautiful in the moonlight. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E ...
... clause. • These examples are not independent clauses. • If a tornado sweeps across the plains. • Because snow is beautiful in the moonlight. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E ...
Grammar_Gerunds - English with Ms. Tuttle
... 14. The purchased table received a sign and the sign warned other people that it was purchased. 15. The meal she eat was so large that she became ill. Do not continue until you have reviewed your work and feel confident you will be able to complete the rest of the exercise without looking at the rul ...
... 14. The purchased table received a sign and the sign warned other people that it was purchased. 15. The meal she eat was so large that she became ill. Do not continue until you have reviewed your work and feel confident you will be able to complete the rest of the exercise without looking at the rul ...
Commas Until You Cry! - Introducing Adam Morton
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
File - Mr. Bailey`s Class
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
sentence construction
... Complex sentences are made up of independent clauses (complete simple sentences) and dependant clauses (not whole sentences). If the independent clause comes at the front of the sentence, you DO NOT need a comma. If the dependant clause comes at the front of the sentence, you do. Example: I have pla ...
... Complex sentences are made up of independent clauses (complete simple sentences) and dependant clauses (not whole sentences). If the independent clause comes at the front of the sentence, you DO NOT need a comma. If the dependant clause comes at the front of the sentence, you do. Example: I have pla ...
pronouns
... I want you to read this book. You are the fastest runner on the team, and we’re depending on you. They talked to me about acting in the play. We enjoyed hearing her sing. ...
... I want you to read this book. You are the fastest runner on the team, and we’re depending on you. They talked to me about acting in the play. We enjoyed hearing her sing. ...
Progression in Writing
... task involving characters and themes from traditional tales. It shows the progression in levels and not in age as classes are made up of children from a range of different attainment levels. However there is a national expectation that a child has reached a particular attainment level in writing at ...
... task involving characters and themes from traditional tales. It shows the progression in levels and not in age as classes are made up of children from a range of different attainment levels. However there is a national expectation that a child has reached a particular attainment level in writing at ...
Commas - HCC Learning Web
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
Pronouns: Case and Reference
... gerund, the POSSESSIVE CASE is required: His brisk walking built up his stamina. In contrast, when a verb’s -ing form functions as a MODIFIER, it requires the subjective case for the pronoun, not the possessive case: He, walking briskly, caught up to me. Here are two sentences that convey different ...
... gerund, the POSSESSIVE CASE is required: His brisk walking built up his stamina. In contrast, when a verb’s -ing form functions as a MODIFIER, it requires the subjective case for the pronoun, not the possessive case: He, walking briskly, caught up to me. Here are two sentences that convey different ...
23-Pragmatics
... • A set of “maxims” exist for contributions to a conversation • These maxims make conversation orderly and sensible (more or less) • They are not rules; they do not need to be followed. ...
... • A set of “maxims” exist for contributions to a conversation • These maxims make conversation orderly and sensible (more or less) • They are not rules; they do not need to be followed. ...
1 - NELS 2016 @ UMass Amherst
... domain is determined by F, which in turn shares features with T (Chomsky 2008), hence the subject orientation. In case we have the plural form škenəәštəәm, we only have to assume that F restricts its domain to pluralities that are sufficiently salient, in particular those that F bears a relation to, ...
... domain is determined by F, which in turn shares features with T (Chomsky 2008), hence the subject orientation. In case we have the plural form škenəәštəәm, we only have to assume that F restricts its domain to pluralities that are sufficiently salient, in particular those that F bears a relation to, ...
Sent Function, Sent Structure, Compound Sub
... Our school won first prize! What an excitement there was! ...
... Our school won first prize! What an excitement there was! ...
The Clause: Independent and Subordinate Clauses
... An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence. An independent clause can also be called a main clause. Note: An independent clause by itself is generally called a sentence. Example: Although I was tired, I stayed up to watch “Lost”. Subordinate Clauses A su ...
... An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence. An independent clause can also be called a main clause. Note: An independent clause by itself is generally called a sentence. Example: Although I was tired, I stayed up to watch “Lost”. Subordinate Clauses A su ...
Case-theory: a solution of the bound pronoun problem in Romance
... reading of an object is attributed to one certain type of NP, viz. the type ofa generalized quantifier; the term 'strong reading' is meant to capture the unmarked reading of strong NPs as well as strong readings of weak NPs such as referential (specific), partitive, and generic readings. It appears ...
... reading of an object is attributed to one certain type of NP, viz. the type ofa generalized quantifier; the term 'strong reading' is meant to capture the unmarked reading of strong NPs as well as strong readings of weak NPs such as referential (specific), partitive, and generic readings. It appears ...
C98-1061 - Association for Computational Linguistics
... items in the input text stream. The advantage of this algorithm is that anaphor resolution can be realized within NLP frameworks which do not -or cannot- employ robust and reliable parsing components. Quantitative evaluation shows the anaphor resolution algorithm described here to run at a rate of 7 ...
... items in the input text stream. The advantage of this algorithm is that anaphor resolution can be realized within NLP frameworks which do not -or cannot- employ robust and reliable parsing components. Quantitative evaluation shows the anaphor resolution algorithm described here to run at a rate of 7 ...