Pronouns: Case and Reference
... When a pronoun follows than or as, the meaning of the sentence depends entirely on whether the pronoun is in the subjective case or the objective case. Here are two sentences that convey two very different messages, depending on whether the subjective case (I) or the objective case (me) is used. 1. ...
... When a pronoun follows than or as, the meaning of the sentence depends entirely on whether the pronoun is in the subjective case or the objective case. Here are two sentences that convey two very different messages, depending on whether the subjective case (I) or the objective case (me) is used. 1. ...
Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar
... Construct phrases are two Hebrew words side by side (usually two nouns and usually a set phrase), much like English soccer game, apple tree. The first noun in the Hebrew is called ‘the construct noun’ and often displays a special construct ending. Definite article: the word ‘the’. Degree words are a ...
... Construct phrases are two Hebrew words side by side (usually two nouns and usually a set phrase), much like English soccer game, apple tree. The first noun in the Hebrew is called ‘the construct noun’ and often displays a special construct ending. Definite article: the word ‘the’. Degree words are a ...
Implicit standards for explicit grammar teaching
... a noun; they do not stand alone." (p. 132) "Possessive pronouns ["hers" "yours"] are not followed immediately by a noun; they stand alone." (p. 132) "Adjectives describe [modify] nouns." (p. A4) First of all, when Azar says that a possessive adjective is followed "immediately" by a noun, she leaves ...
... a noun; they do not stand alone." (p. 132) "Possessive pronouns ["hers" "yours"] are not followed immediately by a noun; they stand alone." (p. 132) "Adjectives describe [modify] nouns." (p. A4) First of all, when Azar says that a possessive adjective is followed "immediately" by a noun, she leaves ...
Parts of Speech - Time 4 Writing
... interactive online exercises, and video lessons are freely available at Time4Writing.com. Consider linking to these resources from your school, teacher, or homeschool educational site. The rules: These materials must maintain the visibility of the Time4Writing trademark and copyright information. Th ...
... interactive online exercises, and video lessons are freely available at Time4Writing.com. Consider linking to these resources from your school, teacher, or homeschool educational site. The rules: These materials must maintain the visibility of the Time4Writing trademark and copyright information. Th ...
Latin 1 - Plumsted Township School District
... Translate the possessor in the Genitive case. Use the genitive to find the roots of all nouns, to show possession, to determine the declension of a noun, and to show familial relations. Translate the prepositions ad, in, prope,and per correctly with the accusative case. Identify and explain the diff ...
... Translate the possessor in the Genitive case. Use the genitive to find the roots of all nouns, to show possession, to determine the declension of a noun, and to show familial relations. Translate the prepositions ad, in, prope,and per correctly with the accusative case. Identify and explain the diff ...
nominal composition, noun incorporation and non-finite
... which see, in particular, Steever 1979/1981; Gnanam 1981; Mithun 1984: 849 ff.; Muravyova 1992; forthcoming). Of particular interest for our purposes is constraint (1.2), which distinguishes the incorporation from compounds consisting of nouns combined with verbal nouns and adjectives. Such formatio ...
... which see, in particular, Steever 1979/1981; Gnanam 1981; Mithun 1984: 849 ff.; Muravyova 1992; forthcoming). Of particular interest for our purposes is constraint (1.2), which distinguishes the incorporation from compounds consisting of nouns combined with verbal nouns and adjectives. Such formatio ...
Syntax without functional categories
... concerned. 'Noun' allows us to express the generalisation that the lists are the same — not to mention the lists needed for various other facts about distribution, morphology and semantics. Similarly for 'auxiliary verb', a word-class defined by the 'NICE' characteristics (negation, inversion, contr ...
... concerned. 'Noun' allows us to express the generalisation that the lists are the same — not to mention the lists needed for various other facts about distribution, morphology and semantics. Similarly for 'auxiliary verb', a word-class defined by the 'NICE' characteristics (negation, inversion, contr ...
File
... • If you go to the movies, buy some popcorn because that stuff is great. • My weekend was very entertaining, and I worked quickly the whole weekend. • My weekend was very entertaining, for I worked quickly the whole weekend. Previous Slide ...
... • If you go to the movies, buy some popcorn because that stuff is great. • My weekend was very entertaining, and I worked quickly the whole weekend. • My weekend was very entertaining, for I worked quickly the whole weekend. Previous Slide ...
Grammar Diagnostic Annotated Key
... You could try shifting the burden, reversing the order, sliding the scale, or any other compensating measures, but that never works. Unclear pronoun: there are four choices for what "that" might refer to, but not one of those choices is clear. Remember, a pronoun "stands in the place of" a noun, and ...
... You could try shifting the burden, reversing the order, sliding the scale, or any other compensating measures, but that never works. Unclear pronoun: there are four choices for what "that" might refer to, but not one of those choices is clear. Remember, a pronoun "stands in the place of" a noun, and ...
1 Introduction - an der Universität Duisburg
... classified as ‘feminine’. Other correspondences may exist, for instance there may be adjectives or past participles which require different endings depending on gender affiliation. 2 This is the case in the Romance languages, for example. The traditional labels used for gender classification – mascu ...
... classified as ‘feminine’. Other correspondences may exist, for instance there may be adjectives or past participles which require different endings depending on gender affiliation. 2 This is the case in the Romance languages, for example. The traditional labels used for gender classification – mascu ...
relativpronomen – relativsätze
... You have to find out: a) the gender of the noun we are referring to (das Bezugswort/ antecedent); b) the number of the antecedent (singular, plural) AND c) what case it needs (nominative, dative, accusative [and genitive]). gender of the relative pronoun: the same as the antecedent (das Bezugswort ...
... You have to find out: a) the gender of the noun we are referring to (das Bezugswort/ antecedent); b) the number of the antecedent (singular, plural) AND c) what case it needs (nominative, dative, accusative [and genitive]). gender of the relative pronoun: the same as the antecedent (das Bezugswort ...
Story PowerPoint
... The nurse hurried toward the patient. toward the patient – adverb The narrators stood on the stage. on the stage – adverb The boy with the broken leg needed ...
... The nurse hurried toward the patient. toward the patient – adverb The narrators stood on the stage. on the stage – adverb The boy with the broken leg needed ...
Phenomenon of Masculinity and Femininity: An Etymological Study
... the doer is feminine. However, if the doer is masculine it does not need a marker. Consequently, the doer that does not need a marker added to its verb to identify its gender must be the original. Second: When we use a personal pronoun to address a male, we say >anta “you” that is marked with the in ...
... the doer is feminine. However, if the doer is masculine it does not need a marker. Consequently, the doer that does not need a marker added to its verb to identify its gender must be the original. Second: When we use a personal pronoun to address a male, we say >anta “you” that is marked with the in ...
Phil2_3 - Amador Bible Studies
... self-seeking pursuit of political office by unfair means. Its meaning in our literature is a matter of conjecture. A derivation from is not regarded with favor by recent NT linguistic scholarship. It means: strife, contentiousness; selfishness, selfish ambition Rom 2:8; Jam 3:14, 16; Phil 1:17 ...
... self-seeking pursuit of political office by unfair means. Its meaning in our literature is a matter of conjecture. A derivation from is not regarded with favor by recent NT linguistic scholarship. It means: strife, contentiousness; selfishness, selfish ambition Rom 2:8; Jam 3:14, 16; Phil 1:17 ...
Grammar Exercises
... It is the rule of "Id> Id>a\fa (annexation) that nothing must interpose between the noun and its following genitive. Consequently, if the noun is qualified by an adjective, demonstrated by a demonstrative, or numbered by a number, the latter, i.e. the adjective, the demonstrative and the number must ...
... It is the rule of "Id> Id>a\fa (annexation) that nothing must interpose between the noun and its following genitive. Consequently, if the noun is qualified by an adjective, demonstrated by a demonstrative, or numbered by a number, the latter, i.e. the adjective, the demonstrative and the number must ...
RET Tib dictionary
... The criticisms presented here have focussed on Goldstein but could be readily applied to nearly any other Tibetan dictionary. The Bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo itself also fails to specify sources or methods, and does not cite real examples. Although works compiled with an informal method are of unde ...
... The criticisms presented here have focussed on Goldstein but could be readily applied to nearly any other Tibetan dictionary. The Bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo itself also fails to specify sources or methods, and does not cite real examples. Although works compiled with an informal method are of unde ...
Bound nominal roots in Waorani
... free-standing noun õdõ can also mean the neck area on the body. It seems there is a distant metaphorical connection between the shape or characteristics of the river and the neck, and when it occurs as the first part of body-part nouns, õdõ generally indicates the body. Peeke (1973) explains that th ...
... free-standing noun õdõ can also mean the neck area on the body. It seems there is a distant metaphorical connection between the shape or characteristics of the river and the neck, and when it occurs as the first part of body-part nouns, õdõ generally indicates the body. Peeke (1973) explains that th ...
foreword - Universitatea din Craiova
... Have you read the newspaper? (=the newspaper that our family usually buys and reads); Have you locked the door? (=the door to our home); Turn on the radio! (=the radio we have in the house/on the table etc); The telephone is ringing. (=probably the phone in the house); 2) There is a special class o ...
... Have you read the newspaper? (=the newspaper that our family usually buys and reads); Have you locked the door? (=the door to our home); Turn on the radio! (=the radio we have in the house/on the table etc); The telephone is ringing. (=probably the phone in the house); 2) There is a special class o ...
foreword - Universitatea din Craiova
... kitchen of this house, the queen of the country etc. Normally these explanations are unnecessary. 3) When a noun comes after a preposition, the definite article is almost always necessary, the sequence preposition + definite article + noun is a very common structure, e.g. under the table, on the wa ...
... kitchen of this house, the queen of the country etc. Normally these explanations are unnecessary. 3) When a noun comes after a preposition, the definite article is almost always necessary, the sequence preposition + definite article + noun is a very common structure, e.g. under the table, on the wa ...
1. THE ARTICLE - Universitatea din Craiova
... 1.1.3. THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IS USED: 1) The definite article is used to show that the noun/noun equivalent has already been mentioned previously, either in the same sentence or earlier in the course of communication, (what in some books is referred to as anaphoric) e.g. They have a son and two daugh ...
... 1.1.3. THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IS USED: 1) The definite article is used to show that the noun/noun equivalent has already been mentioned previously, either in the same sentence or earlier in the course of communication, (what in some books is referred to as anaphoric) e.g. They have a son and two daugh ...
English Grammar for Students of Spanish
... Circle the pronouns in the sentences below. ■ Draw an arrow from the pronoun to its antecedent, or antecedents if there is more than one. 1. Did Mary call Peter? Yes, she called him last night. 2. The coat and dress are elegant, but they are expensive. 3. Mary baked the cookies herself. 4. Paul and ...
... Circle the pronouns in the sentences below. ■ Draw an arrow from the pronoun to its antecedent, or antecedents if there is more than one. 1. Did Mary call Peter? Yes, she called him last night. 2. The coat and dress are elegant, but they are expensive. 3. Mary baked the cookies herself. 4. Paul and ...
A group of subject-verb agreements: finding quantity in group and
... phrase. This study looked at overall usage, rather than the distinct variables that come into play (as with number of NP). Additionally, the scope of the study used only a handful over tagsearched queries into the corpus which limited the data output. However, the findings of this limited study cont ...
... phrase. This study looked at overall usage, rather than the distinct variables that come into play (as with number of NP). Additionally, the scope of the study used only a handful over tagsearched queries into the corpus which limited the data output. However, the findings of this limited study cont ...
A Contrastive Analysis of Enlgish and Arabic Morphology (1
... is the smallest meaningful unit of form which is grammatically pertinent. A morpheme is not identical with a syllable. It may consist of a single phoneme such as ‘a’ and may consist of one or more syllables as in ‘the’ and ‘between’. A morpheme may be free or bound. A free morpheme is one that can s ...
... is the smallest meaningful unit of form which is grammatically pertinent. A morpheme is not identical with a syllable. It may consist of a single phoneme such as ‘a’ and may consist of one or more syllables as in ‘the’ and ‘between’. A morpheme may be free or bound. A free morpheme is one that can s ...
Lecture 6: Part-of
... - Directional and locative adverbs: here, downstairs, left - Temporal adverbs: yesterday, Monday,… Adverbs modify verbs, sentences, adjectives or other adverbs: Apparently, the very ill man walks extremely slowly NB: certain temporal and locative adverbs (yesterday, here) can also be classified as n ...
... - Directional and locative adverbs: here, downstairs, left - Temporal adverbs: yesterday, Monday,… Adverbs modify verbs, sentences, adjectives or other adverbs: Apparently, the very ill man walks extremely slowly NB: certain temporal and locative adverbs (yesterday, here) can also be classified as n ...