NounsWords that identify a person‚ idea or thing.woman‚ tree‚ love‚ city‚ computer ‘Naming’ words | Types of noun Common: refers to things in general friendship‚ dog‚ night‚ road‚ education Proper: a specific person/place/thing Edinburgh‚ Asia‚ Clare‚ Tuesday‚ Big Ben Concrete: something that exists physically dog‚ road‚ Asia‚ Big Ben‚ computer Abstract: intangible idea love‚ friendship‚ education‚ time Collective: groups of people or things audience‚
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Improving your technical writing skills Version 4.1 25 September 2003 Norman Fenton Computer Science Department Queen Mary (University of London) London E1 4NS norman@dcs.qmul.ac.uk www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~norman/ Tel: 020 7882 7860 Abstract This document describes the basic principles of good writing. It is primarily targeted at students and researchers writing technical and business reports‚ but the principles are relevant to any form of writing‚ including letters and memos. Therefore‚ the document
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function. NOUN: Naming word [ (common noun)- ordinary everyday things (proper noun)- names of people places etc. ( collective nouns)- names a collection or group (absract noun)- something which is not visible or tangible ]. PRONOUN: Stands in place of the noun i.e she‚ it etc. ADJECTIVE: Describing word. VERB: Doing word. ADVERB: Modifies the verb. CONJUNCTION: Joining word. PREPOSITION: ’small words’ which relate phrases or words together. ARTICLE: ’a’ ’an’ or ’the’ which precede nouns or
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constituents of phrases and sentences. * Noun: a word that names a person‚ place‚ thing or idea; e.g. book. * Verb: a word that shows action‚ or links the subject to a word or phrase that tells about the subject; e.g. produce. * Adjective: a word that tells what kind‚ how many or which one; e.g. good. * Adverb: a word that tells when‚ where‚ how or how much; e.g. highly. * Determiner: a word that goes in front of a noun to identify what the noun refers to; e.g. this. * Preposition:
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SPEECH A term in traditional grammar for the eight categories* into which words are classified according to their functions in sentences: Nouns -The part of speech (or word class) that is used to name or identify a person‚ place‚ thing‚ quality‚ or action. Pronouns - A word (one of the traditional parts of speech) that takes the place of a noun‚ noun phrase‚ or noun clause Verbs - The part of speech (or word class) that describes an action or occurrence or indicates a state of being. There are two
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Criteria Scientific prose style Oratorical sub-style Publicistic styles Pragmatic aim to prove a hypothesis‚ to create new concepts‚ to disclose the internal laws of existence‚ development‚ relations between different phenomena. is to exert influence on public opinion‚ to convince the listener that the interpretation given by the speaker is the only correct one and to cause him to accept the point of view expressed in the speech not merely by logical argumentation‚ but by emotional appeal as well
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How to write an annotation (http://legacy.earlham.edu/library/content/resources/writing/annotations.html) An annotation is a brief summary of a book‚ article‚ or other publication. An abstract is also a summary‚ but there is a difference between the two. An abstract is simply a summary of a work‚ whereas the purpose of an annotation is to describe the work in such a way that the reader can decide whether or not to read the work itself. The following points provide guidance for writing annotations
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JORDAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE A constituent college of st. of Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) FACULTY OF EDUCATION P.O BOX 1878‚ Morogoro-Tanzania. COURSE; ENGLISH STRUCTURE CODE; LL 214 DEPARTMENT; ENGLISH SUBMITTED BY; GERALD‚ RICHARD REGISTRATION NUMBER; 2011/ 0237 SUBMITTED TO; MADAM MARY JIBREA TASK: THE RELEVANCES OF ENGLISH SRUCTURE TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Structure of English We can study the English structure to relate to the English
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Amenity = (noun) something that adds to one’s comfort or convenience; something that is nice to have but isn’t necessary Scruple = (noun) an uneasy feeling arising from one’s conscience or principals Solicitously = (adverb) with an expression of care or concern Tangible = (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; having actual form and substance. Note: can be used both figuratively and literally. Ex. Figurative: The evil in the air was tangible. Literal: This book is tangible. Quarry = (noun) the object
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Final: Study Guide Noun: A person‚ place‚ or thing (or an idea or activity) Common Nouns – general‚ not specific‚ not capitalized Proper Nouns – specific‚ capitalized Gerund Nouns – a verb that‚ having added‚ ‘ing’ is a noun i.e running: a noun‚ but ‘to run’ is a verb EXAMPLE SENTENCES The boy is in love. boy: common noun‚ functioning as the subject of the sentence love: common noun Skipping through Central Park is energizing. Skipping: gerund noun‚ functioning as the subject
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