best friend and business partner Rahim Kahn‚ standing outside of our house‚ neither one smiling”. The juxtaposition and noun phrase “best friend” and “business partner” present the relationship as both strong and professional‚ while the non-finite clause ‘neither one smiling’ at the end of the sentence emphasises the serious and business-like nature. The effect of Amir’s narrative view point allows the reader to gain and clear understanding of Baba’s and Rahim Kahn’s relationship at this point‚ as
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[This Article appeared in the American Scientist (Nov-Dec 1990)‚ Volume 78‚ 550-558. Retyped and posted with permission.] The Science of Scientific Writing If the reader is to grasp what the writer means‚ the writer must understand what the reader needs George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan* *George D. Gopen is associate professor of English and Director of Writing Programs at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Judith A. Swan
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Buffalo men‚ they called them‚ and talked slowly to the prisoners scooping mush and tapping away at their chains. Nobody from a box in Alfred‚ Georgia‚ cared about the illness the Cherokee warned them about‚ so they stayed‚ all forty-six‚ resting‚ planning their next move. Paul D had no idea of what to do and knew less than anybody‚ it seemed. He heard his co-convicts talk knowledgeably of rivers and states‚ towns and territories. Heard Cherokee men describe the beginning of the world and its end
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This paper is going Describe the organization and structure of the American legal system by defining the different roles of the federal and state governments‚ it will also describe the Supremacy Clause and explain what happens when there is a direct conflict between federal and state law. Roles of the Federal Government The founding founders intended the United States to be ruled under the system of federalism. The Introduction to Law textbook defines federalism by saying “federalism is a system
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a/an A. predicate adjective. B. indirect object. C. prepositional phrase. D. infinitive phrase. 4. How could you combine the following two sentences into a complex sentence with a dependent adjectival clause? The boy wore a green coat. He carried his sister home. A. The boy carried home his sister’s green coat. B. The boy who wore a green coat carried his sister home. C. The boy wore a green coat; he carried his
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SIMPLE SENTENCES 6 3.1.2 MULTIPLE SENTENCES 7 3.1.3 COMPOUND SENTENCES 8 3.1.4 COMPLEX SENTENCES 8 3.1.5 STATEMENTS 9 3.1.6 QUESTIONS 9 3.1.7 DIRECTIVES 9 3.1.8 EXCLAMATIONS 9 3.2 NON-SENTENTIAL HEADLINES 10 3.2.1 MINOR SENTENCES 10 3.2.2 NON-FINITE CLAUSES 11 3.2.3 PHRASES 11 3.2.3.1 NOUN PHRASES 12 3.2.3.2 ADJECTIVE PHRASES 13 3.2.3.3 ADVERB PHRASES 13 3.2.3.4 PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES 14 4. ELLIPSIS 15 4.1 MEDIAL ELLIPSIS 15 4.2 INITIAL ELLIPSIS 15 4.3 SITUATIONAL ELLIPSIS 16 4.4 STRUCTURAL ELLIPSIS 16
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CELTA Assignment 1 I’ve been waiting here for two hours. 1. Meaning I was waiting here 2 hours ago. I am still waiting here. 2. Form Subject + have/has + past participle (been) + present participle 3. Pronunciation Contraction of I and have. Been has a short /i/. Stress on ‘/Wei/’ in waiting. 4. Eliciting Show picture 1 of a man standing with a clock above his head. The time is 12pm. Show picture 2 of the man still standing but the clock now says 2pm and he looks unhappy while
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A conjunction is a joiner‚ a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a sentence. There seem to be three basic types of conjunctions. They are: coordinating conjunctions used to connect two independent clauses‚ subordinating conjunctions used to establish the relationship between the dependent clause and the rest of the sentence‚ and correlative conjunctions which always travel in pairs‚ joining various sentence elements that should be treated as grammatically equal. COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS Coordinating
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University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Department of English and American Studies Grammar in Newspaper Headlines Bachelor Paper Author: Eva Prášková Supervisor: PhDr. Petra Huschová‚ Ph.D. 2009 Univerzita Pardubice Filozofická fakulta Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky Grammar in Newspaper Headlines Gramatika novinových titulkù Bakaláøská práce Autor: Eva Prášková Vedoucí: PhDr. Petra Huschová‚ Ph.D. 2009 Prohlašuji: Tuto práci jsem vypracovala samostatnì. Veškeré literární
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1. Which sentence is written in the active voice? Answer- Rick and Kate built the house with their own hands. A. The test will be offered several times this week. B. Formal clothing must be worn to Kim’s wedding. C. We were told to wait until five o’clock for the delivery. D. Rick and Kate built the house with their own hands. 2. Which of the following sentences contains an italicized word that’s used as a predicate adjective? Answer D looks ill today Jerr pg 45 A. Jerry looks into the
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