phrase A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition‚ object of preposition(noun or pronoun) and may also consist of other modifiers. e.g. on a table‚ near a wall‚ in the room‚ at the door‚ under a tree Other prepositions are: from‚ with‚ by‚ about‚ from‚ above/under‚ along‚ without‚ of‚ on/in‚ before/after‚ in/out‚ into A prepositional phrase starts with a preposition and mostly ends with a noun or pronoun. Whatever prepositional phrase ends with is called object of preposition. A prepositional
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following: 15. What does a verb do? * Verb show the action or state of being of the subject of the sentence. 16. Give me one of the definitions of the subject of a sentence: * The subject of a sentence is the topic of the sentence‚ a noun or pronoun‚ and the word doing the action of the verb. 17. List all punctuation forms that you can replace a period with. * Question Mark‚ Exclamation Mark‚ Semi-colon‚ Comma + conjunction 18. What is a fragment? * They are incomplete sentences. A
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Treatment of asylum seekers by the Australian legal system The treatment of asylum seekers by the Australian legal system is a controversial issue dealing with human rights and people from different sides have different perspectives on this subject .The Australian legal system has attempted to achieve justice for the parties affected by the matter through various court cases and legislation and policy changes. Has justice been achieved? The current Australian government perspective on this
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COHERENCE Coherence and Unity are related‚ but they are not the same thing. You may have a unified paragraph in which all the sentences are relevant to the controlling idea of the topic sentence‚ but it may leave your reader somewhat confused. Somehow‚ the paragraph lacks smoothness and clarity - the ideas are mixed up‚ the sentences are not clearly and logically related‚ the writing has no rhythm. In short‚ the paragraph lacks coherence. There are three
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things as one. Haadia arrives at her stop. She buys a bouquet for her grandmother from the flower shop near the bus stop. UNIT Personal Pronouns 1 A pronoun is a word that stands in place of a noun. There are different types of pronouns. Personal pronouns are used in place of the person‚ place or thing that we are talking about. We can use personal pronouns as a subject and as an object of a
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Cohesion is a device used in connecting two sentences and indicating the relationship between them. Without cohesion text is merely collections of more or less isolated elements of text‚ which are not related to one another. Cohesion constructs the elements of text relating to each other. This relationship implies the continuity or unity‚ which is necessary for the interpretation of text. Cohesion is used to link one sentence to the preceding one or
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A Birthday – Christina Rossetti STRUCTURE: 2 stanzas of equal length (8 verses). Presented in the same manner: indentations. In the first stanza‚ each pair of verses constitutes mini-stanzas that are marked by the indentation of the second line. This makes the anaphora of “My heart” more visible to the eye. The author wants to make it clear that the subject is love. It has a structure that reminds love hymns‚ with its regular ABCB rhyme scheme. The anaphora of “My heart” and repetition of “my love
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Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers Practice Test Начало формы 1 Choose the correct sentence: A. After studying all the evidence‚ I am convinced that Alfie did the right thing. B. After studying all the evidence‚ it is clear that Alfie did the right thing. C. I am convinced that Alfie did the right thing after studying all the evidence. 2 Choose the correct sentence: A. I hope sometimes
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Jamaican Creole and Standard English Contrasted | Between 1066 and 1362‚ French was the official language of the England. English was viewed as an inferior vulgar hybridised Creole of Anglo-Saxon‚ Jutish‚ and Danish dialects. (Incidentally‚ Norman French itself could be described as a vulgar hybridised Creole of Gaulish‚ Latin‚ Norse‚ and Frankish dialects). Obviously‚ that opinion has changed‚ and in view of the humble origins of English it might be expected that English be understanding and
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himself second person is the encoding of the speaker’s reference to one or more addressees third person is the encoding of reference to persons and entities which are neither speakers nor addressees of the utterance in question Often expressed by: pronouns and their associated predicate agreements Participant-roles independent on grammatical. categories distinguish: speaker/spokesman vs. source of the utterance recipient vs. target hearers/bystanders vs. addressees/target Distinction is made
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