Some word classes are OPEN‚ that is‚ new words can be added to the class as the need arises. The class of nouns‚ for instance‚ is potentially infinite‚ since it is continually being expanded as new scientific discoveries are made‚ new products are developed‚ and new ideas are explored. In the late twentieth century‚ for example‚ developments in computer technology have given rise to many new nouns: Internet‚ website‚ URL‚ CD-ROM‚ email‚ newsgroup‚ bitmap‚ modem‚ multimedia New verbs have also been
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day (noun) lead (present tense) vs. led (past tense) irregardless is not a word‚ don’t use it then (adverb) vs. than (conjunction) lose (verb) vs. loose (mainly an adjective) data is the plural of datum e.g.‚ (for example) vs. i.e.‚ (that is) "This applies to universities in the DC Metro Area (e.g.‚ The Johns Hopkins University)." "This refers to the best business school in the DC Metro Area (i.e.‚ The Johns Hopkins University)." that vs. which Restrictive (identifying) clauses use that
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spot. Consider the word swim in the sentences The ducks swim in the pond and The ducks love to swim. In the first sentence‚ swim is the verb. In the second sentence‚ swim is part of a noun phrase. (To swim is the thing that the ducks love.) So how do we spot verbs? A verb is what conveys the essential meaning of a clause (a string of words that convey an idea). Every idea requires a verb. The sentence The ducks swim in the pond says that Something swims somewhere‚ so the verb is swim. The sentence The
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Traditional Grammar is the speculative work of the medieval and the prescriptive approach of the 18th Century grammarians basically it refers back to the Aristotelian orientations towards the nature of language as it is shown in the work of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Origin: The very beginning of the twentieth century was typically marked by a new approach to grammar as suggested by linguists such as Ferdinand de Saussure and American linguist like Frantz Boas‚ Bloomfield and Edward Sapir
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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY‚ HANOI HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES THE USE OF ARTICLES IN LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AMONG SECOND YEAR STUDENTS AT FELTE‚ ULIS‚ VNU Student: Mai Như Quỳnh Class: K19C Lecturer: Dr. Ha Cam Tam Hanoi‚ June – 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE
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publication of a book‚ play‚ etc. adverse‚ averse Adverse means inauspicious‚ hostile; averse means disinclined‚ repelled. “I’m very much averse to making a long‚ arduous journey under such adverse weather conditions.” advice‚ advise Advice is the noun and advise the verb. “His advice was that we should advise everybody to either stay away or be extremely careful.” aloud‚ allowed Aloud means out loud‚ speaking so that someone else can hear you; allowed means permitted. altar‚ alter Altar is
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kin31937_ch.02.qxd 10/23/06 2:06 PM Page 11 THESIS SENTENCE TEMPLATES A thesis sentence is a sentence in the introduction that tells the reader what the topic or argument of the essay is. Experienced writers have little difficulty writing thesis sentences. This is because they have read and written thousands of them. You‚ the emerging writer‚ don’t have it so easy. So‚ you have to accelerate the process. You do this via thesis sentence templates. A thesis sentence template is the basic machinery
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big‚ great‚ high‚ large or tall Word | Explanation | Example | big | large in size‚ degree or amount | a big stone | great | much bigger than average | a great success a great time | high | measurement from the bottom to the top; greater than normal | a high mountain a high level | large | big in size and quantity | a large country a large number of people | tall | greater height than average | a tall man | Note: We use high or tall when we talk about buildings. | borrow or lend
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(gender) If the three older boys in the club carry out those plans‚ it will break up. (number) Word order can also make the reference clear. A pronoun should be placed as close to its antecedent as possible. An antecedent is preferably the noun or indefinite pronoun just before the pronoun. The following are additional guidelines for making pronoun references clear in your writing. ● When using a pronoun to refer to a general idea‚ make sure that the reference is clear. The pronouns
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Phrases and Clauses 5 December 2012 Phrases and Clauses I) Prepositional and Appositive Phrases Phrase- a few words that do not have a subject or a verb and are one part of speech in a sentence A) Prepositional Phrases Prepositional phrase- preposition with a noun or pronoun following it Ex: near the table and chairs. “Near” is the preposition and “table and chairs” are the objects. 1) Adjectival Phrases Adjectival phrase- a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun
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