simple sentence has one subject and one predicate (verb) Example: My brother is not a very good basketball player. An independent clause is one which can stand-alone it also has a subject and a predicate. Example: We walk home from school. Building on from this you can make a complex sentence made from an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. A dependent clause in one which cannot stand alone although it to has a subject and a predicate‚ it must be accompanied by an independent
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In interest of bettering my own writing‚ it is sensible to seek to understand the works of writers I admire‚ and enjoy. I enjoy reading science fiction novels‚ both of these authors write about science fiction. I have selected passages written by George R.R. Martin‚ a successful genre author and also George Griffith also a wonderful author. Martin’s prose shifts depending on the needs of the narrative‚ and conveys a large amount of information and detail in only a few sentences; it is interesting
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Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….2 Chapter 1 1.1 General Overview of sentence3 1.2 Classification of Sentences. The Classification of Sentences According to the Purpose of Utterance 3 1.3 The Classification of Sentences According to the Structure 5 1.3.1 The Simple Sentence 6 1.3.2 The Composite Sentence7 1.4 Compound Sentences10 1.5 Complex Sentences ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 Chapter 2 2.1 Attributive Appositive
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08 Assess whether the ontological argument demonstrates the existence of God. (30 marks) The ontological argument was first formulated by St. Anselm in the 11th century. It argues the existence of God from a deductive and a priori stance. God is a being than which none greater can be conceived. This is the response given by St Anselm to the fool in the psalm who believed there was no God. St Anselm the Archbishop of Canterbury and of the Benedictine Order explained that for God to exist in the
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mind because he is the greatest conceivable being. In his first ontological argument‚ Anselm looks at the existence of god as a predicate. A predicate means an quality or intrinsic property of something. For example a bachelor refers to a man who is unmarried so when you say someone is a bachelor you wouldn’t need to state that they are unmarried as it is a predicate of being a bachelor. Much in the same way Anselm
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St Anselm was impressed by Gaunilo’s objections and wrote a careful reply to him. The crux of Anselm’s response was that his argument only applies to the greatest possible being: it is part of the essence of the greatest possible being that it must exist. It is not part of the essence of the greatest possible island that it must exist (islands can exist or not)‚ but it is part of the greatest possible being that it must exist. So whether an atheist thinks Gaunilo’s Lost Island objection is decisive
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“turns out” as the lexical verb of the main clause and “be” as the lexical verb. Starting with the second clause which is an infinitive clause because of the “to be”‚ “be” is taken as the head of the VP. In this case “to be” represents a two-place-predicate (transitive) and therefore needs an object and a subject. Because “be is the head of the VP it “is the item that selects and projects” ( p.15 class11 Dr. agnieskwa Ewa Tytus) So it takes the Determiner Phrase (DP) of “a tyrant” as a complement to
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For instance‚ a defense lawyer can use utmost resistance standard to invalidate a victim’s claim of rape or sexual assault. An example of a rape cross-examination displayed the lawyer centering on the word “know”‚ a factive predicate (270). The predicative assumed the alleged victim was not in a difficult situation due to her failing to seek help although knowing she had the option to. For instance‚ the lawyer stated during the examination‚ “ I am suggesting that you know that
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not readily available on the Internet." In Categorical Proposition 1F‚ which terms are distributed? | | A) | The predicate but not the subject. | | | | B) | The subject but not the predicate. | | | | C) | Both the quantifier and the copula. | | | | D) | Neither the subject nor the predicate. | | | | E) | Both the subject and the predicate. | | Question 2 | | 1 / 1 point | INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference
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Realism Is reality dependent of us and our minds Beyond what our minds ascertain This position - connected to theory of meaning - meaning of propositions is what makes them true/false Depends on its truth conditions - what fact makes it true Anti-realists We need verification conditions -when truth conditions apply -and we are justified to hold them E.g. Past and present Past- can’t be repeated -ways of getting hold of it is. fallible. Said statements about the past - verification -
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