Abbreviations and Initials
... Sometimes a writer will give human characteristics to non-human things. Objects, ideas, places, or animals may be given human qualities. They may perform human actions. This kind of language is called personification. Personification helps a writer to create an exciting picture in the reader’s ...
... Sometimes a writer will give human characteristics to non-human things. Objects, ideas, places, or animals may be given human qualities. They may perform human actions. This kind of language is called personification. Personification helps a writer to create an exciting picture in the reader’s ...
Usage Notes
... Use they’re as a contraction of “they are.” Examples: Ben and Gabriel say they’re trying out for the baseball team. I love hanging out with Kim and Carly. They’re so funny! ...
... Use they’re as a contraction of “they are.” Examples: Ben and Gabriel say they’re trying out for the baseball team. I love hanging out with Kim and Carly. They’re so funny! ...
English Lexicology.
... Prerequisite: Foreign Language for Special Purposes – Special Professional (C2-level), Postrequisite: English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Language for Professionals. Objectives of course: 1. to create professional linguistic competence in a field of fundamentals of the theory of Theoretical Gramm ...
... Prerequisite: Foreign Language for Special Purposes – Special Professional (C2-level), Postrequisite: English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Language for Professionals. Objectives of course: 1. to create professional linguistic competence in a field of fundamentals of the theory of Theoretical Gramm ...
Grammar Lessons - Mr. King`s English
... 1. When the subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by “and,” use a plural verb. She and her friends are at the fair. 2. When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by “or” or “nor,” use a singular verb. Neither the book nor the pen is in the drawer ...
... 1. When the subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by “and,” use a plural verb. She and her friends are at the fair. 2. When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by “or” or “nor,” use a singular verb. Neither the book nor the pen is in the drawer ...
Glossary of Terms Used in Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
... dark’. Subordinate clauses contain a subject noun and a verb. A conjunction that connects a main clause to a subordinating clause. Examples include ‘because’, ‘until’, ‘when’, ‘as’, ‘since’, ‘whereas’, ‘even though’. The joining of clauses and phrases in a way that links a main clause to a subordina ...
... dark’. Subordinate clauses contain a subject noun and a verb. A conjunction that connects a main clause to a subordinating clause. Examples include ‘because’, ‘until’, ‘when’, ‘as’, ‘since’, ‘whereas’, ‘even though’. The joining of clauses and phrases in a way that links a main clause to a subordina ...
Revision Guide
... A prefix is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning in some way. It does not usually change the spelling of the root word, it is simply added at the beginning, for example un + helpful = unhelpful. The same rule also applies when two of the same letters end next to one another, for ex ...
... A prefix is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning in some way. It does not usually change the spelling of the root word, it is simply added at the beginning, for example un + helpful = unhelpful. The same rule also applies when two of the same letters end next to one another, for ex ...
English Grammar III Essentials Glossary
... Completer or complement: A word or group of words that completes the meaning of a verb. Complete subject: A complete subject contains not only the noun or pronouns in the subject part of the sentence but also the other words that describe the noun or pronoun. Contraction: A shortened form of a word, ...
... Completer or complement: A word or group of words that completes the meaning of a verb. Complete subject: A complete subject contains not only the noun or pronouns in the subject part of the sentence but also the other words that describe the noun or pronoun. Contraction: A shortened form of a word, ...
Week of September 4, 2012
... Vocabulary: 15 minutes: Purpose: Review synonym and antonym since not all students understood their meaning last week. Mini-‐lesson: Say, “This lesson will help you become better readers. Becomin ...
... Vocabulary: 15 minutes: Purpose: Review synonym and antonym since not all students understood their meaning last week. Mini-‐lesson: Say, “This lesson will help you become better readers. Becomin ...
synonym
... • a) He treated my words as a joke. • b) They treated me to sweets. • c) He treats his son cruelly. • d) She was treated for minor injuries. In all these sentences the verb ‘treat’ has different meanings. The ability of words to have more than one meaning is described by the term ‘polysemy’. ...
... • a) He treated my words as a joke. • b) They treated me to sweets. • c) He treats his son cruelly. • d) She was treated for minor injuries. In all these sentences the verb ‘treat’ has different meanings. The ability of words to have more than one meaning is described by the term ‘polysemy’. ...
Chapter 13
... from an explanation of why grammar exerts such emotional force in our response to other people. We need a deeper understanding of how grammars vary before we can see that our response to dialects has something to do with how grammars choose between opposing principles. So far our discussion has been ...
... from an explanation of why grammar exerts such emotional force in our response to other people. We need a deeper understanding of how grammars vary before we can see that our response to dialects has something to do with how grammars choose between opposing principles. So far our discussion has been ...
Hatlen, Lisa Mazzie, "Conciseness in Legal Writing,"
... words to say what could be said in two. We use arcane phrases to express commonplace ideas. Seeking to be precise, we become redundant"). 'Oppenheimer, supra note 2, at 151-52. When writers use needlessly long words, the reader is less impressed and may even have difficulty understanding the writing ...
... words to say what could be said in two. We use arcane phrases to express commonplace ideas. Seeking to be precise, we become redundant"). 'Oppenheimer, supra note 2, at 151-52. When writers use needlessly long words, the reader is less impressed and may even have difficulty understanding the writing ...
Grade Eight Clear Learning Targets for Language
... -‐SENTENCE FRAGMENTS: Verbal phrases can never stand alone as a sentence. Many sentence fragments are actually verbal phrases that should be attached to a neighboring sentence. FRAGMENT-‐Making our party comple ...
... -‐SENTENCE FRAGMENTS: Verbal phrases can never stand alone as a sentence. Many sentence fragments are actually verbal phrases that should be attached to a neighboring sentence. FRAGMENT-‐Making our party comple ...
collocations
... Collocations are divided into two major types—lexical collocation and grammatical collocation. ...
... Collocations are divided into two major types—lexical collocation and grammatical collocation. ...
10 - CLAIR
... – 1. The small dog of the neighbors brought me an old tennis ball. – 2. That wugs have three eyes is unproven by scientists. – 3. I saw the gift that the old man gave me at the meeting. ...
... – 1. The small dog of the neighbors brought me an old tennis ball. – 2. That wugs have three eyes is unproven by scientists. – 3. I saw the gift that the old man gave me at the meeting. ...
Processes of Word Formation
... (usually a noun) is reduced to form another word of one type (usually a verb). A good example of backformation is the process in whereby the noun television first came into use and the verb televise was created from it. ...
... (usually a noun) is reduced to form another word of one type (usually a verb). A good example of backformation is the process in whereby the noun television first came into use and the verb televise was created from it. ...
Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation – Years 1 to 6
... The window in the greenhouse was broken (by me)]. The difference between structures typical of informal speech and structures appropriate for formal speech and writing [for example, the use of question tags: He’s your friend, isn’t he?, or the use of subjunctive forms such as If I were or Were they ...
... The window in the greenhouse was broken (by me)]. The difference between structures typical of informal speech and structures appropriate for formal speech and writing [for example, the use of question tags: He’s your friend, isn’t he?, or the use of subjunctive forms such as If I were or Were they ...
Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
... ‘modal verb’], they should be encouraged to apply and explore this concept in the grammar of their own speech and writing and to note where it is used by others. Young pupils, in particular, use more complex language in speech than in writing, and teachers should build on this, aiming for a smooth t ...
... ‘modal verb’], they should be encouraged to apply and explore this concept in the grammar of their own speech and writing and to note where it is used by others. Young pupils, in particular, use more complex language in speech than in writing, and teachers should build on this, aiming for a smooth t ...
English Appendix 2 - Westrop Primary School
... ‘modal verb’], they should be encouraged to apply and explore this concept in the grammar of their own speech and writing and to note where it is used by others. Young pupils, in particular, use more complex language in speech than in writing, and teachers should build on this, aiming for a smooth t ...
... ‘modal verb’], they should be encouraged to apply and explore this concept in the grammar of their own speech and writing and to note where it is used by others. Young pupils, in particular, use more complex language in speech than in writing, and teachers should build on this, aiming for a smooth t ...
Word, word-form, lexeme
... division into units, but it can be analysed into meanngful elements which recur and combine according to rules. In writing, such an analysis is expressed through the division into words and sentences. The essence of grammatical units is that they are meaningful and combine with each other in systema ...
... division into units, but it can be analysed into meanngful elements which recur and combine according to rules. In writing, such an analysis is expressed through the division into words and sentences. The essence of grammatical units is that they are meaningful and combine with each other in systema ...
Syntactic categories
... suddenly collapsed, died slowly, is often 2. FUNCTION WORDS (minor lexical categories, grammatical words) PRONOUNS (Prn): "stand in" for Ns It collapsed. What died? That is the best. PREPOSITIONS (Prep): relate NPs in various ways to other sentence constituents ...
... suddenly collapsed, died slowly, is often 2. FUNCTION WORDS (minor lexical categories, grammatical words) PRONOUNS (Prn): "stand in" for Ns It collapsed. What died? That is the best. PREPOSITIONS (Prep): relate NPs in various ways to other sentence constituents ...
Refining your draft
... unnecessary words and phrases. Remove them at the editing stage and leave only those words that you need. Here are some examples of words and phrases that add nothing to your meaning: in the event that with reference to each and every generally speaking final outcome initial preparation due to the f ...
... unnecessary words and phrases. Remove them at the editing stage and leave only those words that you need. Here are some examples of words and phrases that add nothing to your meaning: in the event that with reference to each and every generally speaking final outcome initial preparation due to the f ...
Four Basic Sentence Types
... •After class, I /studied in the library. (prepositional phrase) •After the teacher /dismissed class, I /studied in the library. (subordinate— also known as “dependent”--clause) The independent clause I studied in the library carries more weight. ...
... •After class, I /studied in the library. (prepositional phrase) •After the teacher /dismissed class, I /studied in the library. (subordinate— also known as “dependent”--clause) The independent clause I studied in the library carries more weight. ...