According to Palmer (1976:94)‚ he argued that "You shall know a word by the company it keeps‚" and he gave the example of the company of the English word "ass‚" which occurred in a limited set of contexts and in the company of a limited set of adjectives silly‚ obstinate‚ stupid‚ and awful. In an article on modes of meaning published back in 1951‚ Firth introduced his often-quoted definition of collocation as "the company words keep." He maintains that "meaning by collocation is an abstraction at
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the most.It would be folly‚ of course‚ to run more than two or three (at the most) adjectives together. Furthermore‚ when adjectives belong to the same class‚ they become what we call coordinated adjectives‚ and you will want to put a comma between them: the inexpensive‚ comfortable shoes. The rule for inserting the comma works this way: if you could have inserted a conjunction — and or but — between the two adjectives‚ use a comma. We could say these are "inexpensive but comfortable shoes‚" so we would
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Nouns (key vocabulary) Cognates Non-cognates electricidad F bolsa F energía F medioambiente M polución F luz
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the colloquial language‚ how odd-it is an elliptical sentence. Free-indirect thought intermingles with the core of the text and makes it more realistic and personified. We might guess that these words could pertain to her mother. Such words as the adjective “practical”‚ the noun “proposition» are not widely used in everyday talks‚ especially by a child. In such a way the author foregrounds the idea‚ that Karen according to her age is still a teenager‚ but according to her rather sophisticated and critical
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THE ERRORS ANALYSIS OF USING THE PREPOSITION MADE BY ENGLISH DEPARTEMENT’S STUDENTS ACADEMIC YEAR 2009/2010 A. Background Preposition is one of function words in English. It had introduced from elementary school till university‚ one way to introduced and learned the preposition is by asking students to make a writing paper. Sekolah Tinggi keguruan dan Ilmu pendidikan (STKIP) PGRI Banjarmasin have many programs to increase their students writing ability. STKIP has two programs that can make their
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existence‚ action‚ or occurrence. Rocky ran quickly through his big yard. Adjective -An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. Rocky ran quickly through his big yard. Adverb -An adverb is a word that modifies a verb. Rocky ran quickly through his big yard. Preposition -A preposition is a word placed before a noun (or noun equivalent) and indicates the relation of that noun (or noun equivalent) to a verb‚ an adjective‚ or another noun (or noun equivalent). Rocky ran quickly through his big
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to dig in‚ and get dirty. Word List: Adjectives: unappealing‚ scrumptious‚ tempting‚ infused‚ bold‚ ethnic‚ fat-free‚ indulge Adverbs: quickly‚ extremely‚ completely Pronouns: several‚ (indefinite pronoun) I found that it was an exciting and fun way to enhance my paragraph by introducing plenty of adjectives‚ a few adverbs and just one little pronoun. However‚ even though I thought that I had already used plenty of adjectives to describe my favorite food‚ I realized
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can be used to state the amount. 4. Possessive adjectives can be used such as : my‚ his‚ our. 5. Quantifiers can’t be used. 6. A demonstrative adjective can be used such as this‚ those. RULES FOR USING PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS 1.A determiner is optional before noun. 2.The articles “a” or “an” can’t be used. 3.Any number bigger then two can be used to state the amount. 4. Possessive adjectives can be used such as : my‚ his‚ our. 5. Quantifiers
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structure of a language as certain people think it should be used. For example‚ do not end a sentence with preposition. Besides that‚ sentences are made with different parts of speech. There are eight parts of speech such as nouns‚ pronouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives‚ adverbs‚ prepositions‚ conjunctions and interjections. These eight parts of speech will make the sentences go
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student should be able to • appreciate andrespect God’s creatures; both living and nonliving‚ and to develop the attitude of thanking • anybody for giving something‚ and that they may be able to use adjective to describe persons‚ places‚ animals‚ ideas‚ and events. II. SUBJECT MATTER: Using adjectives to describe persons‚ places‚ animals‚ ideas‚ and events. REFERENCES: • English For All Times III‚ Language‚ pages 230-235 • INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS - Pictures of persons‚ places‚ events‚ animals
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