passage is composed of many clauses forming a highly complex sentence. - Main clause: Alice was just beginning to think to herself - Independent clause set off as a quotation: “Now what am I to do with this creature when (time clause) I get it home.” - Dependent clause introduced by “when”‚ adverbial clause‚ when it grunted again (time clause) -Dependent clause preceded by the conjunction “so” and the conjunction or relative pronoun “that”‚ so violently (adjective clause)‚ that she looked down
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the exact syllabus will depend on the interest of the particular batch of students‚ but it is likely that the syllabus will cover at least two of the following: 1. The grammatical features of literary texts‚ which may cover the following features: clause types or patterns‚ and the frequency and significance of some grammatical categories. 2. The sounds of poetry: taking a more linguistic perspective of scansion 3.
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The differences and similarities between English and Dutch language History: The Dutch language is considered to have originated in about AD 700 from the various Germanic dialects spoken in the Netherlands region‚ mostly of (Low) Frankian origin. A process of standardization started in the Middle Ages. Dutch is part of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is‚ therefore‚ closely related to English‚ German and the Scandinavian languages. Dutch is spoken as a mother tongue
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language is implicated. In the ideational metafunction‚ a clause is analysed into Process‚ Participants and Circumstances‚ with different participant types for different process types (as in Case Grammar). Process refers to a semantic verb (doing‚ happening‚ feeling‚ sensing‚ saying‚ behaving‚ and existing) and anything that it expresses like event‚ relation‚ physical‚ mental or emotional state when sorted in the semantic system of the clause is classified into material‚
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Grammar for Teachers Andrea DeCapua Grammar for Teachers A Guide to American English for Native and Non-Native Speakers Author Andrea DeCapua‚ Ed.D. College of New Rochelle New Rochelle‚ NY 10805 adecapua@cnr.edu ISBN: 978-0-387-76331-6 e-ISBN: 978-0-387-76332-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937636 c 2008 Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the
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lại. ( Active voice sentence - Water might be well-drawn; there is electricity‚ but candlelight is preferred. ( Compound sentence includes a simple sentence and an adverbial clause of manner. - Mặc dù có điện nhưng người ta vẫn chuộng đèn nến hơn vì dưới ánh nến lung linh‚ mặt nước trở nên kỳ ảo hơn. ( An adverbial clause of concession and reason The rest sentences of RT have no change in grammatical structures. Vocabulary: - “If one is happy‚ one must be silent” is translated
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Introduction Among the five different types of phrases in English namely noun phrases‚ verb phrases‚ adjective phrases‚ adverb phrases and prepositional phrases‚ noun phrases are the most common playing various syntactic functions in the sentence and clause structure: subject‚ object and complement (of various kinds)‚ apposition and attribute. They are used to refer to things that people want to talk about: people‚ objects‚ concepts‚ processes and all kind of entities. 2. Basic Noun Phrases Structurally
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1. The status of TG. Language is a means of forming and storing ideas as reflections of reality and exchanging them in the process of human intercourse. It’s social by nature and inseparably connected with people. It develops with the development of society. The language consists of 3 parts: the phonological system (i.e. sound system)‚ the lexical system (set of naming means of language) and the grammatical system. (The principles of systemic approach to language and its grammar were developed in
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verbs have various past participle endings (for instance‚ thrown. ridden‚ built‚ and gone). A participial phrase is made up of a participle and its modifiers. A participle may be followed by an object‚ an adverb‚ a prepositional phrase‚ an adverb clause‚ or any combination of these. In this sentence‚ for example‚ the participial phrase consists of a present participle (holding)‚ an object (the torch)‚ and an adverb (steadily): Holding the torch steadily‚ Merdine approached the monster. In the next
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phrases: "of words‚" "acting as a single part of speech‚" "as a single part‚" "of speech‚" and "not containing both a subject and a verb." Except for the phrase beginning with as‚ all the phrases are acting as adjectives. The phrase beginning with as is adverbial. Common Types of Phrases There are several types of phrases used in English that are named after the most important words used in that phrase. By learning what these phrases look like and how they are used‚ the writer can construct stronger
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