Phrase – is a collection of words that may have nouns or verbals‚ but it does not have a subject doing a verb. * Noun Phrase - A noun phrase consists of a noun and other related words (usually modifiers and determiners) which modify the noun. It functions like a noun in a sentence. Examples : a nice blue sweater glass full of water * Prepositional Phrase - A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition‚ object of preposition(noun or pronoun) and may also consist of other modifiers
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English Words ‘The air is always thick with our verbal emissions. There are so many things we want to tell the world. Some of them are important‚ some of them are not. But we talk anyway. A life without words would be a horrendous privation.’ (from the Introduction) Words and language‚ keys to human identity‚ are fascinating subjects. The aim of this book is to arouse curiosity about English words and about the nature of language in general‚ especially among students who are not intending
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ADJECTIVES:“Adjectives are words that describe nouns by telling what kind‚ how many‚ or which one.” It can tell you what it Looks like Feels like Smells like Tastes like Sounds like Let’s Try Some! The magnificent butterfly flew under the branch. The butterfly with the colorful wings rested. One butterfly flew quietly beneath the tree. The butterfly fluttered its delicate wings. ATTRIBUTIVE Adjectives in the first position before the noun - are called ATTRIBUTIVE adjectives. the
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Common Phrases and Expressions in English Word/Expression: to wolf something down Quick translation: to eat something quickly Example: "I wolfed down that sandwich so quickly." My interpretation: Wolves are known for eating their food quickly‚ for fear that another wolf will get to it before them. So to "wolf something down" is to eat as quickly as a wolf does. Word/Expression: gotta Quick translation: to have to/to need to Example: "I gotta leave now." Word/Expression: to go (expression
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CompSci 367 Semester 2: Artificial Intelligence Assignment 2: Production Systems and Shift-Reduce Parsing Assessment Due: Wednesday‚ 25 September‚ 2013 11:59 PM Worth: 12 percent of total marks for class Aims of the Assignment This assignment has three purposes. The first is to give you experience with representations based on list structures and with methods for list processing that manipulate them. To complete the exercise‚ you must implement a system that stores information using
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that describes a noun. example: The tall man went into the restaurant. The word tall is an adjective. It describes the noun‚ man. Directions: In each sentence‚ circle the adjective that describes the underlined noun. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Leroy and Jenna walked up to an old castle. Maddie put the golden key in the lock. Today is the fifth day of January. The baby birds flew from the nest. Joe’s truck has a flat tire. Circle the adjective in each sentence. Underline the noun that it describes
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Vocabulary List 1 (Q2) Precis (noun): Make summary of. "I know she goes in for giving a rapid precis of all her guests." (Pg. 14) Ravelled (verb): To tangle or entangle. ""How horribly unjust of you!" cried Lord Henry‚ tilting his hat back and looking up at the little clouds that‚ like ravelled skeins of glossy white silk‚ were drifting across the hollowed turquoise of the summer sky." (Pg. 15) Candour (noun): The state or quality of being frank‚ open‚ and sincere in
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Of Study There are some opinions about Derivation: Steven Pinker‚ Words and Rules: The Ingredients of language. Basic Books‚ 1999 Morphology may be divided into derivation rules that form a new word out of old word‚ like duck feathers and unkissable and inflection rules that modify a word to fit its role in a sentence‚ what language teachers call conjugation and declension. David Crystal‚ How Language Works. Overlook Press‚ 2005 Derivational morphology
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deceive‚ defraud‚ disappoint‚ do*‚ fleece*‚ flimflam*‚ foil‚ frustrate‚ gyp*‚ overreach‚ rook*‚ ruin‚ swindle‚ thwart‚ trick Antonyms: give‚ give away Companion Forms: Bilked-transitive verb‚ bilk•ing-transitive verb‚ bilks-transitive verb‚ bilker-noun Sentences: 1. The man bilked his way to the top‚ cheating and betraying his friends. 2. The act of bilking a test is a surefire way to get an integrity referral. 3. He bilks himself by refusing to learn this information he will need later. 4. The
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LEXICOGRAPHY AND THE DESCRIPTION OF PHILIPPINE ENGLISH VOCABULARY Historical sources show that Filipino words began to be borrowed into the English of the American colonizers at a very early stage in the colonial period. Today‚ the English used in the Philippines has a distinctive localized vocabulary which finds expression in a range of settings‚ including government‚ education‚ and the media as well as the personal domain. Describing the vocabulary of new Englishes(Lado) In the academic
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