DIRECT OBJECTS I OBJECT! Think of direct objects as receiving the action of the verb. Not every sentence will have a direct object. In order to have a direct object you must have three things: • • • An action verb The direct object must be a NOUN. You can answer the question‚ “what?” or “whom?”* Be sure to ask the correct question. Otherwise‚ you might find the subject. The correct question will follow this form: subject + verb+ WHAT? subject + verb+ WHOM? Check out the example
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danger swings of moral consensus. The preposition “to” should be used with the adjective “vulnerable.” SUCH PLURAL SUCH A SINGULAR CERTAIN PLURAL OBJECT TO VULNERABLE TO WHETHER S OR NOT‚ DEPENDS ON COUNTABILITY Only one connector is needed to link two clauses so ”but” is a redundant connector since the subordinating conjunction “Although” appears at the beginning of the sentence. "ALTHOUGH" IS SUBORNATING CNOJUNCTION THAT MAKES A CLAUSE DEPENDENT AND NEEDS A INDEPENDENT CLAUSES BEHIND
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descriptive grammar. A prescriptive rule is referring to the 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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In the opening of tickets please the writer uses a series of prepositions in the opening sentence which echoes the rambling nature of the tram journey. The almost onomatopoeic nature of this opening sentence creates empathy in the reader‚ making him feel as is he was also on this long journey. The use of prepositions in the opening sentence also creates the feeling of monotony someone would experience on this kind of journey. The use of adjectives gives the attitude of the narrator to the industrialisation
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Nokia has been one of the brands that are in the last 20 years been synonymous with high-quality phones. Till 2007‚ Nokia had a market share of 80% in the smartphone market‚ and the most important reason for losing ground during the digital age‚ actually smartphone age was due to the weak position of Nokia in the technological system or ecosystem. “Nokia failed in connection to people!!” One of the reasons for Nokia failure is on one side that Apple redefined smartphones with touch screen and
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Does product policy impact the value preposition of Matrix Store? How? • YES • How? - A v-f-m brand moving to premium products definitely will have a big impact in terms of customers able to make a sense of the value offered - On the other hand it is also very important that based on the product policy and portfolio decided‚ all the operations (like inventory‚ logistics‚ production‚ design‚ mktg and sales‚ etc.) are fine tuned such that the overall value preposition proposed is executed on the same
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Language Skill Prepositional Phrase - across (preposition) the (modifier) room (noun) Pernicious Found Sentence “It will have a pernicious influence‚ and set them all running away.” (p. 98) MLA Citation Northup‚ Solomon. Twelve Years A Slave. Penguin Books‚ 2013. Original Sentence Walking on bridges at night is a threatening experience to Jeffery‚ and therefore makes him feel pernicious. Language Skill Gerund Phrase - Walking (gerund) on (preposition) bridges
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words or use grammatical terms if you know them. 1.Variant “c)” is correct. Present simple is used here to express a habitual action. Sally usually comes to some restaurant to have lunch. 2. Variant “b)” is correct. The preposition “at” is used to discuss clock times. The preposition
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http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/59338.aspx Top of Form Word Formation: Derivation and Back-Formation Part one of "Word Formation: Creating New Words in English" covers the related processes of derivation and back-formation‚ which involve the addition and subtraction of prefixes and suffixes to create new words. Also included are printable downloads of English affixes and English back-formations. Word Formation Word formation is the process of creating new words. The following
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CHAPTER 15 ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR SKILLS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Subject-Verb Disagreement Trimming Sentences Parallelism Comparison Problems Pronoun-Antecedent Disagreement Pronoun Case Dangling and Misplaced Participles Other Misplaced Modifiers Tricky Tenses Idiom Errors Diction Errors Other Modifier Problems Irregular Verbs The Subjunctive Mood Coordinating Ideas 511 512 McGRAW-HILL’S SAT Lesson 1: Subject-Verb Disagreement Finding Verbs The verb is the
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