Sofía Fernández Becerra Grammar 1: Task 1 English Studies‚ group 220 24/03/14 Task 1: Constituent structure 1. Constituency tests (4 points). Are the following sentences examples of VP-ellipsis‚ gapping‚ ordinary coordination or shared constituent coordination? What does each test prove in terms of the constituency of the elided‚ gapped‚ coordinated or shared sequence of words? 1. Tom got away with a lie and with an excuse. 2. I argue about politics and my mom about religion. 3. Wallace designed
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According to Chinese culture‚ the forces that determine order are yin and yang. The basis of this concept is that everything has its opposite which maintains balance. One of the most well known yin and yang pairings is life and death. Yu Hua in the novel To Live‚ recognized this relationship and integrated the concept into the plot. Life and death constantly check each other by taking and giving lives. Which is the price‚ one has to pay in order to keep stability. The character Fugui is significant
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1. What is the writer’s chosen essay option? How does the writer’s work make clear the prompt chosen by the writer? I read the Thesis and Body paragraph of Jennifer Vaden Rose. She has chosen to write about pop singer Rihanna and how she can be used as an example to show that woman can be successful in more than one career. She has written easy to read sentences that gets her point across without having to go back and read it again. It is also clear that she chose the first option since she
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Conditional Sentences / If-Clauses Type I‚ II und III Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are three types of Conditional Sentences. Conditional Sentence Type 1 → It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled. Form: if + Simple Present‚ will-Future Example: If I find her
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proteins; lipids; and nucleic acids. The purpose of this project was to find out how macromolecules help your body function. Two weeks ago‚ I recorded everything that I consumed for 7 days. I recorded all of this data on a food tracker. This food tracker listed the amount of grains; vegetables; fruits; dairy; and proteins that I ate. Carbohydrates: You need carbohydrates in order to maintain a healthy diet. They provide the body with energy and fuel in order for muscles to function. Carbohydrates are also
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When we let freedom ring‚ when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet‚ from every state and every city ... (Paragraphs 19 through 25) the words ’Let Freedom ring ... ’ has been repeated as many as nine times to indicate that it is the whole of the United States rather than any part of it that should be bathed in the sunshine of freedom. 3.2 Use of Parallelism Parallelism is another syntactic over-regularity. It means exact repetition in equivalent positions. It differs from simple repetition
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especially in careers and activities. A career that uses trigonometry is oceanography. I chose an oceanographer because I love aquatic life‚ and I didn’t wasn’t exactly sure how trigonometry was associated with oceanography. Astronomy is another common activity that uses trigonometry. I chose astronomy because I am very interested in space‚ and how astronomy is also interconnected with trigonometry. Oceanographers use trigonometry every day at work. They use trigonometry for calculating the intensity and
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The use of yeast as a food dates all the way back to the Ancient Egyptians. Note that unlike the yeast used to leaven bread‚ nutritional yeast is inactive. It has been deactivated so that it cannot be used to make bread rise or convert sugar into alcohol. It is also different from brewer’s yeast‚ though the two are strains of the same fungus. The main difference is the source. As its name suggests‚ brewer’s yeast is a product of the brewing industry; it is typically bitter because it is grown
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Vagueness‚ Ambiguity‚ and Clarity in Writing Costina Bullock June 29‚ 2014 CRT-205 In example three‚ the ambiguity causes this statement to have a lot of vagueness. When dealing with a situation such as collecting money for a project‚ all details should be clearly and factually stated first. The first thing said is‚ next Sunday; along with this should be a date. Also‚ when it says the collection will help with the cost I feel that the cost should be stated as
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How to Find the Main Idea of a Paragraph An important part of developing reading comprehension is identifying the main idea of a paragraph or passage. The main idea states the author ’s overall purpose for writing. Identifying the main idea and restating it in your own words develops skills of comprehension and analysis. Though there are several techniques for identifying the main idea of a reading selection‚ some general guidelines and strategies for both reading and checking your decision can
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