Gazing out my office window I often saw this elderly man shuffling down the sidewalk‚ and I thought to myself‚ how horrible it must have been for him to spend his entire life with a curved spine. This man’s head was forced forward as if he was looking down at his feet all day long. I began to mentally compare his horrible life with mine. I was healthy as an ox‚ a big strong guy‚ and he must have been deformed from birth. I thought that it just wasn’t fair to him‚ or for that matter‚ anyone else living
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International Journal of Linguistics ISSN 1948-5425 2013‚ Vol. 5‚ No. 4 Ideational Grammatical Metaphor in Scientific Texts: A Hallidayan Perspective Bahram Kazemian (Corresponding author) Department of English‚ Tabriz Branch‚ Islamic Azad University‚ Tabriz‚ Iran E-mail: Bahram_kazemian@yahoo.com Biook Behnam Department of English‚ Tabriz Branch‚ Islamic Azad University‚ Tabriz‚ Iran E-mail: Behnam_biook@yahoo.com Naser Ghafoori Department of English‚ Tabriz Branch‚ Islamic Azad
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WORKSHEET – UNIT 2 Task 1 - Write 5 examples of each of the following: Countable noun Dog Cat Animal Man Person Uncountable noun Music Art Love Happiness Advice Adjective Average Boiling Broad Ancient Brief Adverb Also Amazingly Always Ahead Angrily Preposition Past About Off Save With Verb Unite twist Untidy Rush Whirl Pronoun He Her Me Your They Infinitive （to + Infinitive) To sleep To eat To wash To love To hate
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in the clause. Theme represents the main idea of a clause or a paragraph or even a text. The theme looks backwards‚ relating the current message to what has gone before. I will go to school : Here we find ‘I’ at the beginning‚ telling us that the clause is about ‘me’ (the student).This is the theme of the clause and in this case it relates the text to its context. We retrieve of ‘I’ from outside the text the person is a student who wants to go to school. ‘I’ is the theme of the clause Types
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IDENTIFYING PROSE ❖ Prose’s Purpose : To entertain the readers ❖ There are several features of prose that make it unique from other forms of writing. In this story of Little Clause and Big Clause‚ These are: 1. Written using paragraphs 2. Contain dialogue 3. Fiction 4. Can be accompanied by graphics (charts‚ photos): in some source‚ I found that there are pictures of Little Claus and Big Claus‚ in order to make it more interesting and entertaining. ❖ Forms
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not otherwise. If there is no specific provision in the Act allowing the alteration of a particular clause in the memorandum‚ that clause is unalterable. A company may amend only the clauses that the Act prescribes for inclusion in the memorandum. Thus‚ it is permissible to change the company name‚ to convert from an unlimited company to a limited company and vice versa‚ to alter the objects clauses‚ to alter the share capital and to reduce the share capital. For instance‚ if it is provided in the
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discourse in our daily-life. Analysis of the english advertisement is a good way for English students to apply their learning to real-life. However‚ English advertising discourse is complex to analyze for its freely writing patterns and elliptical clauses. On one hand‚ most of books for linguistics do not focus on the analysis of advertising discourse; on the other hand‚ most of business books pay attention to the commercial function of advertisements instead of studying it as a discourse. In this
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producers which the British are taking. This also creates an appeal to emotion because‚ it causes fear in the colonists. When Henry says‚ “They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other.” He uses a balanced sentence with parallel independent clauses which repeat the same point. This again‚ emphasizes the military producers. 2. C- Patrick Henry’s speech was given in 1775 at St. Johns Church in Richmond‚ Virginia. He gave his speech in front of the Virginia Convention. During this time period
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Each team is to draw up a contract as a guide to structure the expectations for their team’s activities. The contract should be in clear simple English - it is not necessary or desirable for it to be in legalese. You may choose to add specific clauses to deal with particular issues. You may also attach schedules to the contract to set out other details. Once agreed‚ a ‘soft copy’ of the team contract is to be submitted to the Submit this contract at the CBS Blackboard® site‚and‚ the original
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Relative Clauses - Exercises 1. Re-write the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original. You must use a relative pronoun. a. I bought a house. It was advertised in the local paper. b. Mary works in our office. Her husband is a plastic surgeon. c. Venice is a wonderful place. We spent our last holiday there. d. He showed us how to create a computer-based game. It was very interesting. e. I’ve just finished reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
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