Singular and Plural Nouns A noun names a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea. Usually‚ the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babies learn "mom‚" "dad‚" or "milk" as their first word‚ nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language. 1 For the plural form of most nouns‚ add s. ● bottle – bottles ● cup – cups ● pencil – pencils ● desk – desks ● sticker – stickers ● window – windows
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restrictive relative clause from non-restrictive relative clause. Restrictive relative clause Non-restrictive relative clause - Define‚ restrict and limit the subject / noun. -They are important. -Can’t be omitted. -No commas between the noun and the relative clause. -We can omit the relative pronoun. - Add information to the noun. - They are not important. - can be omitted without using any confusion. - Commas between the subject and the relative clause. - Relative pronoun can’t be omitted. II-
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Grammar (UG) / Language Instinct Phrase Structure • Data – native speakers’ i t iti ti k ’ intuitions ( (acceptability j d t bilit judgments) t ) • Resulting Theory of Grammar – words‚ phrases‚ categories for words and phrases (e.g.‚ Nouns‚ Verbs; Noun Phrases‚ Verb Phrases) (basic concepts any theory of grammar must have in order to capture the data) 1 2 Next: • The internal structure of phrases and how we can represent it. • H How phrases are put t h t together to create th t t sentences
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An adjective clause (also known as adjectival or relative clause) is a subordinate clause used to modify a noun or a pronoun in the main clause. An adjective clause will meet three requirements: * First‚ it will contain a subject and verb. * Next‚ it will begin with a relative pronoun [who‚ whom‚ whose‚that‚ or which] or a relative adverb [when‚ where‚ or why]. * Finally‚ it will function as an adjective‚ answering the questionsWhat kind? How many? or Which one? The adjective clause
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Singular and Plural Nouns Business English Lessons A noun names a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea. Interview English Lessons Usually‚ the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babies learn "mom‚" "dad‚" or "milk" as their first word‚ nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language. Travel English Lessons Idioms and Phrases Special Topics For the plural form of most nouns‚ add s. Full Lesson Index
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morpheme”. [Richard‚ Platt &Weber‚ 1987: 9] E.g. In English‚ the inflectional noun plural morpheme {S1} is often shown in writing by adding –(e)s to the end of a singular noun‚ e.g. cat /kæt/ →cats /kæts/. Sometimes this morpheme is pronounced /-z/‚ e.g. dog /dɒɡz/‚ and sometimes it is pronounced /-ɪz/‚ e.g. box /bɒks/ → boxes /bɒ ksɪz/. Ii is believed that /-s/‚ /-z/‚ /ɪz/ are three allomorphs of the inflectional noun plural morpheme {S} because: They are in complementary distribution: /-s/
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THE APPOSITIVE PHRASE An appositive is a word placed after another word to explain or identify it. The appositive always appears after the word it explains or identifies. It is always a noun or a pronoun‚ and the word it explains is also a noun or pronoun. Example: My uncle‚ a lawyer‚ is visiting us. My teacher‚ Miss Marshall‚ is very strict. An appositive phrase consists of the appositive and its modifiers which may themselves be phrases. Example: My radio‚ an old portable
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and Infinitives Worksheet #1 Name _________________________________ Period ________ Exercise Directions: Highlight in red the –ing word in each sentence. After it‚ tell how it is being used in the sentence: gerund (subject‚ direct object‚ predicate noun‚ or object of the preposition)‚ participle (adjective)‚ infinitive‚ or is it just part of the regular verb phrase . Remember that any part of speech can be compound‚ meaning that there can be two or more. 1. Helen enjoys sketching children
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Who vs. Whom Prescriptive Paper James Winter 23 April 2013 EDUC 571: Dr. Shelly Baseri Rossier School of Education University of Southern California Who v. Whom Prescriptive Rule Paper I am a fan of rock and roll music and one of my favorite songs is by Metallica. The name of the song is‚ “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (Hetfield and Burton‚ 1984). However‚ several of my friends still mistake the name of the song and use who in the title. I have made the mistake of saying
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The various utilizations of geili in diverse circumstances Geili，a newly-created word in Chinese could be generally translated as forcefulness‚ however‚ it may be utilized as other meanings in different circumstances. The differences appear by virtue of the variance between cultures and the characteristics of the words. To some extent‚ geili is more versatile than forcefulness in many conditions. Multiple meanings could be defined for the word geili‚ which is utterly different from forcefulness
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