structure words. There are a lot of difference between structure words and content words. Structure Words: * They are best explained in the grammar‚ i.e. in terms of how they fit into sentences. e.g.: "the" is a definite article goes with nouns. * They are very limited in number‚ consisting of 220 or so in English. * Their frequency is very high. e.g.: all the top ten for English and 45% of the top 100 are structure words. * They are used more in spoken language. * They are less likely
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which treats of the parts of speech and their inflexion that is: the forms of number and case of nouns and pronouns‚ the forms of tense‚ mood‚ etc. of verbs‚ the forms of degrees of comparison of adjectives. (M. Ganshina and N. Vasilevskaya‚ 1954: 13). We distinguish between notional and structural parts of speech (V. L. Kaushanskaya and others‚ 1973: 13). The notional parts of speech are: the noun‚ the adjective‚ the pronoun‚ the numeral‚ the verb‚ the adverb‚ the words of the category of state
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is a word that takes the place of a noun or refers back to a noun already mentioned. Common pronouns include: he‚ she‚ it‚ they‚ this‚ that‚ their‚ his‚ her‚ which. You must be very careful when using pronouns in order to be sure that your reader understands what your pronoun is referring to. (The word a pronoun refers back to is called the antecedent.) Pronouns must agree in number: 1. When the store owner greets a customer‚ she always smiles. (The noun store owner is singular‚ so the pronoun
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distinct or noticeable : lacking interesting or unusual characteristics 1 : of unknown authorship or origin 2 : not named or identified 3 : lacking individuality‚ distinction‚ or recognizability — anon·y·mous·ly adverb — anon·y·mous·ness noun See anonymous defined for English-language learners » See anonymous defined for kids » Examples of ANONYMOUS The donor wishes to remain anonymous. An anonymous buyer purchased the painting. The college received an anonymous gift
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like "adduction"( 6 times in a 100 million words). * They are used more in written language. * They are more likely to be preceded by a pause in speech‚ eg: "I like...... bananas"‚ perhaps because there are more to choose from. * Consist of nouns (eg: glass)‚ verbs (eg: move)‚ adjectives (eg: glossy) etc. * They are always pronounced and spelled in essentially the same way‚ eg: "tree"‚ is always said with the same consonants and vowels. * Usually have more than two letters‚ as
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IT and AN Determiners of Waray and the Application of Role and Reference Grammar Submitted by: Kristel Doone Q. Pedroza 2007-34870 Submitted to: Prof. Louward Zubiri In Partial Fulfillment of the requirement in Linguistics 140 Second Semester AY 2010-2011 Department of Linguistics University of the Philippines Diliman March 31‚2011 INTRODUCTION This study explores the functions of the two determiners of Waray‚ namely ‘IT’ and ‘AN’. While it is observed in Tagalog that the
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Descriptive Writing Task The aim of this lesson is to write a piece of original writing about a deserted house. You and your friend have just finished school and on the way home and you need shelter from the sudden change in weather. You see a deserted house and decide to enter it. Describe in detail the appearance of the house and the path that leads up to the front door. How do you feel as you approach? What type of door do you enter? Imagine that you have gone through the doorway
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57-B Block‚ Burgos Street La Paz‚ Iloilo City September 10‚ 2013 Ana Manalastas‚ Manager The Toy Company 17-A Block‚ Jalandoni Street Jaro‚ Iloilo City 5000 Dear Madame: On August 30‚ 2013‚ my husband and I bought a remote controlled toy car worth 5000Php. It includes extra battery for the remote‚ a charger‚ and has a six month warranty. Last September 8‚ 2013‚ we noticed that the toy car’s battery is often drained. We tried to charge it but the charger was not working
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existence. The sentence includes a noun phrase that follows the there usage. The sample below follows a single article entity and it shows how the author is stating there are more woman than men in these types of places. As we see in example (1): (1) A swanky venue with a celebrity following (Diddy and Lil Wayne‚ to name a few)‚ says that on any given night‚ there are noticeable more women in the crowd than there are men. The first utterance is used followed by a noun and a preposition and then used
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escatic adjective 1. of‚ pertaining to‚ or characterized by ecstasy. 2. subject to or in a state of ecstasy; rapturous. noun 3. a person subject to fits of ecstasy. Covert a sercret disguised Auspicious a event that you know will be successful Lurk irritating Asinine silly Benin gentle harmless Bewildered to confuse or puzzle perplexed Immunity noun to be pardoned from punishment Emalate verb sacrifice something by buring Aperture a hole Apscander Leer a sidelong glance
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