built‚ and gone). A participial phrase is made up of a participle and its modifiers. A participle may be followed by an object‚ an adverb‚ a prepositional phrase‚ an adverb clause‚ or any combination of these. In this sentence‚ for example‚ the participial phrase consists of a present participle (holding)‚ an object (the torch)‚ and an adverb (steadily): Holding the torch steadily‚ Merdine approached the monster. In the next sentence‚ the participial phrase consists of a present participle (making)
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group of words under discussion consists of the phrase and clause of noun called nominal group. Since the position of modification after the head is often misunderstood as complementation‚ the discussion focuses more on the post-modification in the nominal groups in order to resolve the ambiguity. Based on the discussion‚ the head noun can be post-modified by the relative clause‚ the prepositional phrases‚ the adjectival phrases‚ the adverbial phrases‚ and the appositives. Key terms: syntax‚ post-modification
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Wife originates from the idiom ‘The World and His Wife’ which is commonly used to express a large amount of people‚ however after understanding the feminist concept of Carol Ann Duffy’s work this idiom can be interpreted in a different light. The phrase may actually present men in a powerful position; it personifies the world and by doing so assumes that this great miracle must be a man‚ implying that men are the ones in control. ‘And his Wife’ suggests a woman‚ more specifically a wife‚ must stand
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verb and the adverb. I put the picture up. I put my sister up. But if the object is a pronoun‚ it always comes between the verb and the adverb. I put it up. (NOT I put up it.) I put her up. (NOT I put up her.) If the object is a long noun phrase‚ a noun with a qualifying clause‚ or a noun clause‚ the adverb comes immediately after the verb. This avoids the adverb being too far separated from the verb. They turned down the majority of the applicants for the job. She told off the children
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Useful Essay Words and Phrases Certain words are used to link ideas and to signpost the reader the direction your line of reasoning is about to take‚ such as adding more emphasis‚ or introducing an alternative point of view. Below is a selection of words used to link ideas‚ depending on the direction of your argument. Adding more to a point already made moreover; furthermore; again; further; what is more; in addition besides; above all; as well (as) either; neither…nor; not only…but also;
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This is how to get the best result. You let the berries dry in the sun till all moisture has gone of them. Then you gather them and chop them very fine. (Halliday and Hasan‚ 1976: 17) In this example‚ the demonstrative pronoun “this” is used to refer to the whole next two sentences. It should be noted that cataphoric reference does not always contribute to cohesion as the anaphoric does. The second type of cohesive devices suggested by Halliday and Hasan is substitution. A substitution is used
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THE LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING *Lakshmanan.M.P “There are four ways‚ and only four ways‚ in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do‚ how we look‚ what we say‚ and how we say it.” -Dale Carnegie Abstract We are living in an era of information explosion in which advertising seems to be an indispensable building block of the media.
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There are conflicting accounts of who first noted the phrase. According to Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations‚ it is attributable to William Ewart Gladstone‚ but such attribution was not verifiable.[1] Alternatively‚ it may be attributed to William Penn‚ although not in its current form. The idea expressed by the phrase can already be found in the Pirkei Avot 5:8‚ a section of the Mishnah (1st century BCE – 2nd century CE): "Our Rabbis taught: ...The sword comes into the world‚ because
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will use 6. the more words of Germanic origin it will use (phrasal verbs) 7. the more it will use humans as subjects of sentences. 8. the more verbal nouns it will use 9. the more it will use contracted verb forms 10. the more noun compounds (noun phrases) it will use 11. the more complex sentences it will use 12. the larger number of participial and infinitive constructions it will use Here are some examples; in each case‚ the same idea is expressed using three different levels of formality: look
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PRACTICING WITH PHRASES WORKSHEET SECTION I: FINDING PREPOSITIONS PHRASES Underline the preposition phrases in each sentence. There may be more than one. 1. Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 is the longest of all symphonies. 2. Claude Monet painted hundreds of pictures of the same water-lily garden. 3. Among the most easily recognized photographs are those of Ansel Adams. 4. Julia Margaret Cameron‚ a pioneering photographer of the 19th century‚ developed new techniques in portrait
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