2. Category of Number of the Noun. Regular – one. Plural – more than one. Regular Plurals: 1. Nouns ending in vowels & voiced consonants - -s(bee-bees‚ dog-dogs‚ [z]) 2. Voiceless consonants - -s(book-books‚ [s]) 3. –s‚-sh‚-ss‚-ch‚-x‚-z - -es (actress-actresses‚ [iz]) 4. –o: -es-hero-heroes. But: -os: after a vowel – bamboos‚ embryos‚ folios‚ kangaroos‚ radios‚ studios‚ zoos. In proper names – Romeos‚ Eskimos‚ Filipinos. In abbreviations - kilos‚ photos‚ pros(professional). Also: pianos
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Literary Movement Romanticism – (1800-1840) - Romanticism was a literary and artistic movement of the nineteenth century that arose in reaction against eighteenth-century Neoclassicism and placed a premium on fancy‚ imagination‚ emotion‚ nature‚ individuality‚ and exotica. Transcendentalism – (1840-1855) -Transcendentalism was an American literary and philosophical movement of the nineteenth century. The Transcendentalists‚ who were based in New England‚ believed that intuition and the individual
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Gerund and infinitive part 2 INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE : IN ORDER TO “In Order To” is used to express a purpose. The statement answer the question “Why?”. In order to is always followed by verb1. Optionally‚ “in order” is often ignored or omitted‚ shorten “in order + infinitive” to just the infinitive “to + verb”. “In order to” sounds a bit more formal and explicit than “to” by itself‚ but both are equally possible in both spoken and written English. FORMULA : Subject + verb + object +
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TRANSLATE WORD SENTENCES INTO ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS The following table lists the most common phrases and their translation. |Operation |Words |Example of Phrase |Algebraic Sign |Algebraic | | | | | |Translation | |Addition |sum |the sum of a number and
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choices and thoughts of every person all contribute towards a person’s nature; and as a result of this thought he justified that there is no collective human nature and that human nature varies from person to person. This may be summed up into one phrase: “existence precedes essence”. The statement in this case would mean that people are born without any nature as such‚ and are neither good nor evil to begin with; quite simply they’re like a hollow husk with no character‚ soul or substance
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watch back all the faster. The same process can be used to downplay the degree: The weather this week has been somewhat better. He approaches his schoolwork a little less industriously than his brother does. And sometimes a set phrase‚ usually an informal noun phrase‚ is used for this purpose: He arrived a whole lot sooner than we expected. That’s a heck of a lot better. If the intensifier very accompanies the superlative‚ a determiner is also required: She is wearing her very finest outfit
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NEW ENGLISH FILE UPPER-ITERMEDIATE The following is some help for students who have missed an English class. Unit 7 7A Grammar (p. 102‚ ex. 5c): 1 I wish I had saved a bit of money. / I wish I hadn’t spent so much. 2 I wish I hadn’t had my hair cut so short. / I wish I hadn’t changed the colour. 3 I wish I had learned more English at school. / I wish I had been to extra classes. 4 I wish she hadn’t left me. / I wish we hadn’t had an argument. (p. 145‚ ex. 7A-b): 1 I wish I hadn’t
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(role) |process |participant(s) |circumstance | |lexicogrammatical |verbal group |nominal group |adverbial group / prepositional phrase | |(realization) | |substantival/adjectival | | Processes Michael looked at her for a moment. Then he began to laugh. ’I’m so sorry‚’ said Michael
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ministry Of High Education Selman Bin Abdul-Aziz University College of Sciences and Humanities Department Of English Level VIII Adjectives Presented by: Khalaf Ibrahim Submitted To: Dr.Abdullah Elkhair 1435 /1436 H Aflaj Acknowledgement Our first and greatest thanks are to Allah. He above all was‚ is‚ and will be the source of help and guidance that counts. His help kept us going through many frustrations and His guidance brought us back on
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sentence pattern is a noun followed by a verb. It’s important to remember that only verbs that do not require objects are used in this sentence pattern. Examples: People work. Frank eats. This basic sentence pattern can be modified by adding a noun phrase‚ possessive adjective‚ as well as other elements. This is true for all the sentence patterns that follow. Examples: People work. -> Our employees work. Frank eats. -> My dog Frank eats. Sentence Patterns #2 - Noun / Verb / Noun The next
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