communication with strangers and with people you know. CAN in requests is considered to be less polite than the other modals in this group. CAN is generally used in informal requests‚ mostly in conversation with friends and family. Note the use of the pronouns "I‚ you". In requests‚ MAY is used in the form "May I"; WILL and WOULD are used in the forms "Will you" and "Would you"; COULD and CAN are used in both variants. Use "Could you" for making a request‚ and "Could I" for making a request
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Lecture 1 Introduction The DP Hypothesis University of Stuttgart Department of English Linguistics HS Topics in Syntax Dr. Zeljka Caruso Stuttgart‚ October 17‚ 2013 General information Office hours: Tuesdays 14.00 – 15.30‚ KII‚ 4.058 Mail: zeljka@ifla.uni-stuttgart.de Certificate requirements: • 2 assignments • term paper (ca. 15-20 pages)‚ due March 30‚ 2014 Main reading: Alexiadou‚ A.‚ Haegeman‚ L. & Stavrou‚ M. (2007). Noun Phrase in the Generative Perspective. Mouton
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лингвистики Кравчук Евгения Александровна Сургут‚ 2012 The for-to-Infinitive Construction is a construction in which the infinitive is in predicate relation to a noun or pronoun preceded by the preposition for. The for-to-Infinitive Construction is expressed by a noun in the common case or a personal pronoun in the objective case and an infinitive with the particle to. In translating this construction into Russian a subordinate clause or an infinitive is used. The constructions can have
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action. It can function as the subject or object of a verb‚ the object of a preposition‚ or an appositive. Rocky ran quickly through his big yard. Pronoun -A pronoun is a word that functions as substitute for a noun or noun phrase and designates a person or thing previously specified‚ or understood from the context. He‚ she‚ and it are pronouns. Rocky and I ran quickly through the big yard. Verb -A verb is a word that expresses existence‚ action‚ or occurrence. Rocky ran quickly through his
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2013 Dent’s Disastrous Pronouns Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as replacement words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are indefinite pronouns‚ possessive pronouns‚ and personal pronouns. Pronouns have different functions. Pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show possession; personal pronouns replace an object or
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For this lab‚ I decided to focus on relative dating in studying things of the past. I found this the most interesting form to examine. Relative dating doesn’t give one an exact date but can give a good time frame of an artifact. It is used by looking at sequences and layers with regards to the soil for excavating. This is known as stratigraphy (Bahn‚122). It was inspired by geology in looking at layers of soil (Dating Archeology‚ 2016). As an archeologist using this method‚ one would say‚ “the underlying
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Relative Density Experiment 7: Relative Density Laboratory Report Moses Joshua Montilla‚ Jared Paolo Nacino‚ Daryl Janus Panganiban‚ Matthew Allan Papa Department of Sports Science College of Rehabilitation Science‚ University of Santo Tomas España‚ Manila Philippines Abstract The experiment about relative density is composed of three different activities. The first activity is about the Displacement Method for alloy‚ the second activity is about getting the density of a bone
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HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGLISH ************** AN ASSIGNMENT FOR WRITING SUBJECT A REPORT WRITING THE USES OF ARTICLES IN ENGLISH NOUN PHRASE Hanoi‚ May‚ 2012 THE USES OF ARTICLES IN ENGLISH NOUN PHRASE ABSTRACT Noun phrase plays an important role in the construction of a sentence. Lacking knowledge of noun phrase in English‚ learners could not make understandable sentences. And‚ it is almost inadequate to discuss the noun phrase without referring at some stage to
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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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Demonstrative lesson Grade:8th Topic: “Body Image” Grammar: “Indefinite Pronouns: some‚ any‚ no and their derivatives.” Realized: Erinets Valentina Gr.Ra-2011 Comrat 2014 Lesson plan Subject: The English language Date: 04.11.2014 Form: 8th Unit: Lifestyle Topic: Body Image Time: 45 min Teacher: Erinets Valentina Competences: Communicative Area: Sub-competence: Listening:1.2.Understanding the general meaning of an oral message. 1.6.Identifying key words and expression‚ related
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