SENTENCE PATTERNS: SAMPLES 1. S--Vi--(Adv.) (Subject--Intransitive Verb--Adverb‚ usually optional) The man coughed (loudly). The audience laughed. The guest has arrived. The children walked down the street. The waiter hurried away from the door. Note: An intransitive verb is an action verb that does not require a direct object or a complement to complete its meaning. The word "intransitive" literally means "does not carry across." Therefore‚ the action of the verb does not transfer
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according to Chomsky‚ is its creative nature. The last sentence (and‚ in fact‚ this one) have probably never been produced before in the history of the world. the same is true for much of what we say every day. So‚ we do not seem to learn or to speak language by purely imitating other people. How are we able to judge whether a sentence sounds okay? Can we literally have a list of sentences in our mind against which we check each new sentence we hear? Chomsky argues not‚ since our brains are
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IBM Off-Campus Question Paper (28 Oct 2013‚ Kolkata) The campus drive was conducted at Techno India‚ Sector V‚ Salt Lake‚ Kolkata. IBM Question Pattern: First round of written exam will consist of two sections. Number Series (18 questions): Each questions needs to be answered in 2.15 minutes Aptitude (18 questions): Each questions needs to be answered in 2.15 minutes There will be a timer on the computer screen for each question and a new question will be displayed after the time limit for
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Research Paper Outline & Thesis: Eminent Domain Some people simply are not prepared for the new neighbors moving into America: the abuses of eminent domain. Although it has been around a great deal of time‚ eminent domain is unjustly taking land from the American people at an alarming rate. Eminent domain really is defined as being the government power exercised to purchase land or property from the people in order to develop the land or property for economic or community expansion. This topic is
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"wh-" questions about the underlined parts of the following sentences: 1. The English teacher gave us a test last week. 2. People often go to pubs in London because they have accessible prices. 3. The top model is wearing a silver dress tonight. 4. The weather was warm and sunny yesterday. 5. Nothing has happened so far. 10 points (5 x2p= lOp) SUBJECT II Find the mistake and write the correct sentences on your answer sheet. (Some sentences may be correct). 1. A snake hasn’t got legs. 2. When
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Arnie Rischelle B. Eleazar Period 3 Why Do People Bully & How to Stop It Bullying is a serious and a worldwide problem. Everyday many people experience malicious threats and intimidation. These usually happen at school during middle school and high school; affecting their school performances which result to absenteeism and low grades. Bullying can cause serious psychological and physical harm. They will feel isolated‚ depressed and anxiety. Kids are bullied because of physical appearance and those
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Bullying in its truest form is comprised of a series of repeated intentionally cruel incidents‚ involving the same children in the same bully and victim roles. It differs from harassment and discrimination in that the focus is rarely based on gender‚ race‚ or disability. Children bully because of abuse at home‚ feelings‚ and inferiority. The consequences and effects of bullying are that the bullies suffer mentally in future‚ commit suicide‚ or suffer from depression. The solutions of bullying are
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Experienced writers use a variety of sentences to make their writing interesting and lively. Too many simple sentences‚ for example‚ will sound choppy and immature while too many long sentences will be difficult to read and hard to understand. This page contains definitions of simple‚ compound‚ and complex sentences with many simple examples. The purpose of these examples is to help the ESL/EFL learner to identify sentence basics including identification of sentences in the short quizzes that follow
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Bullying Bullying has become a big issue for both parents and children‚ with more and more children either being a bully themselves or being a victim. It is not just the fact that children are afraid while they are at school‚ but that the bullying still affects them while they are at home too. With all the different ways to bully someone now a days‚ no child can really feel safe anymore even in their own homes. Although before we just worried about making sure that the child that was starting the
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"Sentences‚ originally‚ is a term of grammar and linguistic. It’s introduction into logic is a recent innovation and it still seems strange to many to find the word sentences where propositions might have been expected."(Alonzo) Basically‚ propositions have been taken to be sentences that can be true or false but can never be both. This shows that sentences when they meet some conditions will become a proposition. One major distinction between sentences and propositions is that‚ a sentence cannot
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