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    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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    "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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    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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    "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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    Effective Sentences     Effective sentences are unity‚ coherence‚ and emphasis. A.     Unity * Unity is the first quality of an effective sentence. A unified sentence expresses a single complete thought. It does not contain ideas that are not related‚ nor does it express a "[T]he essential quality of a paragraph should be unity. A paragraph is supposed to have a central idea‚ and everything in the paragraph relates to and develops that idea. The reader finds no surprises‚ and every sentence fits

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    Death Sentence and Structure for Sentencing April Mackney CJA/334 Research Methods in Criminal Justice November 19‚ 2012 John Dosdall/University of Phoenix Death Sentence and Structure for Sentencing The question that gets more than its fair share of likes and dislikes is “Is the death penalty appropriate” and “should the death penalty be able to be handed down to criminals across the United States?” The opinions of the citizens from centuries ago to today’s times would much rather see

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    Probation and Parole in the United States: Changes in the Correctional System since World War II Scott Lohr Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Abstract Employee security problems and high risk caseloads progressively will move agents away from customary probation ideas of casework in the direction of ideas lined up with control or disciplinary beliefs. This study analyzes how the role of probation and parole has altered and what the future will be like counting on how we respond to

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    Getting Past No

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    May‚ 4th 2013 Getting Past No William Ury Summary International Negotiations Universidad Panamericana Mario Alberto Aguirre Negotiations Negotiations take place every day‚ everywhere. We all are negotiators‚ some of us good and some of us not that good. But we all want to have a yes for an answer. Whether in business situations‚ couple matters‚ family discussions or daily interactions‚ we all are exposed constantly to negotiations. And these negotiations define the path of

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    In grammar‚ a complex sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. A complex sentence is often used to make clear which ideas are most important‚ and which ideas are subordinate.[1] A complex sentence is made from an independent clause and a dependent clause joined together.Some examples:After I came home‚ I made dinner.(dependent clause: "After I came home")(indpendent clause: I made dinner)We visited the museum before it closed.(dependent clause: before

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