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    sure you haven’t repeated distinctive words if so consult a thesaurus • Conjunction - and‚ but‚ yet‚ so‚ however‚ neither nor...... Interjection: Yikes! Whatever! Sheesh. . . • The function of parts of speech can be carried out by the word‚ phrase‚ long phrase‚ and clauses. • similar; different • Homonyms: sound‚ spelling; definition Homophones: sound; spelling‚ definition Contranyms: identical spelling‚ sound; opposite meanings • McFredries website‚ wordspy‚ offers examples of words coined together

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    systems by B. Elan Dresher and Xin Zhang.) Syntax: Manchu phrases are all head-last. This means that the head-word of a phrase (e.g. the noun of a noun phrase‚ or the verb of a verb phrase) always falls at the end of the phrase. Thus‚ adjectives and adjectival phrases always precede the noun they modify‚ and the arguments to the verb always precede the verb. As a result‚ Manchu sentence structure is subject–object–verb (SOV). The grammars of Japanese and Korean bear resemblance[specify] to

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    Wordy Sentence Chart 2.6 Be Specific‚ choose vivid verbs‚ include strong‚ precise modifiers 2.7 Denotation/Connotation…be ready to identify 2.8 Similes‚ Metaphors‚ Personification Extra… Alliteration‚ Hyperbole‚ Oxymoron‚ Idioms‚ Overstatements/Understatements Sentence Variety and Structure 3.3 Independent/Subordinate(Dependent) Clauses…Adj/Adv/Noun Clauses 3.4 Simple/Compound/Complex/Compound-Complex Sentences 3.5 Prepositional Phrases/Appositives/Verbals/Gerunds/Participles/Infinitives

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    Tracking lexical change in present-day English Raymond Hickey Essen University 1 Introduction For several centuries English has been well known for its many cases of conversion‚ for instance it is used very frequently by Shakespeare‚ almost as a stylistic device of his. And to this day it has remained a prominent feature of the language. The standard definition of conversion (Bauer 1988: 90-2; Spencer 1991: 20) is a change in word-class without any alteration

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    Pronoun……………………………………………………………………………………………….13 3. Adjective…………………………………………………………………..…………………………15 4. Verb ……………………………………………………………………………………………..…….17 5. Adverb ……………………………………………………………………………………………….20 6. Preposition …………………………………………………………………………………………21 7. Conjunction..………………………………………………………………………………..……23 8. Interjection..…………………………………………………………………………….………..25 9. Subject‚ Object & Predicate ………………………………………………………………26 10. Phrases & Clauses ………………………………………………………..…………………28 11. Verbals – Gerunds‚ Participles‚ &

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    Дополните предложения модальными глаголами can/can’t‚ must/mustn’t‚ needn’t‚ have to: 1 A:    Is Jason at work today?    B:    He ...can’t... be. His car isn’t in the car park. 2 A:    I can’t do my German homework. It’s too difficult.    B:    I’ll help you. I............speak German. 3 A:    I’m going to watch television.    B:    Alright‚ but you .............stay up too late. 4 A:    We............book a taxi to take us to the airport.    B:    I’ll do it now. 5 A:    I didn’t

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    1. The status of TG. Language is a means of forming and storing ideas as reflections of reality and exchanging them in the process of human intercourse. It’s social by nature and inseparably connected with people. It develops with the development of society. The language consists of 3 parts: the phonological system (i.e. sound system)‚ the lexical system (set of naming means of language) and the grammatical system. (The principles of systemic approach to language and its grammar were developed in

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    ABSTRACT Native speakers are having difficulties when doing communication in Target Language (TL). People still unable master or comprehend the language even though they have learnt the language in the primary and secondary levels. This term paper has been conducted to determine contrastive linguistic components between English and Bahasa Melayu from morphology and syntax fields. Affixes‚ adverbs‚ adverbs‚ superlatives‚ and preposition are to be investigated. This can be attributed to the different

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    SOME PHRASES‚ WHICH MAY BE HELPFUL WHILE PREPARING THE ANALYSIS 1. INTRODUCTORY PHRASES The text under analysis/study is taken from the novel ... belonging to the pen of ...‚ the famous/ well-known/ celebrated/ popular writer. He belongs to the brilliant school of critical realism/romanticism/modernism‚ etc The author is the master of psychological analysis. His works are marked by a deep penetration into the soul of man/keen observation of characters In his work the author

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    econornically as possible? to look for right answer ` 1) Subject-Verb Agreement IN DETAIL PICKED UP ON THE WAY / KEY TAKE-AWAYS 1) Past particple by itself is not a working verb. For eg.: The electron named in 1894 is not a sentence. 2) A sentence can be a fragment in another way: it could start with a Connecting Word and contain no Main Clause (a clause that could stand alone as a sentence as is‚ with its own subject and verb): Because‚ which Because and which are connecting words. These

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