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    Consistent Use of Tenses • A verb in an adverbial clause generally agrees with the tense of the verb in the main clause. • Avoid unnecessary shifting from first person to third person or vice versa Consistent use of Number • Shifting persons of pronouns will destroy unity. The pronouns must agree with their antecedents Consistent Use of Persons of pronouns • Do not shift subject in a sentence. Consistent Use of Subject • Voice is the aspect of a verb that tellswhether the subjectperforms

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    inter-elemental grammar for the English language • subject • predicate • object • predicative (aka complement) • adverbial and adjunct • sentence • clause • phrase Concepts of intra-elemental grammar for the English language • noun • adjective • determiner • verb • adverb • preposition • conjunction • pronoun [edit] Controversy The term is mainly used to distinguish these ideas from those of contemporary linguistics‚ which are intended

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    changes after a clause meaning that you can hear complete sentences in each language. The phrases at least make sense on their own. There are also cases of word borrowed. Though you could argue that point. In Extract A‚ an example of switching is right at the start of the extract‚ the part in Spanish translates to “and I want to marry her‚ and she said” this phrase starts with “and” a conjunction. The English phrase before it still makes sense without the Spanish‚ it’s a complete sentence. The Spanish

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    Running head: COMPARISON IDIOMS Comparison Idioms Between English And Vietnamese Đinh Lan Khánh Class 4B07 University of Pedagogy Abstract As a foreign student learning English‚ comparison idioms are really a big problem for me as well as other learners. There are over 3000 idioms in the dictionary‚ so understanding and memorizing all of them are a hard issue. Some students‚ even though‚ live in America or England for such a long time‚ they are still unable to understand what the native

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    Language 1. The language of the poem is distinctive in its use of verbs. Scan the verses and identify the types of verbs used. Can you suggest why they fit the scene? In the first verse there are three verbs: plunging‚ bounced‚ and bounced. Plunging and bounced are effective in fitting the scene because they are words synonymous with football: footballs bounce‚ and players plunge for the ball‚ a goal‚ an attack. They are all normal verbs that are commonly used and describe a visible action. In the

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    as receiving the action of the verb. Not every sentence will have a direct object. In order to have a direct object you must have three things: • • • An action verb The direct object must be a NOUN. You can answer the question‚ “what?” or “whom?”* Be sure to ask the correct question. Otherwise‚ you might find the subject. The correct question will follow this form: subject + verb+ WHAT? subject + verb+ WHOM? Check out the example below. action verb Those countries export coffee

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    when the words at the end of one clause or phrase begins the very next clause or phrase. Illustration of one idea by using a better known‚ similar and parallel idea. The parallel repetition of successive words or phrases‚ lines‚ or clauses at the beginning of successive phrases‚ clauses‚ or lines‚ A short‚ personal story that is usually humorous. Words in one phrase or clause are replicated in exactly/closely in reverse grammatical order in the next phrase or clause to add emphasis and rhythm. When

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    MORPHOLOGY  the syntax of lexical verbs vs. auxiliaries. Before X’ theory‚ sentences used to be identified with the notation S. Linguists had to figure out a way of replacing S by a phrasal category. In other words‚ they needed to identify some elements as the head of the overall sentence. Since phrases were (or are) projections of heads‚ consisting specifically of three levels‚ it was necessary to find a category that could act as the head of the new phrase. The category in question would

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    고맙습니다 I have also learned the colloquial way to say thank you‚ this is what you normally hear on dramas and movies especially when people of the same age level are speaking with each other 고맙다 (go-map-ta) or 고마워 (go-ma-wa) One of the commonly used phrase too is ‘I am sorry’. The formal polite way to say this in hangul is 미안합니다 (mi-an-ham-ni-da) or 죄송합니다 (jwe-song-ham-ni-da). If you have been watching movie with subtitles‚ you will likewise hear this word which corresponds to sorry too‚ 미안해 (mianhae

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    understood. Example: Pass the butter. 2. Phrases and Clauses a) Phrase – is a collection of words that may have nouns or verbals‚ but it does not have a subject doing a verb. * Noun Phrase -  A noun phrase consists of a noun and other related words (usually modifiers and determiners) which modify the noun. It functions like a noun in a sentence. Examples : a nice blue sweater glass full of water * Prepositional Phrase -  A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition‚ object of

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