________________________________________________________________________ Instructions: Essay answers should be no more than 150 words. Please respond to all of the following prompts: ESSAY QUESTION 1: The joke in the cartoon below uses syntactic ambiguity. Draw two phrase structure diagrams for the sentence The collar kills fleas and ticks for six months. Your diagrams will have to differ both in the branching structures of the trees and in the grammatical categories that label some of the nodes in the trees. For
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regarding fashion‚ celebrities and real life stories. The abstract noun phrase ‘the secret’ makes the headline sound exclusive and will draw the reader in to the article because they will want to know what the secret is. The magazine often announces the revelation of ‘beauty secrets’ which catches the target audience’s attention with ease‚ I chose those two words precisely for that effect. The evaluative adjectival phrase ‘happier life’ forces the reader to question whether or not they are happy
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generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question. Common linguistic categories include noun and verb‚ among others. There are open word classes‚ which constantly acquire new members‚ and closed word classes‚ which acquire new members infrequently if at all. 8 Parts of Speech 1. Noun 2. Pronoun 3. Adjective 4. Verb 5. Adverb 6. Preposition 7. Conjuction 8. Interjection Noun -A noun is a word that names
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Participles A participle is a verb form used as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns. PARTICIPLES can function as ADJECTIVES in sentences. The examples and exercises in this activity focus on present participles‚ which suggest action and come from active verbs. As adjectives‚ participles modify nouns or pronouns. They can have the following sentence positions: Adjective + Noun: I was awakened by the screaming child. (The participle modifies child.) Subject + Linking Verb + Adjective complement:
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correspondence: bare footed – blind confidence – hurly burly Types of Collocation: Collocational range: wide range collocation (verb deliver) narrow range collocation (verb shrug). Register-specific collocations: related to particular discipline like agriculture‚ economic or even computer. Collocational meaning: where the meaning of a word depends on its patterns of collocation ( verb dry) Collocations are fairly flexible patterns of the language which allow several variations. Some problem related
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A. What are these words in normal English script? Phonemic script English script 1. /naɪf / knife 2. / mɪɵɒləɗʒɪ / mythology 3. / aɪlənɗ / island 4. / kjʊə / cure 5. / Һjʊməres / humourous 6. / əkwaɪə / acquire 7. / krʌmz / crumbs 8. / ɪgzæmɪneɪʃən / examination 9. / juːniːk / unique 10. / Ɵættʃʃ / thatch B. Write
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lesson seven (concision) in style: Ten lessons in clarity and Grace by Joseph M. Williams The book by Joseph M. Williams in style: Ten lessons in clarity and Grace he generally tackles on writing as a verb. He clearly expounds on the most effectual and competent styles vis-à-vis writing as a verb. ‘Concision’ is the title of lesson seven where William explains how important it is to shorten a sentence so that a reader can clearly understand it. He explains one should not only know how to control
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recommended by referees for publication • use a reader-oriented style • write each section of a paper • highlight the most important findings • write concisely and without ambiguity • avoid plagiarism • choose the correct verb forms The book also includes around 700 useful phrases for use in any kind of research paper. Other books in the series: • English for Presentations at International Conferences • English for Academic Correspondence and Socializing • English for Research: Usage‚ Style
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Part 1: Background a) There was a reasonably wide range of ability in this intermediate level group‚ although the majority of students were able to form coherent sentences. Some students were more confident in answering questions aloud‚ while some needed to use their dictionaries regularly during lessons‚ and were less assured with speaking in front of the class. The age ranged anywhere between mid-20’s and late 50’s. The most common interests of the group were listening to music and watching
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Introduction Scope The Basic Grammar course is designed to provide the Marine sergeant with a basic knowledge of English grammar and composition fundamentals. It includes a review of the parts of speech‚ the basic elements of writing including phrases‚ clauses‚ sentence structure‚ punctuation‚ capitalization‚ and spelling‚ and an overview of composition fundamentals from outlining to final proofing. References The following reference was used in the writing of this course: Effective Army
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