ASSIGNMENTS B.Com General – 1st Semester Subject Name: Language – Functional English Subject code: BCC 101 Summer Drive 2012 4 credits (60 marks) (BKID: B1294) Set 1 1. What is the difference between the theories of language evolution? 1.2.3 Language evolution and memes It is possible to imagine numerous potential scenarios by which language might have evolved as a purely biological adaptation. However‚ Susan Blackmore‚ reveals a different theory of language evolution in her book The
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foods one eats and ones overall health‚ hence the term‚ “You are what you eat.” There have been multiple studies on blood types and what diseases they are must prone to obtain‚ but it was not until recently when Dr. Peter J. D’ Adamo‚ in his book‚ Eat Right for Your Blood Type‚ identified the four blood types as the main advisor for determining what foods people should eat‚ what type of exercise one should do‚ and what illnesses one is most susceptible to. He mentions that blood is a large factor in
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Future Perfect Helping Verb कोई नहीं Form of the verb first first third first Verb + ? Verb+S या es in third person singular Verb+ing कोई नहीं +ing with since or for. Since with certainity and for with uncertainity कोई नहीं Verb+ing कोई नहीं ना वाचक ता है‚ ते है‚ ती है‚ ता हूँ रहा है‚ रहे है‚ रही है चुका है‚ चुके हैं‚ चुकी है रहा है‚ रहे है‚ रही है Is3‚ am4 ‚ are5 has6‚ have7 has been6‚ have been7 कोई नहीं with point of time आ‚ ऐ‚ ई Negative helping verb do not1‚ does not2 Is
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Conditionals -Absolute‚ Scientific Results * If + verb word ‚ verb word (bare infinitive) * If water freezes‚ it becomes a solid. * Factual Conditionals -Absolute‚ Scientific Results * If orange blossoms are exposed to very cold temperatures‚ they wither and die. * If the trajectory of a satellite is slightly off at launch‚ it gets worse as the flight progresses. * Factual Conditionals – Probable Results for the Future * If + verb word ‚ will (can‚ may) * If water freezes
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order in the sentence (just as affixes and roots occur in certain orders in words). In fact‚ the position of the word in a sentence is often the only way we know its syntactic category (part of speech). For example‚ the word walks can be either a verb or a noun‚ and we know how to interpret this word only when we see where it occurs in the sentence. Another thing we know about syntax is that word can be grouped or combined in certain ways. But actually we know that sentence is a general term
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THE BIG BOOK of WORDS You SHOULD KNOW Over 3‚000 Words Every Person Should Be Able to Use (And a Few That You Probably Shouldn’t) David Olsen‚ Michelle Bevilacqua‚ and Justin Cord Hayes Avon‚ Massachusetts Copyright © 2009 by F+W Media‚ Inc. All rights reserved. This book‚ or parts thereof‚ may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews. Published by Adams Media‚ an F+W Media Company 57 Littlefield Street
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-t‚ -mus‚ -tis‚ -nt*** PRESENT TENSE - present stem + special vowel + personal endings Translation: I “verb” - I am “verbing” - I do “verb” First conjugation vowel = a Second Conjugation vowel = e Third Conjugation vowel = i Third Conjugation (io) = i Fourth Conjugation vowel = i IMPERFECT TENSE - present stem + special vowel + ba = m‚s‚t‚mus‚tis‚nt Translation: I was “verbing” - I used to “verb” - I “verbed” First conjugation vowel = a Second Conjugation vowel = e Third Conjugation vowel = e Third
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that the sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato‚ the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2‚400 years ago! Ever since then‚ students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and sentences. Why? Because skill in speaking and writing is the hallmark of all educated people. Lesson by lesson‚ this book provides basic instruction in the eight parts of speech—nouns‚ pronouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives‚ adverbs‚ prepositions‚ conjunctions‚ and
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information. The effect of adjectives can be very different‚ but in giving the reader more information‚ they usually allow the reader to make judgments about the text and make imagery more evocative. Adverb: A class of word that describe the verb rather than the noun. E.g. ‘She laughed loudly’. Here ‘loudly’ is the adverb and serves to give a sense of urgency and pitch to the language. Alliteration: Alliteration is a literary technique in which successive words begin with the same
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13 Sentence Patterns Pattern A A single modifier out of place for emphasis Modifier S.V To place additional emphasis on any modifier put it somewhere other than its normal place in the sentence. You must have a comma to keep reader from misinterpreting the sentence. Single words before‚ inside‚ or below may look like prepositions instead of singular adverb if comma is not used. Unclear: inside the child was noisy. Clear: inside‚ the child was noisy. Incorrect: Francesca
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