... attention."
blinking Adj./Adv. Used as an intensifier, but a particularly mild expression. E.g."Your
blinkin' washing machine has broken down again." or "It's blinkin' ...
morning so we wont be able to go sailing into the bay." [Mainly/Orig. sailing use]
blow-off Verb. To break wind, but not belching. E.g."As boys seem to spend all night
blowing...
... certain sets of affixes can also be
illustrated by another interesting phenomenon. Both in compounding and in certain
cases of affixation it is possible to coordinate two words by leaving out ... this insight would lead
us to think that the words in (5a) behave exactly like compounds on the basis of
native words. For instance, a blackboard is a kind of board, a kitchen sink...
... the other hand, in English, a rising intonation is important when using
tag questions. In fact, rising intonation is the only feature that makes this type of
questions distinct from declarative ... điểm nào?
b) Types of questions in English
In English, there are many ways to categorize and define questions. In
“Practical English Usage”, questions are classified into 4 m...
... certain sets of affixes can also be
illustrated by another interesting phenomenon. Both in compounding and in certain
cases of affixation it is possible to coordinate two words by leaving out ... system of English affixation are introduced, and a survey of a wide range of suffixes,
prefixes is presented. Finally, we investigate cases of infixation.
1. What is an affi...
...
patterns in (18). The properties and restrictions of the individual types of compound
will be the topic of the following sections.
3. Nominal compounds
In terms of part of speech, nominal ... strikingly deviant: a redneck is not a
kind of neck but a kind of person, loudmouth does not denote a kind of mouth but
again a kind of person, and the same holds for gre...
... certain sets of affixes can also be
illustrated by another interesting phenomenon. Both in compounding and in certain
cases of affixation it is possible to coordinate two words by leaving out ... this insight would lead
us to think that the words in (5a) behave exactly like compounds on the basis of
native words. For instance, a blackboard is a kind of board, a kitchen sink...