...
The definite and the indefinite articles can never be pronouns. They are always determiners.
3.3 The Ordering of Determiners
Determiners occur before nouns, and they indicate the kind of reference ... seems boring, and he remained offended are all adjectives. Compare the following:
John was depressed
John felt depressed
5.8 The Ordering of Adjectives
When two or more adjectives come before ... discoveries are made, new products are developed, and new ideas are explored. In the late
twentieth century, for example, developments in computer technology have given rise to many new
nouns:...
... answers.
Sample:
TOPIC SENTENCE
: Our mayor deserves to be reelected.
______ 1. He has speeded up street repairs.
___
L_
_ 2. He has helped the city achieve the highest level of employment in the
state.
___
F__
3. ... strongest reason, or put it just before the clincher
sentence if there is one. Example:
Breakdowns are becoming more frequent.
EXERCISE 1.
Each of the following topic sentences can be developed into ... the sentences talk about
good class preparation and its benefits, but the sentences themselves seem choppy and
somewhat unrelated.
Now read the revised paragraph:
Ms. O’Reilly offered three reasons...
... sentence before you send it
out into the world.
EXERCISE 5.
Select ten of the fifteen sentences you wrote for Exercises 3 and 4 and
revise them. Aim for conciseness and clarity by eliminating unnecessary ... consider better? Tell why.
1. a. We went on the roller coaster and then we went on the haunted house ride and
then we went on the monorail.
b. We went on the roller coaster, the haunted house ride, ... arms.
EXERCISE 1.
In each pair of sentences, choose the more concise and point out why
the chosen sentence is preferable.
1. a. The house which stood on the corner of Main Street and Maple Avenue...
... magnify
-ise/-ize baptize, conceptualize, realise
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slowly extremely slowly
The modifying words very and extremely are themselves adverbs. They are called DEGREE
ADVERBS because they specify the degree ... you, he ) exemplifies the SUBJECTIVE CASE, and the second set (me,
you, him ) exemplifies the OBJECTIVE CASE. The distinction between the two cases relates to
how they can be used in sentences. ... take these endings. Instead, they form the comparative
using more and the superlative using most:
Adverb Comparative Superlative
recently more recently most recently
effectively more effectively...
... three attributive adjectives together,
especially if they are all different types. However, such a sequence may occur:
certain expensive green Russian dolls
Here the sequence is:
Sequence ... all the adjectives are central adjectives, and in sequences like these it is much more
difficult to determine the general principles governing their order. Several schemes have been
proposed, ... continually being expanded
as new scientific discoveries are made, new products are developed, and new ideas are
explored. In the late twentieth century, for example, developments in computer technology...
... Present Perfect with ever, never, already, recently, lately,
and just
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perfect-tense/#quizyet ... here since 1992.”
= “I’ve been working here since 1992.”
However, we often use the present perfect continuous to emphasize
the action, and the present perfect simple to emphasize the result: ... subject.
I like tennis, while my brother prefers bowling.
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Present Perfect + Ever / Never
“Have you ever taken dance classes?”
Use the present perfect...
... the sixteenth century,
or servauntesse, teacheresse, neighboresse, frendesse, as in the fourteenth century, we
have dispensed with the ending in many cases, and either use a prefix word or leave ... view shall the student of English accept? Before this is answered, we should
decide whether some one of the above theories must be taken as the right one, and the
rest disregarded.
The real ... Latin, Greek, German, and many other languages, some general rules are given
that names of male beings are usually masculine, and names of females are usually
feminine. There are exceptions even...