... a parse stack and an input list. The parse stack
and the input list contain trees of frames of words
or phrases. Core slots of frames are surface and lexi-
cal form, syntactic and semantic ... tagging and syntactic
and semantic processing,
• a sophisticated decision structure that general-
izes traditional decision trees and lists,
• a balanced use of machine learning and micro- ... rules and keeps grammar
coverage increases very manageable. Compared with
standard statistical methods, our system relies on
deeper analysis and more supervision, but radically
fewer examples. ...
... way, only adjectives and adpositions can modify nouns (the man in
the garden and the man responsible) and only they can be preceded by measure
phrases (It is three yards
long and He went three yards ... adjectives and nouns, which
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noun or adjective. They would say that the examples in (24) and (25)donot
contain prototypical uses of the categories in question. But these examples
make ... theory. They claim that verbs and prepositions take complements,
and nounsand adjectives do not; this is like Jackendoff’s +/−obj feature. They
also claim that adjectives and prepositions form predicates,...
... your hands before meals. .
7. Would you like (saw – to see – seeing – see) a movie?
8. What about (have – to have – having – had) fruits?
9. You ought (wash – to wash – washing – washed) your hands ... Complete the form of the verbs in parentheses:
1. They want (buy) some meat.
2. You must (wash) your hands before meals.
3. I am used to (stay) up late.
4. It takes him 2 hours (finish) this exercise.
5. ... used
4. Peter is too young to see the horror film.
→ Peter is not
5. I do this exercise in three and a half hours.
→ It takes
6. To see that film is interesting.
→ It’s interesting.
7. The...
... Ns
Countable Ns
can be "counted", they have a singularand
can be "counted", they have a singularand
plural form.
plural form.
E.g.
E.g.
A book, two books, three books ...
Two teas
Two teas
andand
one coffee
one coffee
please.
please.
3. only use
3. only use
many
many
&
&
few
few
with plural countable Ns
with plural countable Ns
Many ... N plural
countable N plural
I eat
I eat
an apple
an apple
every day.
every day.
Apples are
Apples are
good for you
good for you
.
.
2. There is
2. There is
no
no
plural form
plural...
... Terry and Mallika agree with you?
1. Vermont and New Hampshire are next to
each other.
Terry and Mallika
Rain or snow
Here are the singularandplural forms of a few more nouns.
SINGULAR PLURAL
(only ... indicated.
Samples:
the plural of window
the singular of kittens
1. the singular of chairs
2. the plural of passenger
3. the singular of gloves
4. the plural of bandage
5. the plural of tree
kitten
windows
NOUNS ... was talking to a neighbor.
Plural Nouns
Nouns have a singular form and a plural form.
The singular is the form that means only one:
boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc.
The plural is the form that means...
... both plurals and possessives in the next two exercises.
EXERCISE 6.
Write the singular possessive, plural, andpluralpossessive of each of
the following nouns.
SINGULAR SINGULARPOSSESSIVEPLURAL ... to that lesson and review how to form singular and
plural possessives. Some practice exercises follow.
EXERCISE 4.
Write the singularpossessive form of each of the following nouns.
1. animal ... the plurals for these nouns.
1. strawberry 6. saleswoman
2. chef 7. branch
3. government 8. attorney
4. bookshelf 9. family
5. radio 10 foot
Possessives of Nouns
The formation of possessive nouns...
... Mordor, and
he leaves secretly to continue it alone.
continued
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Lesson
10
Review of
Verbs, Nouns,
and Pronouns
REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 61
To ... (4)
POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE
SINGULAR PLURALSINGULAR PLURAL
student students student’s students’
On each line below, only one form of a noun is given. Write the other three forms of
that noun.
POSSESSIVE ... physics.
Nouns can be tricky, too. They change form depending on how they are used—as sin-
gular, plural, or possessive nouns. On the next page is a summary of the rules for forming
plurals of nouns.
must...
... anything
Alguien, algo and their opposites nadie and nada are invariable in form, have no
plural and are only used absolutely, i.e. they stand alone and do not qualify nouns
whereas alguno and ninguno can.
ii ... posesivos)
1.2 Possessive pronouns (Pronombres posesivos)
1.3 Variation on possessive pronouns (Variaci
´
on sobre pronombres posesivos)
1.4 Relative pronouns (Pronombres relativos)
1.5 Interrogative pronouns ... Mi, tu and su distinguish number only but nuestro and vuestro distinguish both
number and gender. Vuestro and its variants are not used in Spanish America. Su and
sus replace them. These possessive...
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Rules for Forming Plural Nouns
To form the plural of nouns, follow the rules below.
1. Add s to most nouns.
girl/girls bicycle/bicycles printer/printers
2. Add es to nouns ending is s, x, ... buzz/buzzes church/churches wish/wishes
3. For nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y to i and add es.
fly/flies party/parties daisy/daisies
4. For nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel, ...
8. For nouns ending in f or fe, usually change the f or fe to ves.
leaf/leaves shelf/shelves wolf/wolves
Exceptions: chief/chiefs chef/chefs safe/safes
9. Add s to the end of singular nouns...