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A phoneme is a unit of sound in a language that cannot be analysed into smaller linear units and that can distinguish one word from another. Phonemes are often presented surrounded by // in...
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A nonrestrictive clause is also known as a nonessential clause, and I like that term a bit better, because it more accurately conveys the idea behind the function of the clause. Basically, a...
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There are a couple of ways you could change this sentence to the active voice. Remember that in the active voice, it is the sentence's subject that is doing or receiving the action. When looking to...
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The main strategy for answering these questions is to identify the subject of the sentence and have the verb agree with the subject. In this yard (is, are) several trees. The key to understanding...
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Objective case: A verb acts or "governs" something, which is the object of the verb. Please write (a) [sentence]. Predicative nominative: A noun following a verb that stands for the subject of the...
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All of these sentences are written in passive voice. I will turn them into active voice for you then explain the difference between passive and active voices. Once you understand what active voice...
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The correct pronoun is "me" and it is the object of a preposition. The grammatical structure of the sentence is therefore as follows: Mr. Peters sat between Molly and me. Subject verb preposition...
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In terms of how you use them in a sentence, there is no difference between these two words. They are both indefinite articles that are used to refer to something that is not already known to the...
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The only thing that is clearly wrong about this sentence is that it needs a "the" between "are" and "same." In other words, it needs to say "of course, both are the same." You cannot say "they...
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Reported speech can also be called an indirect quotation. When we relay what another person has said, we usually don't use his or her exact words. What we use is reported speech. When describing...
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It doesn't seem correct to me, though it is grammatically correct to use a semicolon between two closely related clauses. You have two sentences and might also use a period after "His clothes were...
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This is a good question. The correct answer is: "Are you one of those people who think that accidents never happen?" What we have here is a relative clause and you are asked to give the proper form...
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In this word, the prefix is the "im." In this case, the prefix "im" is affixed to the word "possible." The prefix negates the meaning of the word because "im" is a prefix that means "not." If you...
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Since many of the above sentences are similar in their syntax, or their arrangement, using some as examples should serve you for the remainder of the others. As a notation, remember, too, that the...
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Open classes of words are the classes that may continually be added to. For instance, Verbs are an Open class of words because new verbs may be created at any time and, in fact, are created all the...
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Then, discuss with the others. According to Hodges' Harbace Handbook, one should use a comma to set off words such as interjections, vocatives (words used to address someone directly), or...
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The only proper way to fill in this blank is with the phrase "have sent." You can say "I have sent him only one letter up to now." Just saying "I sent him only one letter up to now" would not be...
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The most correct would be to use the present progressive tense, "We have been studying English for five years." That tense indicates that the action began in the past, but is still continuing. You...
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There are a number of ways that you can fill in this blank. I have known him for a long time. (This shows that you knew him before and that you still know him today.) I knew him for a long time....
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"Put on" means to clothe oneself or to literally put clothing or jewelry on one's body. Example: "I am going to put on a raincoat before I go outside." "Wear" is the act having clothes or jewelry...
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"We are yet to receive our check" is a polite way to say "we have not yet received our check." It is a somewhat old-fashioned form, but its meaning is that we have not yet received it. Quite...
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The verb “to see” written in present progressive would be some form of the verb be + seeing. For example: "is seeing" “am seeing” or “are seeing.” A progressive verb shows an ongoing action. This...
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"Conditional" -- at least in my Descriptive English Grammar course -- is one possible modality of verbs in English. The four modalities are indicative, conditional, imperative, and interrogative....
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The word "transfer" as used in the quoted sentence is a noun because it is a type payment: n. a means or system of transferring. It would be a verb if you used it in a sentence such as "I want to...
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My greatest grammar challenge is probably not going to be the same as yours, so I would encourage you to answer this for your professor from your own experience. Over the years I've struggled with...
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Literally, these terms mean “the act of adding an adjective or adverb modifier to a noun or verb.” There are two ways of doing that: first, by adding a modifying word to make a phrase--“storm”...
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Terminology for antonyms can get a bit complicated, according to Kreidler in Introducing English Semantics. Binary antonyms can also be called hemispheric antonyms or complementary antonyms while...
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All clauses have subjects and predicates. The subject is who or what does the action, and the predicate is that action. A complete sentence is also known as an independent clause. It must express a...
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When I sprang up that morning, everyone else in the house had vanished. I didn't detect any sounds of life. I ran through a shower, leapt into my clothes, and bounded downstairs to the kitchen. I...
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In word choice contexts, ensuring that clarity of thought and expression becomes essential. This is even more valid given the complexity of thought featured in the paragraph. This is what I...
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The active voice focuses on the person (or object) who is doing an action: John threw the ball. The shredding machine tore the paper to bits. She has a pen. The passive voice focuss on the object...
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I guess this sort of depends on how long of a paraphrase you want. If you want something that is relatively short, you could say something like "When the car drove on the snow covered street, it...
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There are several ways to differentiate a sentence from a fragment. First of all, a sentence must have a subject, a noun or a pronoun. You can determine the subject by asking yourself, "Who or...
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Looking at what you have already written I think that all you are really missing is transitions and perhaps a few details. I would write this paragraph like this: I think it would be great if we...
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There is more than one correct answer to this question, which is even hinted at in the question when it says to fill the blank "with a coordinating word or phrase." The simplest way to do this is...
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I think you are thinking of “mean”. Not strictly a homophone, because spelled the same in both the verb form (“I mean to go to college.”) and the adjectival (“I was mean to my brother.”), but from...
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A preposition is a word that shows relationship to another object. For example: "I went to the store" "To" is the preposition and it shows the relationship to the "store". The object of the...
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Below is a list of directions to correct the mistake, as well as the corrected paragraph. There seems to be more than 5 errors in the original paragraph. In addition, certain spellings of words are...
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Verb tense is important because it signals time. By using the incorrect verb tense or by switching verb tenses, it can be confusing to the reader. Obviously, it would be important in business...
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Your first phrase -- "'when her husband mentions an invitation to a dinner party" -- is not an adjective phrase in its function. In its function, it's an adverb phrase. Adjective phrases (whether...
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The main reason for using the passive voice, in my opinion, is to reduce the focus on the actor. You might do this, for example, if something bad has been done and you want to distract the reader...
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In the English language, sentences are classified in two ways: by function--whether they state ideas, ask questions, give orders, or express surprise. by structure--by the number and types of...
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Words are composed of roots and stems. The minimal unit of meaning of a word, or the word's morpheme, is named the root. Since the morpheme, or root, is the simplest form of meaning of a word, it...
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The word "ephemeral," which is, of course, where "ephemerally" comes from, is a word meaning "temporary" or "transitory." "Ephemerally" is an adverb which describes how something happens. You can...
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Smashed beyond repair, Bert saw his watch lying on the court.The hunter crouched behind a tree waiting for a bear to come along with a bow and arrow.We saved the scraps of meat for the dog that had...
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I assume that you are trying to say that the principal of the school is the one who has the right to make the final decision in a given case. If that is what you are trying to say, the right way...
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Combining simple sentences into a complex sentence can improve your writing. You are being asked to combine two simple sentences by making one sentence a subordinate relative clause (or dependent...
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The idea of switching between active and passive voice within a paragraph is not only allowed in grammar, but in my opinion, recommended. I can see where you might be confused however, because of...
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You are correct that the article "an" is used with a word that begins with a vowel. You will also see it used with words that begin with a silent "h," such as "honor" and "honest." In older texts,...
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By “construction words” (not a technical grammatical term), we might mean those words that build phrases, clauses, links, and syntax, or modify tense, time, etc., as opposed to adjectives or...