... he distinguishes nouns from
adjectives and verbs in that only the latter are intrinsically relational [i.e. pred-
icative], whereas he distinguishes verbs from adjectives and nouns in that they
tend ... and verbalization 159
3.9 Are nouns universal? 169
4Adjectivesasneithernounsnorverbs190
4.1 The essence of having no essence 190
4.2 Attributive modification 192
4.3 Adjectives and degree heads ... Unaccusativity diagnostics 62
2.9 Adjectives in the decomposition of verbs 77
2.10 Are there languages without verbs? 88
3Nounsasbearersofareferentialindex95
3.1 What is special about nouns? 95
3.2 The criterion...
...
EXERCISE 5d — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs, participle adjectives, and
nouns from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.
1. Jane arranged a baby ... it.
5
5. FOCUS ON: pronunciation of two-word
phrasal verbs
Nonseparable phrasal verbs
Intransitive nonseparable phrasal verbs (verbs that do not allow an object)
are usually accented on ...
Phrasal verbs are verbs, not idiomatic curiosities. There is no logic to classifying
take over with take the bull by the horns. Phrasal verbs are an essential part of
spoken and written English...
... phrasal verbs
_ According to Tom McArthur
_ According to Dictionary.com Unabridged
2 . How to study English phrasal verbs effectively
_ Studying phrasal verbs through combination of the verbs ... phrasal verbs through pairs of synonym
_ Studying phrasal verbs through topic
V. Analysis and Interpretation
1. Definitions of phrasal verbs
There are a variety of definitions of phrasal verbs
1.1. ... adverb…
especially phrasal verbs. The correct use of phrasal verbs is complex and
difficult problem in English grammar. It requires learners to have a very
good knowledge of verbs and how to use...
... In formal English, the use of "shall" to describe future events
often expresses inevitability or predestination. "Shall" is much more commonly heard in British
English than ... often used in conditional
sentences. English speakers can also use "might" to make suggestions or requests, although this
is less common in American English.
Examples:
• Your purse might ... form)
(quay trở lại đầu trang)
Can
"Can" is one of the most commonly used modal verbs in English. It can be used to express
ability or opportunity, to request or offer permission,...
... in the list above.
Verbs of Motion
Verbs of motion typically form many phrasal verbs with particles considered to be adverbs.
is is listed as the rst entry in the Phrasal Verbs section.
keep ... irregular verbs, like be and come, will take thousands of years to become regular. In
the meantime, you have McGraw-Hill’s Essential English Irregular Verbs to help you use all
of these important verbs ... however, includes not only objects, but
predicate adjectives, predicate nouns, innitives, several types of clauses, and several types
of adverbs. A verb may require one complement or more than...
... lower-frequency nouns, the clas-
sifier tends to rampantly classify nouns as count-
able, while for higher-frequency nouns, the classi-
fier tends to be extremely conservative in positively
classifying nouns. ... mark
bipartite nouns; trouser, for example, is listed as
countable. Nouns in ALT-J/E marked plural only with
a default classifier of pair are classified as bipartite.
The last class is plural only nouns: ... Many
of these nouns, such as clothes, use the plural form
even as modifiers (a clothes horse). The word
clothes cannot be denumerated at all. Nouns marked
:SINGULAR *NONE* in COMLEX and nouns in ALT-
J/E...
... jump
over inserted object case pronouns (e.g., turn it
on) and adverbs (e.g., look everywhere for) in PV
identification.
Both the MUC-7 formal run corpus and the
English- zone corpus were fed ...
Abstract
Phrasal Verbs are an important feature
of the English language. Properly
identifying them provides the basis for
an English parser to decode the related
structures. Phrasal verbs have ... grammar of English.
Proceedings of the Ninth International
Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure
Grammar, Seoul, South Korea.
An Expert Lexicon Approach to Identifying English Phrasal Verbs...
... to continue it alone.
continued
REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 65
Lesson
10
Review of
Verbs, Nouns,
and Pronouns
REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 61
To learn what part of speech a word ... ADJ.
MODIFIES
She
helpful
has been
children
restless
grew
74 PARTS OF SPEECH
REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 63
When to add
S
:
A. To most nouns: book—books. (See Rule 1, page 28.)
A–X. Exceptions to A:
man—men ... You have no time to lose.
5. Terry will be there.
they’re
You’re
REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 67
Lesson
11
Adjectives
68 PARTS OF SPEECH
What is the difference between sweater and that...
... better.
Adjectives are not only derived from nouns but also derived from verbs
and other adjectives. However, due to the limitation of time, this study only
presents adjectives derived from nouns. ... relationship
between derived adjectives and root nouns as well as the change of verb form
compared with root nouns.
From the study of adjective formation from nouns in English, we can find
out ...
How adjectives are formed from nouns is the problem presented in chapter
2. As I mentioned in this chapter, adjectives are formed from nouns by adding
some adjective suffixes to the nouns. ...
... words in the box to complete the phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using
put in this story. You will need to use some of them more than once.
Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions ... to use some of the phrasal verbs more than once.
Exer
cise 2: Decide if the definitions given for the idioms and other expressions in bold are
true or false.
Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions ... FALSE
TRUE / FALSE
TRUE / FALSE
TRUE / FALSE
TRUE / FALSE
TRUE / FALSE
CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR
PHRASAL VERBS
IDIOMS
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