... Sentences
Writing sentence fragments is a serious error. Writing run-on sentences is an equally
serious error.
Question:
What is a run-on sentence?
Answer:
A run-on sentence is two or more sentences ... troubling sentence fragments and run-on sentences. The following
two exercises offer some more practice on what we have learned.
EXERCISE 15.
Eliminate all sentence fragments. Correct the run-on sentences. ... Sentences
As we learned in Part One (pages 105–107), two or more simple sentences can be
combined to form a compound sentence.
SIMPLE SENTENCE
: Dogs show affection for their owners.
SIMPLE SENTENCE
:...
... buy a lot of goods when they go to supermarkets.
Reading 42
. Read the passage and decide if the sentences following it are True or False. (3.0 pts)
In response to the question: Do you find The ... learn their first languages easily and sometimes other languages as well.
A. Complete the following sentences
1. All languages have rules for …………………… ……
2. In written languages, meaning is expressed ... do they use nylon for?
4. Is nylon important to our lives?
5. What is 'it' in the last sentence replaced for?
Reading 35
. Read and choose the best option (a, b, c or d) to complete the...
...
14.
Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL)
Structure (3)
Directions: The questions here test your knowledge of the grammatical
structure of English. Each question consists of a short...
... wasn't very interesting.
A. The sentence pattern is used to express the nature or the characteristics of N. (Example 1)
B. This sentence pattern indicates a condition or the state ... (Examples 1~7)
C. This sentence pattern is used for stating the sequence of actions. In this case, the agent of
the two actions should be the same person. (Examples 1,2,3,4)
D. This sentence pattern ... gave explanations after drawing a map.
A. This sentence pattern indicates that V1 happens before V2. (Examples 1~6)
B. This sentence pattern is used for clearly stating sequential relation...
... with their output converted by our method.
CLEAN is only on sentences that are converted perfectly
from gold CCG (51%). ALL is over all sentences. PROJ is
a projected F-score (ALL result / CCGbank ... least 1.1%, and increases
exact sentence match by over 11% (both absolute).
Many of the remaining errors relate to missing
and extra clause nodes and a range of rare structures,
such as QPs, NACs, ... higher on CLEAN,
which could mean that this set is easier to parse, or it
could mean that these sentences don’t contain anno-
tation inconsistencies, and so the parsers aren’t in-
correct for...
... structure:
a structure that is critical to the safety of the aircraft;
0
Secondary structure:
a structure that, if it were to fail, would affect the operation
0
Tertiary structure:
a structure ...
surround
structure tests
28.2.1.
Full-scale structural testing philosophy
28.2.2. L-1011
fuselage structure
28.2.3.
28.2.4.
Biaxial test facility description
Fuselage door surround structure ...
maintenance of airframe structures.
1.2.
Classification
of
aircraft structures for inspection and repair
For the purpose
of
engineering management (including repairs) aircraft
structures are generally...
... a context-free grammar. 2 The re-
sulting FSA accepts all the sentences accepted
by the input grammar, and possibly some non-
sentences as well.
The current implementation accepts as input ... Symbol Category Features
s sentence
np
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args
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pron
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noun phrase
verb phrase
verb arguments
determiner
noun ...
at state 4 would lead to a transition on nonter-
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FINITE-STATE APPROXIMATION
OF PHRASE STRUCTURE GRAMMARS
Fernando C. N. Pereira
AT&T Bell Laboratories
600 Mountain Ave.
Murray...
... semantics, reflecting a modular view
in which grammatical structure an~ abstract logical
structure have independent status. The
understanding of a sentence occurs in a number of
stages, distinct from ... combining the advantages of
precise, grammar-driven analysis of utterance
structure and pragmatic inferencing based on
discourse structures and knowledge of the world.
We stress, however, that our ... of a
system that can efficiently extract literal meaning
from isolated sentences of arbitrarily complex
grammatical structure. Future systems will exploit
the literal meaning thus extracted...
... CLEFT SENTENCE EXERCISE
I. Rewrite the sentences, using Cleft sentences.
1. My friend came to see me late last night.
2. I can’t stand ... Prime Minister was traveling to France yesterday when the alarm sounded.
II. Change the sentences into cleft sentences in the passive:
1. Fred gave Mary the money.
2. Mr. Johnson sent the Jiff Company...