Mangled Modifiers

... 123 Mangled Modifiers C HAPTER 4 Mangled Modifiers 123 Modifiers are a neat class of words. They’re the adjec- tives and adverbs ... 04.pmd 3/17/2004, 9:45 AM130 131 Mangled Modifiers Distance/Number/Quantity Modifiers Another group of modifiers that seems to generate a lot of errors are modifiers of measurable distance, ... Distance/Number/Quantity Modifiers 1. Between, m...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 16:20

... for a king. d. easily influenced or swayed. e. transitory, lasting only a short time. MAGNIFICENT MODIFIERS 119 For questions 6–10, choose the word that best completes the sentence. 6. Your ______ ... (2) bitterly hostile or hateful, acrimonious. This sentence uses the first meaning. MAGNIFICENT MODIFIERS 121 BENCHMARK QUIZ RESULTS If you answered 8–10 questions correctly, well done! You ar...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 17:20

... of those modifiers. This paper is concerned primarily with describing the results of this study and the implementation of some of the modifiers. A Linguistic Analysis of Verbal Modifiers ... jects. This paper discusses two categories of temporal modifiers: duration and repetitions as well as speed modifiers. Other categories of modifiers which were analyzed include quantity of t...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 20:20

... and denominal elements as pre -modifiers in complex noun phrases I. Nominal elements as pre -modifiers in complex noun phrases I.1. Types of noun used as pre -modifiers in complex noun phrases ... elements as pre -modifiers in complex noun phrases 16 Chapter Two: Analysis for nominal and denominal elements as pre -modifiers in complex noun phrases 18 I. Nominal element as pre -mo...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 16:48

... concentrate on the typ.~s of modifiers provided by LDC and the methods by which the system acquires information about the syntax and semantics of user- defined modifiers. A more complete description ... the system to operate with new types of data. In this paper we shall discuss (a) the types of modifiers LDC provides for; (b) how information about the syntax and semantics of mod...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 19:21