... She couldn’t explain the reason why she was here. She couldn’t explain the reason because she was here. 120. Think of I’m thinking of moving to Australia. I’m thinking to move to Australia. ... She couldn’t explain the reason why she was here. She couldn’t explain the reason because she was here. 120. Think of I’m thinking of moving to Australia. I’m thinking to move to Australia. ... 105. Since & from I’ve been waiting here since eleven this morning. I’ve been waiting here for eleven this morning. Copyright by Andrew D. Miles, 2010 47. Except We’ll finance...
... you mind, look forward to. Examples: 1 think it's no use trying again. J can't help feeling angry about it. Use the gerund or the infinitive after certain verbs, such as begin, ... succeeded to win the prize. / Say: Paula succeeded in winning the prize. 83 Think of + -ing. Don't say: 1 often think to go to England. / Say: 1 often think of going to England. ... 42 Interested in, not for. Don't say: She's not interested for her work. / Say: She's not interested in her work. Note Also take an interest in She takes a great interest...
... of written English into a linear ordering according to the number of vowel strings contained in the word. Our study of the one-vowel string or cvc words is reported with some thoroughness in ... consonantal doubling rules in the inflection of English verbs C. The determination of word-breaking rules as used in end-of-the-line practices in type composition D. The determination of parts-of-speech ... admissible AFFIXING INWRITTENENGLISH 87 [Mechanical Translation and Computational Linguistics, vol.8, nos.3 and 4, June and October 1965] The Nature of Affixing inWrittenEnglish *† by...
... it is worth noting that the string QUE is an admissible final-consonant string, occurring in words like MASQUE. Because only the admissible final-consonant strings not ending with E were ... hypothesis regarding strong affixes is that an inadmissible consonant string implies the existence of either a compounding unit or an affix whose point of attachment in the word lies in the inadmissible ... Another restriction occurring in the following defini- tions will be explained after they are stated. Definition P3. Let P = C1V1 be a fixed-letter sequence in initial position. P is a...
... language, and, in turn, eliminate or, at least, minimize their errors. However, the picture was not completed at that point. Errors insist to manifest themselves in the learners’ written and ... error analysis. English Language Teaching. 22(2). In Richards, J. (1984) (ed.). 25. _______ (1972). Social factors, interlanguage, and language learning. Language Learning. 22(2). In Richards, ... definite/indefinite articles, see Kharma, 1981). An interesting and indicative comment is provided by a student who has produced a deviant sentence where she has used the auxiliary ‘be’ in...
... Birner constraintsn Information Structuren Occurrence in corporap Summary171stnon-canonical construction:Preposing – Constraint Illustration In principle, he is now capable of carrying out ... dust in the creases of her face. […] In the better light of the living-room he noticed with interest that there actually was dust in the creases of her face.p Suddenly there sprang into his mind, ... IS in English p Intonationp Non-canonical word ordern Gregory Ward & Betty Birner studies:p 1998 – Information Status and Non-canonical Word Order in English p 2001 – Discourse and Information...
... words in their essays. On the basis of these findings, it means that majority of students had problems in spelling English words in their writing. International Journal of Development and Sustainability ... to relate subject with verb in their writing. The findings in item fourteen support the findings in item thirteen. International Journal of Development and Sustainability Vol.1 No.2 (2012): ... process. The English Writing Skills Test was administered to all students who participated in the study in order to examine the students’ abilities in their English language writing skills. The...
... within a given time limit.Scanning for specific information1. Underlining or circling the required information in a given time limit.2. Pre- questions focusing on specific informationReading ... paragraph.3.1.2.6 Finding paragraph topicsFinding paragraph topics is more difficult than the previous activities. Instead of finding the topic sentences and underlining them or looking at a list of headings ... process includes written and spoken in which information is used immediately or eventually. It also contains very crucial and often neglected human function: Thinking- “thinking is your ongoing...
... hours since my sister last rung D. My sister hasn’t rung since hours.11. Mary prefers to dance rather than sing.A. Mary prefers to dance than to sing. B. Mary prefers dancing than sing.C. ... prefers dancing than to sing. D. Mary prefers dancing to singing.12. It took him two hours to do his homework.A. He spent two hours to do his homework. B. He spent two hours doing his homework.C. ... two years since Mary began studying Vietnamese. D. All are correct14. I started going to school in 1997.A. I haven’t been a pupil when it was in 1997. B. I have been a student since 1997.C....
... FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME Stephen Hawking writes about the beginning of time, but few other people do. People who write "from the beginning of time" or "since time began" ... denigrating others. The word was then broadened to cover an exaggerated belief in the superiority of one's own kind in other respects. Following this pattern, feminists in the 1970s invented ... trouble. CARING Most people are comfortable referring to "caring parents," but speaking of a "caring environment" is jargon, not acceptable in formal English. The environment...