singular and plural rules in english

... Irregular plural forms. 2.1.1.2.1. Singular countable nouns with ending “-f, fe”. Nouns that end in “-f, -fe” form plural by dropping the “-f, -fe” and adding “- ves” suffix in plural. Singular ... both singular and plural forms. Nouns that are preceded by “a” or “an” are always countable and always singular. Eg: a book = a + Countable singular an apple= an + Countable singular In ... Muff muffs 2.1.1.2.2. Singular countable noun with ending “-y”. For nouns ending in consonant + y form plural by changing “-y” into “-i” + “-es” suffix. Singular form Plural form Fly Flies...

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... English and Vietnamese, is expected to be an interesting and helpful material for foreign language teachers and learners and for people who are interested in idioms in both English and Vietnamese. 2. ... distinction between idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms. - Gain an insightful look at idioms in general and idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms in particular in both English and ... During the process of investigating materials from various sources, the forms, characteristics and meanings of idioms and their variants and synonyms in English and Vietnamese are described and...

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... the same meaning and grammatical structure. Moreover, their meaning is based on the same image. In other word, head and mind are two components belonging to the same field of meaning. We consider ... distinction between idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms In order to make a clear distinction between idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms, we focus on two criteria: meanings and ... Defining the concepts of “idiomatic variants” and “synonymous idioms” - Criteria for the distinction between idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms - Forms and signs of idiomatic variants and...

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... the training data and thus missing unlikely but good candidates. 4 Work in Progress 4.1 Datasets A common set of 1,423 source English names and their transliterations 2 in Mandarin Chinese ... consid- ered in addition to grapheme mapping for han- dling Cantonese data. 5 Future Work and Conclusion Thus we have compared E2C between Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese, and discussed work in progress ... syl- lable initial /d/ may surface as in Baghdad 巴格 達 ba1-ge2-da2, but the syllable final /d/ is not represented. This is true for Mandarin Chinese, but since ending stops like –p, –t and –k are...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 02:20

... types. They contain to-infinitive which is introduced by WH – word, ing clause and bare infinitive. + To – infinitive: [142] To climb mountains requires courage ( To infinitive clause) ... 3. Indefinite pronoun The indefinite pronouns are so named because they refer to things or people in a vague or general way. The indefinite pronoun is classified into indefinite person of thing ... man [227] Shingles takes a long time to get over [Nguyen Van An, 2003: 51] 3.3. Name of the games ending in “s” is singular Some games in English have their name ending in “s” and they also...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 00:09

... Instructing writing and reading numeral exactly. 3. Scope of the study Numeral in English is a wide category including: mathematic, technology, business….therefore I only collect numbers used in ... and with the help of my friends the experience gained at the training time , I have put my mind on theme : ―writing and reading numeral in English for my graduation paper . Documents for ... in our everyday world but remain mysterious in our imaginations. Numbers in Life, Life in Numbers. The Numbers within Our Lives: Early conceptual underpinnings of numbers were used to express...

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... textbooks on English writing in Korea, however, few textbooks explain sentence punctuation in English. → There are many textbooks on English writing in Korea; however, few textbooks explain sentence ... Clause Subordinate Clause Main Clause + Main Clause + Main Clause + Subordinate Clause Main Clause + 25 English Writing Lab http://www.hanyangowl.org 2009 HYU Center for Teaching and Learning and Adam Turner These ... (WSI) increased when both temperature and chlorine concentration increased. No abbreviations in subheadings 3.3 Abbreviations: Don’t introduce abbreviations in subheadings 8 Abbreviations in body...

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... Skimming and scanning an email message instead of reading every word can help you to find the keywords and understand the message much quicker. Read less and understand more! Skimming: this ... Friday) 14 www.kaojaienglishschool.com info@kaojaienglishschool.com THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO READING AND WRITING EMAILS IN ENGLISH By Brian McCarthy Brian McCarthy is a leading expert in English language ... to writing emails in English that are easy to write, easy to read and easy to understand. Intermediate Intermediate is for students and professionals that have more experience using English...

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... Michael Clyne, Heinz Kretzenbacher, and Catrin Norrby. 2006. A cross-linguistic comparison of address pro- noun use in four European languages: Intralingual and interlingual dimensions. In Proceedings of ... for Computational Linguistics Towards a model of formal and informal address in English Manaal Faruqui Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India manaalfar@gmail.com Sebastian ... translation and translation revision. Babel, 55(4):364–380. Zhifei Li and David Yarowsky. 2008. Mining and modeling relations between formal and informal Chi- nese phrases from web corpora. In Proceedings...

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... GRAMMARS 1.1 Lexicalizing Phrase Structure rules In most current linguistic theories the information put in the lexicon has been increased in both amount and complexity. Viewing constituent structures ... rules bearing on LEXICAL AND SYNTACTIC RULES IN A TREE ADJOINING GRAMMAR Anne Abeill6* LADL and UFRL University of Paris 7-Jussieu abeille@zeta.ibp.fr ABSTRACT according to this definition ... tree and intervert the features bearing on NO and N1. Work is being curretly done along this line with T. Becket, Y. Schabes and K. Vijay Shanker. 12 We note with square [I the set of inflected...

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... placed in the right-hand bottom corner of the tympanum, which contains Our Lord in glory, a sphinx, a mermaid, angels and crowned heads. In heraldry and in the Bestiaries the griffin has ... right hands across their waists, while the mountain behind has burst into flames. In a tenth century miniature at Brussels they are shown as two stones in the hand of a woman, one bursting into ... font of Lincoln Cathedral, and on Norman tympana such as those of Barfreston and Ridlington, Rutlandshire. At Ridlington it seems to be fighting with a lion. At Barfreston a tiny griffin is placed...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 18:34

... creatures coming out of the woods. We retreated in terror and locked ourselves in our cabin. The creatures pelted rocks against the walls of the cabin. All of us inside were quaking in our shoes. ... information ii. Listening for general understanding iii. Predictive listening iv. Inferential listening v. Listening for pleasure vi. Intensive listening vii. Evaluative listening 2 | P ... Speaking and Listening Skills). This weightage is clearly specified in the 2014 curriculum document uploaded in the CBSE Academic website. Guidelines for teachers to assess Speaking and Listening...

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... control in accounting. In most organizations the controller is the top managerial and financial accountant. The controller supervises the accounting department and assists management in interpreting ... trainee vs trainer A trainee is a person who is learning and practising the skills of a particular job. For example: "There is a shortage of trainee dentists in the UK." A trainer ... drinking in the future. For example:- I laid down this bottle in 1998, it should be perfect for drinking now. Lie down means to move into a position in which your body is flat, usually in...

Ngày tải lên: 27/07/2014, 10:20

... & INDIRECT SPEECH IN ENGLISH I.1. Definition There are many linguists who study direct & indirect speech in English and they have their own ideas and definitions about them. According ... on direct and indirect speech in English is aimed at: 1. Helping learners understand how to form direct and indirect speech, use it correctly as well. 2. Describing and classifying all the ... & INDIRECT SPEECH IN ENGLISH 4 I.1. Definition 4 I.2. Forms of direct and indirect speech in writing structure 5 I.3. Function of direct and indirect speech 6 II. AN OVERVIEW OF CHANGING...

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