ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: i need help from grammar experts

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:31:48 GMT

a.Noun.
b.Relative pronoun
c.Article
d.Regular adjective
e.Pronominal adjective
f.Regular adverb
g.Preposition â single word
h.Preposition â group of words
I.Conjunction â single-word co-ordinate
j.Conjunction - subordinate
k.Verbal - gerund
l.Verbal - infinitive
m.Appositive
n.Expletive
o.Predicate - smiple
p.Complete subject

Taking a correspondence course involves a great amount of self-discipline on the part of the student.
When someone studies at home, there are always distractions to overcome: telephone calls from friends, favourite soap operas on TV, or sunny days beckoning outside the window. People who need to interact with their teacher on a daily basis may not wish to study a course on their own.

However, there are also definite advantages to studying âby mail.â A student may progress as rapidly as he or she wants to, instead of moving along at the same pace as a classroom full of people. A few missing high school credits can be picked up quickly, so the need to spend an extra year in school is eliminated. Instructors, or markers, are available to answer questions by telephone or e-mail.

Here are some of my answers: ( I'm having a tough time with this exercise... I need some help)

a.Noun. : home, window
b.Relative pronoun: who
c.Article: a
d.Regular adjective: sunny
e.Pronominal adjective: their
f.Regular adverb: quickly
g.Preposition â single word : on, from
h.Preposition â group of words: on the part of/instead of
I.Conjunction â single-word co-ordinate: so, and, or
j.Conjunction â subordinate: when
k.Verbal â gerund : taking/studying
l.Verbal â infinitive: to spend, to answer, to study
m.Appositive: telephone calls from friends, favourite soap operas
n.Expletive: there (and it ) , there (are also)
o.Predicate â smiple: involves a great amount of self discipline
p.Complete subject: Taking a correspondence course

Hope this helps,

Visnja

Re: i need help from grammar experts

Cool Breeze — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:01:07 GMT

Gramatical terminology varies from country to country and I have never heard some of the terms in your list. However, as I see it, most - if not all - of your answers are probably correct. I have never heard of "regular adjectives" but sunny certainly is an adjective. "Pronominal adjective" beats me; there's no such thing in the terminology I am familiar with. Perhaps they want their, which, as far as I understand, is called an adjective in some countries. We always call it a possessive pronoun, which isn't a very good name either because it doesn't replace a noun.

For "preposition - group of words" - I would say in front of, but it isn't in the text. And even then front is a noun, and therefore the term seems unpalatable to me. So is a co-ordinating conjunction in the text and when is a subordinating conjunction.

Beckoning is a present participle in the text, but taking, the first word, is a gerund. Your infinitives are right. Wish (May not wish) is an example of an infinitive without to, called either a plain infinitive or a bare infinitive owing to the absence of the particle to.

Markers is an appositive. The expletives are correct. The term predicate is used completely differently in Scandinavia from the Anglo-Saxon world, and my idea of what it is is the same as yours but I don't think your teacher wants that if he/she wants the English version. I won't venture a guess at all. The same goes for "complete subject", which baffles me.

I hope my comments help you. Perhaps a native speaker who knows the terms used in the Anglo-Saxon world can provide more information and better answers.

Re: i need help from grammar experts

Akavall — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:14:29 GMT

j.Conjunction â subordinate: so

I am not an expert, but I think this is right.

Re: i need help from grammar experts

market-huxley — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:29:28 GMT

I answered as much as I could. I 'm just asking for some help. Honestly, I know I could identify these parts of speach that they are asking.. I'm just having difficulty with this particular paragraph. Thats why I'm asking for some help.

French is my first language... I don't have anyone professors or teachers to help me. It's just me and that correspondence book. So I 'm asking for help, so I can become better at english.

Re: i need help from grammar experts

Susankay — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:34:02 GMT

I doubt if you will get anyone here to do your homework for you - especially when you have all the materials to study.

Didn't the lesson teach you the meaning of all those terms? How would they expect you to know them?

Return to the chapter and study each term and its definition.

Then ask your questions here.

i need help from grammar experts

market-huxley — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:21:25 GMT

I'm taking a correspondence course. These are some of the exercises that I need to submit. So please I need help from grammar exerperts thanks.

Question 2 : In the following paragraphs, find one example of each of the parts of the sentence listed below. Lable each example clearly. You will have a total of 16 items listed as examples.

a.Noun.
b.Relative pronoun
c.Article
d.Regular adjective
e.Pronominal adjective
f.Regular adverb
g.Preposition â single word
h.Preposition â group of words
I.Conjunction â single-word co-ordinate
j.Conjunction - subordinate
k.Verbal - gerund
l.Verbal - infinitive
m.Appositive
n.Expletive
o.Predicate - smiple
p.Complete subject

Taking a correspondence course involves a great amount of self-discipline on the part of the student.
When someone studies at home, there are always distractions to overcome: telephone calls from friends, favourite soap operas on TV, or sunny days beckoning outside the window. People who need to interact with their teacher on a daily basis may not wish to study a course on their own.

However, there are also definite advantages to studying âby mail.â A student may progress as rapidly as he or she wants to, instead of moving along at the same pace as a classroom full of people. A few missing high school credits can be picked up quickly, so the need to spend an extra year in school is eliminated. Instructors, or markers, are available to answer questions by telephone or e-mail.

Here are some of my answers: ( I'm having a tough time with this exercise... I need some help)

a.Noun. : home, window
b.Relative pronoun: who (?)
c.Article: a
d.Regular adjective: sunny (?)
e.Pronominal adjective: (?)
f.Regular adverb: quickly
g.Preposition â single word : on (the part of the student) from (friends)
h.Preposition â group of words: full of , on the part of (?)
I.Conjunction â single-word co-ordinate: (?)
j.Conjunction â subordinate: (?)
k.Verbal â gerund : beckoning , taking, (?)
l.Verbal â infinitive: to spend, to answer, to study
m.Appositive: (?) (?)
n.Expletive: there (and it ) , there (are also)
o.Predicate â smiple: involves
p.Complete subject: (instructors, or markers ) (?)

How are my answers , and what would be the missing ones.. thanks