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Re: Is there a grammar of spoken English?

Rvw wrote:I think the rules are the same for spoken and written English. It's just harder to follow them on the fly. Could you take a look at this and give some feedback? Question tags. Do they stem from spoken grammar or written grammar? You like him. don't you? Ellipsis in interrogatives....

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Anonymous 3 yr 24 days ago Grammar Clauses Adjuncts

Hi Davkett! If I'm not mistaken, the "verbless clause" Teo is making reference to must be the phrase after the comma, i.e. "eager to display my talent". Sometimes, in "verbless constructions" the delition of the verb is marked by the addition of a comma, such as the one before ", eager to...

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Re: A very confusing passage

Hello JKB (EX1-a) . paco

ESL General English Grammar Questions by paco2004 3 yr 207 days ago Clauses Adjuncts
Re: Adjuncts in functional grammar (hallidayan approach)

There are three basic adjunct types (Halliday 1994): 1. experiential (circumstance/location) 2. textual (conjuncts; they bond clauses) 3. modal (writer's attitude) However (textual) unfortunately (modal) we can't meet at noon (experiential). Here are my guesses: 'Within seconds'...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Casi 3 yr 257 days ago Grammar Clauses Modals Adjuncts
Re: Sinatra song

Hello CJ again, Thank you for the detailed explanation. I'll review what you've taught me. "The thief would be nice to catch" sounds best fit the review, so please allow me to use it. #1 (IC). The IC appears, by the transformation, to get changed from a noun phrase to a complement (or...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by paco2004 3 yr 312 days ago Verbs Clauses Nouns Noun phrases Adjuncts Infinitive clauses
Re: Sentence analysis

You need a verb to have a clause. I think you meant "The GMC cannot investigate every controversial treatment brought to its attention". This verb phrase has a clause within another clause. The outer clause is a causative ("get"), so it has an inner clause "industries to reduce waste" which...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 3 yr 322 days ago Verbs Clauses Nouns Noun phrases Direct objects Adjuncts
Re: “Next to it is a different sign which says simply “Beware””.

Hi, that's a cute name. Your analysis of the sentence is correct for the most part. "Next to it is" is the predicate of the sentence. The subject is the rest of the sentence, not just "a different sign". Are you familiar with "adjectival/relative clauses"? That's what you have after...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by miriam 4 yr 61 days ago Verbs Clauses Nouns Pronouns Predicates Relative pronouns Direct objects Adjuncts
Re: Embedded sentences

The concept of "embedded" clauses is sometimes hard to understand, and some pople confuse it with "subordinate" clauses. The difference is not always easy to see. The following will not be a "book" explanation, so hopefully it will be fairly easy to understand. Two types of dependent clauses...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by miriam 4 yr 107 days ago Difference between Constructions Clauses Nouns Pronouns Relative pronouns Adjuncts
Re: HELP! (noun/adjective/adverb clauses)

Here come the adverbial clauses! I hope it's not too late To put it simple, we can say that adverbial clauses do the work of adverbs and can function as adjuncts or disjuncts. Asjuncts are integrated within the structure of the sentence to at least some extent (Halliday calls these...

ESL Common English Questions and Answers - Archived Posts by miriam 4 yr 138 days ago Nouns Adverbs Verbs Numbers Clauses Conditionals Adjuncts
Re: Would

When a negative adjunct (an adverbial) is in pre-subject position there is reversal of subject and verb/operator. In this case, the normal clause order is considered ungrammatical. Examples: "Not until yesterday did he change his mind." "Seldom will you see such disrespectful behaviour in this...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by miriam 4 yr 147 days ago Verbs Clauses Negatives Adjuncts

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