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3a) A cat ate the small animal. 3b) A cat is a small animal. The syntactic analyses of the two sentences are differents. In the sentence 3a) we have (s, v, do) while, in the second sentence 3b) we have (s, v (copular), sP). In 3a) “a cat “is noun phrase (a is determiner...

1a) We painted the red door. 1b) We painted the door red. 1a) We painted the red door. "We" is NP consists of the head noun "we" which is pronoun functioning as subject. Painted is VP consisted of the head verb "painted" and it is past simple...

I answered this question i just need someone check my answer and tell me if there a mistake and what is the correction of it. What types of phrase have been underlined? Analyse the phrases and give information about what elements they contain and what sort of words they consist of. 1 3...

Thank you, Avangi. In my previous post, I should have used third-person verb tenses, 'sounds' and 'gives' -- proper subject-verb agreement wasn't made due to my carelessness. Going back to your request for examples of cases where I would feel something in quotes could not be...

Hi, 1. Not every person who is indicted ____________. (A) of guilt (B) is guilty (C) to be guilty (D) guilty ricky: i put (D) but the answer is (B). why? "Who is indicted' is just a subordinate clause. Let's remove it. Not every person . . . . You need a verb form here, so that's why B is...

Walking as if each step were painful1, she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2. 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... It is reduced clause(While/As she was walking...) ...

Thanks Philip. How about the next one: Walking as if each step were painful1, she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2. 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... 2:...

Hey there.Ok I'll try to explain this as simply as I can...If we take the sentence 'The King rides the horse', King is the subject and the horse is the object. Easy stuff. Now in Old English, we would have different words for 'the' for each noun in this case, 'se' and 'oaet' which would show...

Put it this way: I created this sentence using the dictionary definitions of the words. Can you understand it? I wouldn't have a clue what this was talking about ...it just doesn't make sense even though these are the dictionary definitions. "A pronoun used by a speaker or writer to refer to...

WANG CHUN wrote: 1. Ancient and modern human beings use their great intelligence to invent machines that help people lead a comfortable and convenient life. My problem with this sentence is that it is not possible for ancient human beings to do anything any more, so using the present tense...