http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aNouns+tag%3aAbbreviations+tag%3aVerbsSearch results for 'tag:Nouns tag:Abbreviations tag:Verbs' matching tags 'Nouns', 'Abbreviations', and 'Verbs'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ExamplesArea/hrjjn/post.htm#587414Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:57:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:587414igbruceI have never come across PO as a term in grammar PO is the usual abbreviation of Post Office It may be a jargon acronym used just by your teacher Perhaps it refers to Pronoun objects i e some pronouns have a different form when they are objects of verbs to when they are subjects e g I gave him the book He gave me the book Ianhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PredicateNominativesObjectPrep/gqzbn/post.htmTue, 28 Oct 2008 21:12:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:581209anonymousHello I m in 8th grade and am homeschooled In my English class I have recently been learning about diagraming subjects appositives direct objects object of prepostitions and predicate nominatives It would be easy if I was still understanding the major parts So I ve been doing some research here on the net about the three that I still don t understand Predicate nominatives Object of Preposition and Direct Object In abbreviation DO OP and PN I think I m starting to catch on but any excess help would be greatly appreciated So far I ve taken these notes Direct Object A noun that recieves the action of the sentence but that is not the subject Object of Prepostion A noun or pronoun that follows a preposition amp completes the prepostional phrase Predicate Nominative A noun or pronoun that appears in the predicate of the sentence following a linking verb and refers to the same person or thing as the subject of the verb Did I get all of my notes correct As said earlier any help would be appreciated Thanks Melissa http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarNinja/dmvrl/post.htmFri, 05 Jan 2007 08:28:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:310686kwarpGrammar Ninja is an educational game where the player identifies parts of speech in rapid succession Correct answers help you advance wrong ones blow up in your face The game is modeled after Brain Age s CalculationsX20 exercise Grammar Ninja is my final project for my Independent Study in Game Design Currently the game is a work in progress and will be completed next week I m posting here to find people to stuff the game with grammatically accurate sentences You can play the game here click ultimately all three modes will have 20 questions per run Content Flash can t accept external data from txt files in the way that I need it so all the sentences the game uses must be created beforehand It s very easy for anyone to create a sentence Sentences are defined like thisasen000 new Array new Word Joe N new Word is V new Word hungry ADJ If the formatting confuses you don t worry you only need to worry about the stuff between the quotes It s simplest to illustrate new Word The word you want to include The part of speech the word is The part of speech is an ALL CAPS abbreviation of the word It MUST BE one of the following Noun NVerb VPronoun PROAdjective ADJAdverb ADVPreposition PREPConjunction CONJInterjection INTArticle ARTThe number of words in the sentence will be exactly the number of words you put in separated by commas To illustrate again separate each word by a comma keep making as many as you like hower it gets unreadable around 35 wordsnew Array word word word I want at least 50 sentences each for the easy medium and hard modes and there s no way can do it alone in a week Please please help me by contributing some sentences As guidelinesEasy questions have between 2 6 wordsMedium questions have between 6 15 wordsHard questions have between 15 30 wordsKeep the content appropriate for all ages quote whatever you want as long as it makes grammatical sense If you want to add something like Ernest Hemmingway make it one big word and label it s part of speech N No slurring words don t won t aren t or whatever it is Please be accurate or at very least review the accuracy of others A BIG THANKS to anyone that helps out http://www.englishforums.com/English/PartsOfSpeech/dzhhl/post.htm#277281Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:26:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277281cliveHi Parts of Speech In each sentence write the part of speech above each underlined word Use the abbreviation listed below n noun pron Pronoun v verb adj Adjective adv Adverb Prep Prepostion conj conjunction 1 We had grilled steak baked potatoes and a fresh tossed salad for dinner 2 The exhausted hikers quickly set up their tents and went to sleep Exhausted is an adjective Their is a possesive adjective 3 The Japanese gardener pruned the young fruit trees and rose bushes carefully Japanese is an adjective here 4 Anthony tried very hard to finish the mystery novel but he fell asleep 5 The island s tourists quietly watched the glorious sunset until it disappeared Some of these colours are hard to see and make this a little confusing to read Best wishes Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PartsOfSpeech/dzhbl/post.htmSat, 07 Oct 2006 00:08:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:277179carlageeCan you please check my work and see if I have done it right if not please help me Parts of Speech In each sentence write the part of speech above each underlined word Use the abbreviation listed below n noun pron Pronoun v verb adj Adjective adv Adverb Prep Prepostion conj conjunction 1 We had grilled steak baked potatoes and a fresh tossed salad for dinner 2 The exhausted hikers quickly set up their tents and went to sleep 3 The Japanese gardener pruned the young fruit trees and rose bushes carefully 4 Anthony tried very hard to finish the mystery novel but he fell asleep 5 The island s tourists quietly watched the glorious sunset until it disappearedhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheElevationOfElephant/cdqzd/post.htmFri, 20 Jan 2006 22:06:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:186493surya aryaHello to everyone I am the new one on the list and not sure are you going to be interested on the subject of the origin of the word elephant and the hypothesis that all Indoeuropean languages were based on the formula SUR BEL UM Cordially Dusan Vukotic All Indo European languages were created according to formula SUR BEL UM Serb um Eng mind Let us see is it possible to prove above mentioned hypothesis Serbian name Serbs Serbli Сербли Σερβλοι Сръблинъ is not of an unknown origin as the Serbian and world science asserts today Serbs are Surbelans and their name preserved the two most ancient syllables sur and bel representing the Sun deities of the antique era Sur and Bel Sur is probably the first articulated word that ever appeared on the planet Earth It is well known deity in the East Sskr Surya Russ Zarya Заря In Serbian and some other Slavic languages it means Dawn Bel mythological god known also as Bal Belos Veles Serbian adjective belo white velik big The literal meaning of Sur Bel where the name of Serbs Ser Bli came from is White Dawn There are other words in Serbian derived from the ancient Sur zoriti to dawn žuriti to haste rush žarko hot ozariti cheer up the look of the face as the Sun was lit on all clearly connected with dawn and the rising Sun God Bel belo white oblo round the shape of the Sun oblak cloud cloud is clothing the Sun why Serb oblačiti clothe obala coast blato mud ploviti float plivati swim plav blue Sargon the name of the King of Akkad We shall see later how important is this name for the understanding of genesis of the speech It is the Czar who chases pursue bait hunt drive prosecute Serbian Car Czar koji who goni pursues Balkan peninsula in the south of Europe the name created similarly to Sargon god Bel that pursues goni S h urla n Serbian surname abbreviation of the agglutinated surbelanian form Sur Bel gon Slon farther abbreviation of the above mentioned surlan in Serbian Slon is the name of the biggest ground mammal elephant This is the rule of elimination of the sound r and we shall still talk about it later Hence the Serbian verb slivati livati levati Greek ελέφαντας Eng elephant elevate level the words obviously connected with livati pour shed if you pour water into a basin its level will rise elevate Serb u livalo Lat libation pour the wine in honor of a deity libellus book Serb s livati fuse s lovo letter s lava celebration Additional argument that Slon is a short form from Surlan Serb surla elephant s proboscis nose often used to pour water over the body of elephant Sur Bel riti agglutinated surbelanian form wherefrom we have Serbian words sabirati1 bring together zboriti talk izvor iti spring izbor selection zavarati trick zavariti weld zavrteti spin saobraćati staging communicate zbor sabor assemblage svariti digest svirati play music honk i spirati irrigate syringe All the above mentioned Serbian words are strictly and logically connected Sabor2 is the gathering place where people might have been assembled for a certain sort of work or to make a preparation for war Of course such a meeting could not be imagined without speech Serb sabor gt zbor gt zboriti similar to Eng crowd gt cry cried Serb graja gt raja gt grajiti 1 Serbian verb sabirati collect was used for the creation of the noun brat brother Hence the other Serbian words sabrati add reckon compile saobraćati communicate and the verb obrta ti rotate Lat orbita where the initial sound s has been detached When someone is looking for help Serbs would say Obrati se bratu i e ask the brother for help 2 As we can see in the sense of sounds this word is similar to the Eng sober Obviously after a heavy booze the man need time to bring himself in order apropos Serbian sabrati treba mu vreme da se sabere da li si se sabro are you sober On the other side is the Latin word super above on top What really happened It is well known fact that modern etymology of European languages can not go any further but to stay immovable in the quicksand of Greek and Latin No one ever took the Slavic tongues in a serious consideration Let us compare Serbian survati to fall down rapidly and sabrati actually surbati gt sabrati Clearly it is a small metathesis made only for the purpose of notion s determinations Lautverschiebung b gt v is fairly understandable according to phonetic laws Thus sabrati to collect comes after survati to fall down and no matter what we were pilinig up it will going to rise up above like a Serbian stog a stack of hay I took out your link Surya It didn t work and I think that we have enough to think about in this first page anyway MM http://www.englishforums.com/English/MedicalTitlesAbbreviations/8/bvhwd/Post.htm#105335Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:01:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:105335styxnstonzzzHey you forgot about all the other things do could stand for like do abbreviation for ditto do abbreviation Dominican Republic in Internet addresses n Music The first tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio n Slang pl dos A hairdo v did dd done dn do ing does dz v tr To perform or execute do one s assigned task do a series of business deals To fulfill the requirements of did my duty at all times To carry out commit a crime that had been done on purpose To produce especially by creative effort do a play on Broadway To play the part or role of in a creative production did Elizabeth I in the film To mimic doing the Southern voice improvising it inventively as he goes along William H Pritchard To bring about effect Crying won t do any good now To render give do equal justice to the opposing sides do honor to one s family To put forth exert Do the best you can To attend to in such a way as to take care of or put in order did the bedrooms before the guests arrived To prepare for further use especially by washing did the dishes To set or style the hair To apply cosmetics to did her face To have as an occupation or profession Have you decided what you will do after college To work out by studying do a homework assignment Used as a substitute for an antecedent verb He can play the piano and I can do that too Informal To travel a specified distance do a mile in four minutes To make a tour of visit He did 15 countries of Western Europe in only a few days R W Apple Jr To be sufficient in meeting the needs of serve This room will do us very nicely Informal To serve a prison term did time in jail did five years for tax fraud Slang To cheat swindle do a relative out of an inheritance Slang To take drugs illegally If you do drugs you are going to be in continual trouble Jimmy Breslin Slang To kill murder Vulgar Slang To have sex with bring to orgasm v intr To behave or conduct oneself act Do as I say and you won t get into trouble To get along fare students who do well at school To carry on manage I could do without your interference To make good use of something because of need I could do with a hot bath To serve a specified purpose This coat will do for another season To be proper or fitting Such behavior just won t do To take place happen What s doing in London this time of year Used as a substitute for an antecedent verb worked as hard as everyone else did Used after another verb for emphasis Run quickly do v aux Used with the infinitive without to in questions negative statements and inverted phrases Do you understand I did not sleep well Little did we know what was in store for us Used as a means of emphasis I do want to be sure n pl dos or do s A statement of what should be done a list of the dos and don ts of management Informal An entertainment a party attended a big do at the embassy A commotion Chiefly British Slang A swindle a cheat Archaic Duty deed Slang Fecal matter excrement Phrasal Verbs do by To behave with respect to deal with The children have done well by their aged parents do for To care or provide for take care of do in Slang To tire completely exhaust The marathon did me in To kill To ruin utterly Huge losses on the stock market did many investors in do up To adorn or dress lavishly The children were all done up in matching outfits To wrap and tie a package To fasten do up the buttons on a dress do without To manage despite the absence of We had to do without a telephone on the island Idioms can could do without To prefer not to experience or deal with I could do without their complaints do a disappearing act Informal To vanish do away with To make an end of eliminate To destroy kill do it Vulgar Slang To engage in sexual intercourse do one proud To act or perform in a way that gives cause for pride do one s bit To make an individual contribution toward an overall effort do one s business Slang To defecate Used especially of a pet do one s own thing Slang To do what one does best or finds most enjoyable I get paid to try cases and to do my thing on trial Bruce Cutler D O abbr Doctor of Osteopathy Main Entry do Function verb Inflected Forms did done do ing does transitive verb 1 PERFORM EXECUTE 2 COMMIT verbal auxiliary used with the infinitive without to to form present and past tenses in legal and parliamentary language do business to be engaged in business activities as soliciting sales specifically to engage in activities sufficient to subject a foreign company to the personal jurisdiction of a state see also DOING BUSINESS STATUTE Main Entry DO Function abbreviation 1 doctor of osteopathy 2 doctor of optometry Main Entry dissolved oxygen Part of Speech noun Definition the amount of oxygen dissolved in a body of water as an indication of the degree of health of the water and its ability to support a balanced aquatic ecosystem also the amount of free not chemically combined oxygen dissolved in water wastewater or other liquid usually expressed in milligrams per liter parts per million or percent of saturation abbr DO do n 1 an uproarious party syn bash brawl 2 the syllable naming the first tonic note of any major scale in solmization syn doh ut 3 doctor s degree in osteopathy syn Doctor of Osteopathy DO v 1 engage in make love not war make an effort do research do nothing make revolution syn make 2 carry out or perform an action John did the painting the weeding and he cleaned out the gutters the skater executed a triple pirouette she did a little dance syn perform execute 3 get something done I did my job syn perform 4 proceed or get along How is she doing in her new job How are you making out in graduate school He s come a long way syn fare make out come get along 5 give rise to cause to happen or occur not always intentionally cause a commotion make a stir cause an accident syn cause make 6 carry out or practice as of jobs and professions practice law syn practice practise exercise 7 be sufficient be adequate either in quality or quantity A few words would answer This car suits my purpose well Will 100 do A B grade doesn t suffice to get me into medical school Nothing else will serve syn suffice answer serve 8 create or design often in a certain way Do my room in blue I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest syn make ant unmake 9 behave in a certain manner show a certain behavior conduct or comport oneself You should act like an adult Don t behave like a fool What makes her do this way The dog acts ferocious but he is really afraid of people syn act behave 10 spend time in prison or in a labor camp He did six years for embezzlement syn serve 11 carry on or manage We could do with a little more help around here syn manage 12 arrange attractively dress my hair for the wedding syn dress arrange set coif coiffe coiffure 13 travel or traverse a distance This car does 150 miles per hour We did 6 miles on our hike every day do 1 repeat loop 2 The country code for Dominican Republic 1999 06 10 Sheesh http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowCurious/vkhw/post.htmTue, 17 Feb 2004 15:36:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:22669rommieI m trying to figure out what kind of grammatical objects the words what and how are in the following sentences What an idiot What a surprise What strange people How odd How interesting How absurd In these contexts what is not functioning as either an interrogative pronoun or a reflexive pronoun and neither is it functioning as an abbreviation for that which The above examples are complete sentences But shouldn t all sentences have a verb So EITHER What is functioning as a verb OR there is some heavy ellipsis going on with at least a whole verb removed The object following what may be either singular plural or continuous but seems always to be indefinite nobody ever says What the idiot Furthermore What a is an indicative statement not a question I have similar difficulty in understanding the function of the word How in the latter three examples The object following it is merely an adjective yet these are also complete sentences If how is interrogative what does it stand for Where is the verb in these sentences Is How functioning as the verb or is there some seriously heavy ellipsis going on Another possibility which occurs to me is that these sentences don t actually follow conventional rules at all that they are simply anomolies with rules of their own But I don t know and I d really like to find out Anyone have any clues Theories Rommie http://www.englishforums.com/English/InformativeEssay/bqbz/post.htm#9559Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:17:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9559wumanfuHi this informative essay took me about 1 hour to research and write It s far from perfect but at least it is a draft that I m proud of I ll refine it when I can Although I m happy with the basic structure I need to correct split infinitives and try to make the syntax better I d be grateful for anyone who has time to help me refine my good but imperfect Chinglish Wu An Informative Essay Some folk will tell you that it s impossible to animate or vivify information that comes straight out of a dictionary Dictionaries are boring confusing and soporific to boot However it s my aim in this essay to impart knowledge regarding the adjective informative and the transitive verb from which it s formed inform My source throughout this task is the Merriam Webster Unabridged dictionary online If information is boring it will never be communicated effectively Oscar Wilde was a marvellous communicator and he made it very clear that information must contain a dash of inspiration He described dull writing as follows Everything that is made from without and by dead rules and does not spring from within through some spirit informing it This probably sums up the affect that dictionaries have had on people since the language was printed on paper My challenge in this essay is to use the information contained in the dictionary to present an entertaining essay that communicates the stuff stored within A good dictionary will present a short history of the way that language has changed over the years The dictionary will then analyse the sources from literature newspapers and the media and try to find a definition or key to understanding a particular word With regard to the word informative the Webster s dictionary prints knowledge regarding pronunciation history and definitions the rules of English necessary for you to put the word to use effectively in conversation or in writing Be aware that a little study is needed to get the full benefit from what s printed The information in the dictionary the entries are written in a short concise way and often contain assumed knowledge For instance it takes some research to make sense of the rules about pronunciation and the abbreviations about how the words are analysed For most people clear definitions with examples are all that s needed for a quick dictionary hit When I look up a word in the dictionary I skim through the text till I find definitions and examples Following that task I try to find a list of words that have similar or opposite meanings I ll share my approach to navigating Webster s dictionary entry inform First I noted some examples of how the word has been used by important people or in seminal contexts I ve cited a quotation from Oscar Wilde because it says something important about the value of interesting information in communicating ideas Next I pasted Webster s analysis of verbs that function in a similar way Synonyms for inform are ACQUAINT APPRISE ADVISE NOTIFY ADVERTISE Although all of These verbs signify to make aware or cognizant of something they have slightly different meanings and they don t function precisely the same way when their root verbs are morphed into adjectives For instance if INFORM implies the imparting of knowledge especially of facts or events necessary to the understanding of a pertinent matter then the word ACQUAINT usually lays stress upon less centrally significant matters than INFORM does or suggests a process of introducing to or familiarizing with rather than informing To APPRISE someone of something is to communicate something usually of interest or importance to him To ADVISE someone of something is to inform him of something that may make a significant difference to him in an action policy or plan it often suggests a forewarning or counselling To NOTIFY is to send a notice or make a usually formal communication generally about something requiring or worthy of attention ADVERTISE rare in current use in this sense is to inform or notify by way of warning Of all these verbs only inform translates easily into an adjective suitable to qualify the noun essay Hence an informative essay may have some or all of the characteristics contained in the verb inform or its synonyms