Search results for 'tag:Paragraphs tag:Prepositions' matching tags 'Paragraphs' and 'Prepositions'

Re: on Crete or in Crete?

yizhivika — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:40:31 GMT

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In the first paragraph above, unfortunately, I mixed up my Google searches with regard to 'in Crete' and 'on Crete', and it's the former that has 1.5 million hits, and the latter 220 thousand.

That said, I still think the tentative rule of thumb that I proposed in the second paragraph above, is a reasonably good one, albeit with exceptions. With regard to Crete specifically, maybe it's because it's such a large island, that it attracts the preposition 'in' more often than it does 'on', and, in any event, I think the choice of preposition here would often be contextual.

For example, I think I'd always say, "On the island of Crete... " (and never, "In the island of Crete...")..

but so too would I almost certainly say "On a beach in Crete..." and not "On a beach on Crete... (the two 'ons' so closely together here lack style, and look and sound a bit clumsy in native English).

Incidentally, the examples of "the Isle of Wight", and "the Isle of Skye" I gave above, are not very good ones, in that "the Isle of" is part of a proper name. When speaking of an island generally, use the word 'island', rather than 'isle'; when 'isle' is not part of a proper name, it's too poetic to use in everyday speech.

Also, incidentally, what would you say in Russian: 'Ð ÐÑÐ¸ÑÐµ' Ð¸Ð»Ð¸ 'ÐÐ° ÐÑÐ¸ÑÐµ' ?

ÐÐ¾ÐºÐ°!

Re: tense - why wrong?

26TMNTJG2PG — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:16:53 GMT

The past perfect tense serves only to place a narration in the "more distant past," without determining its particular time or duration, as follows: "He had risen early that morning and had drunk coffee earlier than usual. â Wikipedia. There are many ways to express an idea. Why must we choose a way that infringes grammatical rules? How do you do it?
Easy.
Yesterday we finished our lunch and then Tom arrived. Yesterday we finished our lunch. Then Tom arrived.
Are they not equally good, if not better?
Notice that I used 'Easy' above. I say it is a sentence or a paragraph. Do you agree?
You don't. Everybody knows that "A sentence must have a verb and can stand on its own"; but then so many famous writers use this so-called effective style of writing (at the expense of grammatical rules) in newspaper articles and books including reference books teaching their users to speak and write better English.
"A sentence must have a verb and can stand on its own" has become a schoolroom rule. If you engage yourself in formal writing or if you are a student, are you not inclined to follow this rule?A job applicant using the sentence, "I like employers that (instead of who) take good care of their employees", is facing a risk of his/her application being turned down should his/her prospective employer consider such use (of 'that') as inappropriate; and the applicant will be left with no chance to defend himself/herself since normally no reason will be given for the rejection. 'That' for human antecedent is a disputed usage. If I use the word 'unidiomatic' in my thesis for a degree, I am facing the danger of marks being deducted for such usage because 'unidiomatic' cannot be found in online dictionaries but it is used in Wikipedia. What I am stressing is that if you don't follow the rules, there may be a cost to bear.Coincidentally, there is an article titled "Position matters" by Dr Lim Chin Lam in the popular national English daily today which article somewhat talks about the importance of following grammatical rules and which article, however, has three disputed usages namely (1) 'that' for human antecedent (without any explanation), (2) split infinitive (with convincing reasonings) and (3) ending a sentence with a preposition (quoting Winston Churchill).
HTH. HAND.

Re: collected stamps

New2grammar — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:39:16 GMT

Vincent, As far as I know, the use of preposition is pretty flexible and sometimes, they depend on the flow of your writing and what you prefer to express. I guess maybe that's a reason Clive suggests you write a short paragraph.

The key to learning prepositions, I think, is to understand their meaning in different contexts and not memorize what others tell you in one context and apply it to every context. Using the wrong preposition can be disasterous. For example, may not be a good example,

There's a spoon on your head

There's a spoon in your head.

They are both correct but if you do not provide a context, I would suggest you use 'on' but in some contexts, 'in' is the correct choice. I hope you understand me.

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

need help from grammar experts

market-huxley — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:36:26 GMT

I'm taking a correspondence course. This is one of the exercises that I need to submit. So please only grammar exerperts.

1.give the part of speach of each word in the following passge.

Here are what you can use : noun, pronoun,adjective,verb,(verbals)infinitive,gerund, participle, adverb,preposition, conjunction,interjection.

In the marshy mists of a deserted village churchyard, a shivering, limping convict on the run suddenly terrifies Pip, a tiny orphan boy. Years later, a supremely arrogant young Pip boards the coach to london where, by the grace of a mysterious benefactor, he will eagerly join the ranks of the idle rich and âbecome a gentleman.â

These are my answers.

In(prep) the marshy(adj) mists(noun) of(prep) a deserted(adv) village(adj) churchyard(noun), a shivering(adj), limping(adj) convict(noun) on the run suddenly(adv) terrifies(verb) Pip(noun), a tiny(adj) orphan(adj) boy(noun). Years later, a supremely(adv) arrogant(adj) young(adj) Pip(noun) boards(verb) the coach(noun) to(prep) london(noun) where, by the grace(noun) of(prep) a mysterious(adj) benefactor(noun), he(pronoun) will(verb) eagerly(adv) join(verb) the ranks(noun) of the idle(adj) rich(noun) and âbecome(verb) a gentleman(noun).â

are my answers good? I would like some help please. Other words in that paragraph I don't know what to classify them as.

thanks

Pls check the prep

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:46:31 GMT

Please check if the paragraph below is correct, specially the prepositions:

Please find enclosed progress invoices of the construction of Vera bldg. in October â07, for the sums of Sixty Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-five Euros and Fifty-five Cents (â¬60,225.55) and One Hundred Twenty-nine Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-four Euros and Thirty Cents (â¬129,494.30) which we trust you will find to your approval for payment.

Re: Introduce electronics technology

Ti:Ê§É — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:16:34 GMT

Quangtrungvtv wrote:
Hi, This is a paragraph talk about electronics technology subject:

Please comment for me,

This subject introduces about elctronics component , electronics circuit, analog circuit, digital circuit ... And many technology signal processing.

Hi Trung.

I would say something like this:

This subject introduces electronic components, electronic circuits, analog circuits, digital circuits and many types of signal processing technology.

Introduce does not need a preposition, so we can get rid of about. Usually, electronics is a subject or discipline, but I think it's more appropriate to use the adverb electronic to describe the components and circuits. There isn't really any need for the ellipsis (...). I have also restructured "technology signal processing". I think you mean technologies used to process signals, right?

Re: on/in

CalifJim — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:46:01 GMT

in your dictionary.

You check (something) in a book or document, etc., but you check on a person.

Check in your textbook to see how a sentence like that is analyzed.
The children are too quiet. We'd better check on them.

You can also just check something (for damage, etc.). [no preposition]

Check the package for damage.
Check the diamond for flaws.
Check this paragraph for mistakes.

CJ

Help needed!!!

Pradi — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:33:39 GMT

Kindly Help me in modifying with the errors in the following sentences

Instructions:

Please complete the exercises given below.
Then rename the file by adding â_your full nameâ.

e.g., Editing Test_TeenaGunt

Use the âTrack changesâ option. This will indicate any insertion or deletion made within the document in a different color.
To put this option on:

Click on âToolsâ on the main toolbar.
Select âTrack Changesâ in the drop down menu.

Â§ Save the document with the âtrack changesâ on.

Please make a note of the time taken to complete each exercise.
The objective of this exercise should be to have an output that
reflects a high standard of English while retaining the original meaning.
You may use a dictionary and/or thesaurus.

Exercise 1:

Instructions

The following is a list of sentences from documents to be published in international academic journals. Edit each sentence by correcting all errors (grammatical, typographical, etc.) and awkward constructions and modifying all informal/colloquial expressions.

1. Another example is that, when Japanese prepositions are compared with other languages, it can help students deepen their knowledge of Japanese grammer.

2. The age-related labor-force rate of women in Philippines demonstrates an M-shaped curve. This is because many married women exit their jobs following marriage and re-enter the workforce when some years are passed.

3. In the end of Fiscal Year 2004, Canadian life insurers held 32 million dollars of domestic stock, while this figure stood at a mere 20 million dollars in the end of fiscal year 2003.

4. This paper comprises of three main parts: first, we provide the findings of our study; second we describe the proposed method and third; we list results achieved though this method.

5. These observations suggest that chemical shift of the atom incorporated into the phosphole skeleton is not due to an inductive effect but a conjugated effect of the phosphole moiety.

6. Doubtlessly, students were noticed to get higher scores after following the learning pattern recommended.

7. We are hard to define the complex relation between modernity in the capitalist society and Modernism in culture only from the view of English literature because of nature of popularization.

8. If Product X was first introduced in 1995, then Product Y is believed to have been manufactured before Product X.

9. The Chinese-Indian projectâthe first of itâs kindâmet moderate success. However, the possibility remains that the interaction between two neighboring countries will have favorable consequences.

10. It reminded me of Brianâs voice, who is my cousin, and also of my fathers voice.

11. The old system, which was developed during the years of high economic growth rate has been discontinued since 2003.

12. In this study we synthesized a wide variety of polymers and their photochemical behavior was investigated.

13. Bearing this theory and the fact that sherds are very rare in the Proto-Hassuna levels of Seker al-Aheimar in mind, such a situation as in the Khabur basin may not have been unlikely to be the case in southern Iran as well.

14. The main question that should be asked is when and why does the choice of creating a new division become advisable.

15. The functions of the new machine are same as the old machine, expect for slight improvement in speed.

16. Among factors that have influence to the strategic decision of companies, researchers have proposed that the two following factors are the most influential of all.

Exercise 2:

Instructions

The following is an excerpt from a book entitled âExotic Birds of Brazil.â Edit this passage by correcting all errors (grammatical, typographical, etc.) and awkward constructions and removing all informal/colloquial expressions. Do not hesitate to rewrite entire sentences or paragraphs.

3.1 Give-and-take relationships among mixed-species flocks of birds

Through the study, we observed the seven species of birds in the flock. For each of these seven species, half of the times that I observed they were in company of other species. Or else they folaged alone. It is different from the situation of birds living in temperate forests, such as Africa, where such behaviour is seen during non-breeding season only, and not during the breeding. The reason is because during this period the birds become busy with building nests. But in Brazil despite of this, seven species were spending half each day in mixed-species flock. I already knew from books and papers that in the tropical forests, mixed-species flocks are present through the year, but to see it at first hand I wondered just why this occurred.

Not only in appearance but also the foraging technique at which each bird was respectively most proficient, was unique to each. However, comparing the technique used when each species was or was not foraging in mixed-species flock revealed the technique used to be different in six of the seven species (Figs 3, 4). The species, which showed the greatest difference, was the Crested Parrot. When foraging together with conspecifics or solitarily, the Crested Parrot sat on branches at a height of >6 ms, and flew and nabbed small insects for example bees and flies. Well, after joining a mixed-species flock the Crested Parrot comes down to a height below 6 m and starts to forage for caterpillars, centipedes, and spiders. Paradise Kingfisher also changed its foraging method from principle method of flying into air to catch insects on the wing, to one where he hovered by fluttering to catch insects residing in the foliage.

I often witnessed the Crested Parrot observing and following Red Tailed Starlings which were picking insects from the ground surface. It seems the Crested Parrot was trying to cacth the food that the Red Tailed Starling failed to capture. But, I was unable to confirm if the Crested Parrot was successful in catching any food in that way. Perhaps because in this relationship the Red Tailed Starling is aggressively dominant, the Crested Parrot could approach the Red Tailed Starling only to within a certain distance, and to have done so any closer might trigger an attack.

Re: corrections 26

Goodman — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:10:09 GMT

Vincent Teo wrote:
Vincent Teo wrote:

(a) The boats travels with motors / ... moves by motors.

     The ferry is sailing / crusing on the water.

(b) The accident happened in front of the mosque.

(c) He fills the cavities at the patient's teeth.

(d) He advises students (to) brush the teeth.

(e) He brushes the teeth two times in a day.

(f) If I walk along the road, I can reach (to /at) school.

    I walk along the road can reach school.

    If you walk along this road, you will arrive (to / at) school.

What are the corrections?

I understand that itâs discouraging for learners to see the kind of comment I had posted. I assure you, I didnât post my comment to make any one feel bad. Iâd like for you to know, I see your trying, everyday on this forum but I also see that not only you have been asking the same questions but you have been making the same mistakes. As I said, you need to spend more time on grammar and structure, instead composing random sentences and posting them here everyday looking for volunteers to correct them. What I have observed, besides grammar and structure, is that there is quite a bit of preposition type of errors. Instead of random sentences, I suggest that you try to write short paragraphs so that you learn how to make your sentences coherent. For what is worth, your sentences are simple ones and should not have the repeated mistakes, but I am sorry to inform you, for the most part, your sentences are either awkwardly sounding or incorrectly constructed. This is the honest truth. For your sentences:

(a) ~~The boats travels with motors / ... moves by motors~~. â The boats are powered by motors

The ferry is ~~sailing /~~ cruising on the water.

(b) The accident happened in front of the mosque.-ok

(d) He advises students (to) brush the teeth. He has advised the students to brush their teeth regularly.

(e) He brushes the teeth two times in a day. He brushes twice a day (no need to mention teeth in this context because itâs understood)

(f) If I walk along the road, I can reach (to /at) school. If I keep walking along, this road will take/ lead me to school.

~~I walk along the road can reach school. â~~wrong structure.

If you walk along this road, you will arrive (to / at) school. ("arrive" is not quite a good choice of word for this context. Try: "If you keep walking along this road, you will see / find the school"