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Re: Punctuation

Clive — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:30:17 GMT

Hi,

Please tell me if they are punctuated correctly.

1. He is unable to move; thus, it will be hard for him to come to your house today. OK, but I'd prefer a period to a semi-colon.

2. He has hurt himself in a traffic accident. It will thus be hard for him to come to your house today. OK

3. Josh is from a farm country. He however likes the life of city. -- What difference would it make if I enclose the adverb 'however' with commas? I see it as necessary.

With regard to the use of commas when such adverbs, I'd say it's really a question of native speaker instinct. ie In a particular context, do I feel that a pause before and after the word is required?

4. You should cover all the chapters for the exam, or you will otherwise face difficulty when you take exam tomorrow. -- What difference would it make if I enclose the adverb 'otherwise' with commas? It will make the listener think a bit more about the word 'otherwise'.

Since you have said 'or', do you feel that 'otherwise' is also necessary?

5. The bus is packed with people daily. It will therefore be very difficult for you to spot her in the bus. -- What difference if I enclose the adver 'therefore' with commas? It will make the listener think a bit more about the word 'therefore'.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: adjective phrases

Velimir — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:09:33 GMT

Hello Anonymous,

In your sentences there is no adjective phrases.A phrase is a name used in the english grammar to label a group of words which acts as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence,which means that you need at least two words to label some part of the sentence a phrase. Words,phrases and clauses are three building blocks of speech and proper distinction between these elements is an essential step and the starting point in every analysis.
Adjective phrase consists of the head of the phrase,i.e adjective, and various pre-modifying and postmodifying elements.For example,

It is too hot for this time of the year.

In this sentence the whole phrase "too hot for this time of the year" is an adjective phrase which functions as a subject complement. We could say this same in a brief manner :

It is hot.

but we felt like we wanted:

1. to accentuate the meaning of hot by premodifying the head "hot" with the intensifying adverb "too"

2. and also to specify that we refer our assertion to some particular part of the year

Therefore,you get adjective phrases when you're trying to convey more information about what you mean or feel about the matter in question.

The first sentence you've quoted for example should be analysed like:

1. Carnivores are eaters of meat.

Carnivores - plural form of noun ,acts as the subject of the sentence

are - linking verb

Eaters of meat - noun phrase ,acts as a subject complement

The other two sentences follow the same syntactic pattern : subject -> linking verb -> subject complement

Best regards

Re: Help needed!

Avangi — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:35:13 GMT

Your examples all call for adjectives. The one you said you were sure about is "educational." If the other option is "education" it wouldn't work because it's a noun. "It was a very education experience"?

The ones you were unsure of each seem to be a pair of (1) an adjective, and (2) a [psuedo] adjective, or an incorrect or nonexistent form of the word, often incorrectly used by many people. (Sorry, both ironic and ironical are acceptable as adjectives. Ironically is the adverb.)

As Philip suggests, your dictionary should make it clear which one exists as an adjective and which one is either some other part of speech, or doesn't exist at all.

For example, idiotical and narcissistical don't exist. The adjectives end in "c" and the adverbs go to "cally." Egotist, on the other hand, allows both egotistic and egotistical as adjectives, with egotistically as the adverb. Irony works the same way as egotist. You just have to look them up.

Perhaps if you need a rule of thumb, when you're trying to decide between a short one ending in "c" and a longer one ending in "l", go for the short one.

Best regards, - A.

Questions

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:05:11 GMT

Dear teacher,

May I use the 'ING' form with any verb to create adjectives or nouns?

The adjective 'Telephonic' has it an adverb to be 'Telephonically'?

When I can use 'The', 'a', 'an' before nouns?

Best regards,

Re: Adverbs/Adjectives

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:01:29 GMT

verbs like looks, seems, appears are copular verb and modify the subject. Therefore, they modify the subject thus beautiful i.e. adjective is required. hence beautiful is the answer.

with regards

b.r.dua

Re: Use of thereof in the first amendment

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:50:15 GMT

I think there are a couple way to look at this. One is the use of the word 'thereof' and what it means. It is defined as such:

thereof -adverb: of or concerning this, that or it

When the word 'thereof' is used it gets its meaning entirely from the word to which it refers. So in a sense you must ask 'Of what?' in order to understand what it means.

free exercise of what? of religion

What kind of establishment? one of religion

The indefinite articles a and an are defined as such: weakened variation of one; one, lone, single So my use of 'one' should be correct there.

Another thing you must do is put it into context. The Bill of Rights is a document which defines the rights and liberties of the people(individuals) and Congress' limitations on abridging or limiting them. If you read the phrase as such:

B) ''Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise of an establishment of religion; ...''

What are the rights of the people with regard to religion? This defines rights and liberties as they apply only to 'establishments' and not individuals. If you also use it that way then there would be no need for the Free Exercise clause. If in the Establishment Clause Congress cannot make law which even respects(concerns, regards, deals with, relates to) 'an establishment of religion' then why would they need to tell us that Congress cannot make law prohibiting 'free exercise of an establishment of religion'? We already know they cannot prohibit 'free exercise of an establishment' because they can't even make law with respect to it! I hope that makes sense.

Also, you could look at The Constitution for other examples of the word 'thereof' and see how it is used.

For example:

Article. I. - The Legislative Branch
Section 2 - The House

"When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof ..."

Executive Authority of what? 'any State'

Section 3 - The Senate

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, (chosen by the Legislature thereof,)"

Legislature of what? 'each State'

"...if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof"

The Executive of what? 'any State'

Section 4 - Elections, Meetings

"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof;""

Legislature of what? 'each State'

Section 8 - Powers of Congress

"To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof,..."

Value of what? 'Money'

"To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."

Department or Officer of what? 'the Government of the United States'

Article. II. - The Executive Branch

Section 1 - The President

"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof..."

Legislature of what? 'Each State'

So on and so forth until...

Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..."

Free exercise of what? 'religion'

I hope this all makes sense.

Re: adjective phrases

Velimir — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:14:11 GMT

Hello everybody,

I like all the answers on this question,especially the explanation which Miriam has given.I just want to add that post-modification can make adjective phrases more lengthy and complex than it is a case with the simple modification with a pre-modifying adverb,for example.

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned that. (adjective phrase = adjective(surprised) complemented with a that-clause).

He is very strong for a man of his age.( adjective phrase = adjective (strong) postmodified with a prepositional phrase)

It is maybe useful to say that there is a slight difference between the complementation and postmodification of adjectives.A complement is controlled with an adjective head,and postmodifier is a freelancer.

That was my two-cents worth on it.(I like this phrase, hope I've used it correctly)

Best regards all

Re: Is this an appositive or adverbial phrase?

Avangi — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:06:49 GMT

Hi O,

I'd vote for adverbial. For one thing, the phrase does not equal Nora, which condition I believe is necessary for an appositive.

If you rearrange the sentence (if this is allowed) you have, Nora is the best of all the candidates who are running, and (I think) the phrase may be said to modify best, which is a predicate adjective (I guess you call it complement), so it takes an adverb to modify an adjective.

Regards, - A.

English Basics

Steve689 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:36:50 GMT

Hello, first time user here hoping his question is relevant!

I have been offered a job recently involving the use of clear/accurate english, hard copy, easily constructed sentences etc and even though my grasp of the english language is basically sound and i can string a coherent sentence together i feel i need to brush up on some of the basics i didn't have instilled in me fully whilst at school.

The points i am referring to are things like: pronouns, adverbs, nouns, conjugating, split infinitives, plural. Words i often read about or hear about but could not fully explain or admit to knowing the full meaning of. The reason i am asking this question is because i am searching for a book maybe that covers these areas and other basic useages of English to help me brush up and finally cut off these chains, for want of a decent metaphor!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Regards - Steve

Re: early in the morning or early in the morning ?

Hoa Thai — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:52:44 GMT

Monalisatuan wrote:
Thank you very much Thai Hoa and I 'am very sorry for bothering you again . No problem! Please correct the following if they are wrong :

a/ My father is away working in a nearby province.
You mixed two sentences into one! My father is away and My father is working in a nearby province. To correct the sentence, you need a comma between away and working to set a quick pause.

b// My father is working far away in a nearby province.
Grammatically, the sentence is fine. Semantically, âfar awayâ and ânearbyâ fight one another.

c/ My brother is studying far away from home. Okay.

d/ My brother is studying away from home. Okay, away is used as an adverb.

e/My brother is studying far away. Okay. ( 'from here' is implied)

Your help would be highly appreciated.

Best regards