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Re: long adjective formation

Mister Micawber — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:26:56 GMT

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I recommend against both. They are unspeakably awkward.

An ad appropriate in Korea / in a Korean context.
A word order appropriate in Korean.

long adjective formation

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:30:08 GMT

Hi,

Could I put the word "Korean" before the word "context" to make it a compound word (?) for the purpose of making it part of a long adjective that involves a hyphen? I don't think I can separate the words "Korean context".

a Korean-context-appropriate ad
a Korean-context-appropriate word order

Re: This is.. these are

AlpheccaStars — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:59:35 GMT

I have taught English as a Second language to new learners.

The question/answer pair "What is this?" / "This is a ..." Â is lesson 2 (after introductions "Hello, my name is...", "What's your name?")

t teaches students how to ask for vocabulary words.Â

It teaches that English uses a change in word order to make a question from a statement.

It is a basis for teaching the word order for adjectives:

"This is a pencil."

"This is a red pencil."

"This is a yellow pencil."

The question/answer pair "What are these?" / "These are..." Â is the next step.Â

It reinforces the idea of word order, and the question word "what".

It teaches subject/verb agreement for the most important verb in English, making plurals by adding -s, dropping the article "a" in the plural, and that adjectives are not inflected.

"These are pencils."

"These are red pencils."

"These areÂ yellowÂ pencils."

That's a lot of grammar for one lesson!!

Later on, you can teach more complex rules such as the difference between this (something near) and that (something far) and pronouns such as "it" and "they".

Re: difference between two sets of questions

richard_s — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:32:35 GMT

The questions on the right all require yes/no answers. Â The ones on the left require some sort of statement to be made about circumstances (E.g. the location, the time, or the condition).

This is a particularly important distinction to make when reporting questions.Â

The questions on the left will all be reported using the question word.

E.g. He asked what the time was. Â (Notice the change in word order.)

The questions on the right will all be reported using if or whether. Â

E.g. He asked if I was listening. Â (Notice that again the word order changes.)

Re: Inversion

Blink — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:47:12 GMT

Thanks, Mister Micawber.

As I have understood, if we begin a sentence with "The more, the closer etc.", the word order doesn't change. Or I'm wrong again? (((

Re: Singular verb IS?

CalifJim — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:56:01 GMT

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Why is the second bracket [is] wrong? It's used to modify 'at the heart of the program?"

Again, verbs don't modify other parts of speech. Where's the subject of the sentence? Try "plans".

The word order is not the usual order. The sentence is similar in that way to this one:

In the garden are several fountains. (Several fountains are in the garden.)

in at last vs. at least in

Palinkasocsi — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:46:20 GMT

I wonder which word order is grammatically better:

1. The problem can be approached at least in two different ways.
2. The problem can be approached in at least two different ways.
3. The problem can be approached in (at least) two different ways.

I like #1 best. What do you think?

Thanks again.

P.

How do i create TENSION, and build anticipation in my story??

Sarah_92 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:30:37 GMT

I need to write a short story for my GCSE and i'm having difficulty effectively configuring the last paragraph. My teacher says i need to build tension at the start of the paragraph and maybe generating a sympathetic response in the end..as well as i feel the last sentence's structure and word order needs reviewing.)

ENDING: (after a disastrous tornado)

It ripped through our house with a terrible noise; all we could hear was the deafening noise of the tornado. My heart was pounding as I grabbed Chris and ran towards the door, where could we go that was safe? Â I felt so terrified but I had to show to my brother that I was brave; we launched through the door and into what was left of our town. We had got out with no plan and no idea of what we were going to do, but to run as fast as our legs could carry us. We ran, and ran but was it really any use? The tornado making it a constant struggle for movement, we eventually pulled towards an upright car, we had to get out of here, no matter what! I heard the faint sounds of a scream, and forgot all about the car, where was Chris! I turned to find him being forced ever nearer to the tornado "Oh no...â tears streaming rapidly down my face as I began to move towards Chris, but it was too late... I heard the last scream of terror. He was sucked into the ruthless beast. He forced us apart, ferociously tearing Chris in the opposite direction. Blood was everywhere. Once there was a small town. But now, a pile of destruction replaced it.Â

(Chris is main characters, little sibling)

Thank you,

Re: adverb phrase or adverb clause?

Clive — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:13:52 GMT

Hi,

I'd like to know if the part I'm sure is an adverb clause or an adverb phrase - or possibly neither of it.

You can enjoy your holiday now, I'm sure.
A sentence like this is characteristic of relaxed and casual speech and grammar.
I don't see anything adverbial here. Instead, I'd consider these two approaches to understanding what is really meant.

1.You can enjoy your holiday now. I'm sure. ie 2 separate statements
or
2. I'm sure (that) you can enjoy your holiday now. Here, 'I'm sure ' is the main clause and the rest is a subordinate clause explaing what I am sure of.

I favour approach #2. As you can see, it's just rearranging the existing word order.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Than would

Clive — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:56:46 GMT

Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

Word order can sometimes vary. This particular order is sometimes used with a sentence using 'than' in this way.
eg Tom will get marks in this class than would Mary.
But it's also OK to say Tom will get marks in this class than Mary would.

Clive