Writing 2210F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gerund, Nonfinite Verb, Regular And Irregular Verbs
13 Feb 2017
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The cat, a cat (can it be preceded by a determiner?) Some words in english only have singular form e. g. homework. Some words in english only have plural form e. g. shorts, scissors. Open class words are sometimes referred to as (cid:494)form words(cid:495) That(cid:495)s why (onegger suggest tests for nouns. If a word passes all, or most, of these tests, it(cid:495)s likely a noun. The three cats are brown (make it plural?) The cat sat on the mat (use in subject position?) So it is a noun, but it still fails some of the tests. 35: expressing action in the form of nouns. Readers prefer their sentences to be in this pattern: an active verb. The homework (yes), but a homework (no) We like that sequence: x did y. We want stories, even in little sentences. Subject, character (some entity capable of doing something), expressed in. Meaning: describes, modifies, or qualifies the meaning of a noun (the small.
