LING 2P10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Transitive Verb, Leon, Adpositional Phrase
15 Jan 2016
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Ling 2p10 chapter 8: basic sentence patterns and major variations. Noun phrase: consists of a noun and another element(s) Prepositional phrase: begin with a preposition and include a noun phrase. Verb phrases: verb and any auxiliaries is driving. Adjective phrases: include one or more adjectives unhappy. Adverb phrases: include one or more adverbs ex. carefully; quite readily. Wh-questions: question words follow the auxiliary rule if the question word is asking for information about the subject of the verb places with the subject. If there is more than 1 auxiliary, only the first auxiliary changes. When who" or what" asks for the subject, there is no change in word order and we don"t need to add the do" auxiliary to simple present and simple past tense verb. When who" or what" asks for the object, the word order changes and we need to follow our first auxiliary rule.
