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Dear all,
As we are discussing English Syntax, I would like to share some interesting material I got on the Web.
It has been developed by Prof. John P. Broderick, University Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (Britain).
Please visit:
You will need Adobe Reader or Acrobat to view the files.
I am taking a good look and, later on, will try my hand at Alex's "challenge".
All the best,
Priscila
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Date: terça-feira, 20 de dezembro de 2005 11:35:53
Subject: Re: Need some help
2005/12/19, J. W. Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Alex wrote:
> I need some assistance with learning the parts of speech and verbals.
> Also, I need some help with finding them (the eight parts of speech and
> verbals) in sentences. Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Here's an example. I'd like to know if it is right.
>
> Bill (subject) is going (verb) to (prep.) the (article) store (noun..
OK so far.
It isn't OK.
Parts of speech: Bill (noun, proper) is (verb) going (participle) to (preposition) the (article) store (noun)
Sentence parts: Bill (subject) is going (predicate) to the store (adverbial of place)
> nom. case (used as pred. nom.);
Not in Latin it wouldn't be: a noun governed by a preposition will be
in an oblique case.
> it is nueter for gener and singular in number).
Depends on which Latin word for 'store' you're using: if it's
<apotheca> or <cella penuaria>, it's feminine; if it's <thesaurus>,
it's masculine; if it's <cellarium>, <promptuarium>, <receptaculum>, or
<repositorium>, it's neuter.
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