Can I have two-word sentences? - English Language Learners …
2015年4月28日 · Sentences usually have a subject (something doing the action or that the sentence is about) and a predicate (what the subject is doing or more information about the subject). Examples of two-word sentences that everyone would agree are "complete sentences" are "Dogs bark" (Subject Verb), "I slept" (Subject Verb), and "We left" (Subject Verb).
Is the SVOMPT word order necessary in creating a sentence?
They vary word order for many reasons: style, focus, emphasis, rhythm, sound, rhyme, etc. What's important is knowing how changing the word order affects the meaning of your sentences. Unlike Japanese, Latin, and Basque, English is a word-order language: Man bites dog means something different from Dog bites man, and Bites man dog is ungrammatical.
grammaticality - Is "Hello." a sentence? - English Language …
2015年2月27日 · To me, these are sentences. If you need a verb for them to be a sentence, you can think of the sentence as "(I say) 'Hello!'" "(I say) 'Hogwash'." The second line of this answer is one word: yes. I condider "yes" in that context to be a sentence. It is answering the question that is in the first line.
relative clauses - Combining sentences with “who” - English …
I have to combine sentences in many ways. Could you help me check them please? I was sitting on the bridge. I watched the children. I think it is okay to combine sentences like this. Watching the children, I was sitting on the bridge, But is it possible if I use “who” like the sentence below? I, who watched the children, was sitting on the ...
word choice - How can I give two reasons in two sentences?
2014年10月13日 · @moose You can start off one sentence with 'Firstly' and the other other with 'Secondly', and that will accomplish the same thing. You are free to make points between the two (even more sentences if required) as long as they are related to the first reason, and you eventually return to stating your second reason. –
word order - Passive sentences: placing an adverbial before or …
Are both sentences grammatical? Is it okay to put the adverbial at school either before or after the agent Vasya? (Leaving out the obivous issue of the shift of focus). I've read that adverbs of manner, place and time usually go in end position, but here the adverbial can possibly be used in either of the two slots.
phrases - How to use the word "downtime" - English Language …
2013年5月28日 · The vast majority of the time, the word downtime is a negative thing meaning that a system is not working (often "network downtime" as mustafa mentioned). On the other hand, the word can also occasionally mean something like "free time." Normally, I pronounce the word as two words when using it in this sense.
When can I remove the word "that" in a sentence?
In the remaining sentences, that acts as a subordinator (subordinating conjunction). In sentences 2, 3 and 4, that may be dropped because the subordinate clause which it heads is the direct object of the verb in the main clause and is in its ordinary position immediately after that verb.
word usage - Using "on which" in a sentence - English Language …
Joining two sentences using "which"? 2. Is it correct not to use the article in the following sentence? 2.
How and when can we use the word "diminish"?
2014年1月30日 · @roger - Sorry to sound blunt, but I disagree completely with your first paragraph. Step 1 of learning a new word: look it up in example dictionaries. Step 2: Try to use it in your own context. I don't see how inserting a word into a new sentence amounts to "inventing" a foreign language.