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The article

Table of Contents General Rules....................................................................... 2 The Definite Article ............................................................... 5 Names that take the Definite Article...................................... 6 No article.............................................................................. 7 Countable and uncountable nouns ....................................... 9 General Rules There are two articles in the English language – the Indefinite Article and the Definite Article. The Indefinite Article has two forms – a and an (a precedes words beginning with a consonant sound and an precedes words beginning with a vowel sound). It comes from the Old English word ãn, which meant one. The Definite Article is the. It comes from the Old English word ţis, which meant this. Thus, in most general terms, a and an cannot be used with countable nouns in the plural and with uncountable nouns

Akadeemiline inglise keel

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Inglise keele praktilise grammatika mõisted

A crew of sailors. A flock of birds. A range of mountains. conjunction any member of a small class of words distinguished in manylanguages by their function as connecto rs between words, phrases,clauses, or sentences, as and, because, but, however. content words Content words are words that have meaning. They can be compared to grammatical words, which are structural. Nouns, main verbs, adjectives and adverbs are usually content words. Auxiliary verbs, pronouns, articles, and prepositions are usually grammatical words. Example ‘We flew over the mountains at dawn'. countable nouns Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns: •dog, cat, animal, man, person •bottle, box, litre •coin, note, dollar •cup, plate, fork •table, chair, suitcase, bag

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Grammar Terminology

a subordinate clause and a main clause. interjection hüüdsõna, A term for exclamatory words or expressive Gosh! That's quick. interjektsioon vocalisations used to express emotional reactions such as surprise, shock, delight (Oh! Ouch! Oops! Wow!). article artikkel Articles are used with nouns. There are three forms of a/an, the the article in English: the indefinite article (a/an), the definite article (the), the zero article. 3 Grammatical Terminology

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Inglise keele stilistika

e.g The Hardy's were rather late (the family) He was introduced a Ms.Hubbard Have you A.Turner? (art) The article ,,a", ,,an" before a familyname creates evaluative meaning. e.g I do not claim to be a Rousseau. I don't claim I sing well. In numeration, adjectives require grammatically just one article. e.g He was a nice, pleasant man. We may have an article with every adjective. e.g It was a brilliant, an excellent, a breath-taking idea. The second and third articles are uncommon and thus they emphasize the words that follow. Absence of the article in the singular of countable nouns is violation of the norm, however it is used for the sake of greater expressiveness, also to express the idea of generalization. e.g Wife, child, house, dog ­isn't it too much? Absence becomes rather abstract. 3 Pronoun The pronoun I in the prose may be intentionally repeated in the dialogue/direct speech to imply, to suggest the character's selfish

Stilistika (inglise)

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1. STYLE The term "style" is polysemantic (has many meanings): a Latin word "stilus" originally meant a writing instrument used by ancient people. Already in classical Latin the meaning was extended to denote the manner of expressing one's ideas in written or oral form. Jonathan Swift defined style as "proper words in proper places". In present day English the word "style" is used in about a dozen of principle meanings: 1. the characteristic manner in which a writer expresses his/her ideas (e.g. style of Byron) 2. the manner of expressing ideas, characteristic of a literary movement or period 3. the use of language typical of a literary genre (e.g. the style of a comedy, drama, novel). 4. the selective use of language that depends on spheres / areas of human activity (e.g. style of fiction, scientific prose, newspapers, business correspondence, etc.). STYLISTICS Stylistics ­ is the study of style. The very term "stylistics" came in more com

Stilistika (inglise)

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Stilistika loeng

Ladusseva "Stylistic practice: Book I, Book II" - I. Ladusseva "A Guide to Punctuation" EXAMINATION TOPICS: 1. Style, stylistics, a survey of stylistic studies 2. Inherent connotations. Phonesthemes Use lecture notes 3. Adherent connotations 4. Stylistic morphology: articles, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, number * 5. Expressiveness on the level of word-building 6. Phonetic expressive means Study independen tly 7. Phonetic SD ("Rhythm And Style") 8. Lexical SD* 9. Syntactic SD* Use lecture notes 10. Graphical means and devices

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Definite Article (The)

DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) THE IS USED BEFORE: · nouns which are unique (the moon) · names of: o cinemas (the Opera) o hoteles (the Hilton) o theaters (the Palladium) o museums (the Louvre), o newspapers/magazines (the European but: Newseek) o ships (the Titanic), o galleries (the Tate Gallery) o rivers (the Thames) o seas (the Black Sea) o groups of islands/states (the USA) o mountain ranges (the Alps) o deserts (the Negev Desert) o oceans o canals o names or nouns with ''of'' (the Queen of Spain) · musical intruments (the piano) · dances (the samba) · names of families (the Browns) · nationalities ending in ­sh, -ch or ­ese (the Welsh). Othe plural nationalities are used with or without ''the'' (the Australians or Australians) · titles (the King, the Professor but: King Philip III) · adjectives

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his book ­ it is still plagiarism (e.g. "This author is the cheap prostitute selling the cheap ideas" Author X. BUT! If I say "According to author X this author is ... "- it is plagiarism). When you have no quotation marks but have rendered other author's ideas ­ be very careful. Ideas, assessments, statements ­ need to have reference to the author. All the statistical data from other books and articles should be credited too. Quoting. References When you quote ­ it shows you have studied the background material, but you need to be rational ­ there should not be too many quotations. When you quote the quotation cannot just stand alone, when you quote you do it for a certain reason. You need to comment on the quotation (before or after). Your commentary on the quotation needs to be as long as the quotation (e.g. biographical sketch of A. Christy ­

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