With the words we use and the way we pronounce them, we send signals to others—conscious and unconscious—about where we come from and how we see ourselves.
This is so true. Everyone now a days try to guess where someone is from just by the way they speak. I see a lot of people online talk about you could tell when someone is from New York from their accent.
Adjectives are often gradable
meaning it can be used in the comparative and superlative and it also can take a sub modifier.
but those in (12b) and (13b) as adverbs, once again arguing that the (b) sentences have no noun phrase
12b and 13b isn't specific. in this case the person wouldn't know what Rivera is looking up at. it could have the reader curious.
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why is "liked" VT?
we can distinguish the head word from the dependents, but otherwise there is no internal structure to the NP.
So diligent is the head word? if so is it because its describing the workers to be diligent?
In some grammar books, you will find verb-phrase adjuncts called adverbials.
Are adjuncts basically adverbials that are modifying verbs? If so that means, there are phrases that add meaning to verbs.
Ditransitive verbs can be made passive just like monotransitive ones. The passive forms of ditransitive verbs move one object into the subject position and leave the other in the original place.
so many ditransitive verbs have a passive voice form that can take a direct object?
Prepositional phrases can often be replaced by a single word (traditionally identified as an adverb):
This allows people to understand where she's going. in the first example we know she went to the bar and in the second it's kind of vague. We don't know where she's going at all.
In (13b), the clause is embedded into a larger sentence. It is known as a subordinate clause.
is a subordinate clause introduced by a conjunction? Also making a clause a longer sentence is a subordinate clause all the time or sometimes.
16) ?They were very present at the assembly.
I agree very sounds very weird in this sentence. It's really not needed they could've just left it at they were present at the assembly.
25a) His blind date stood by the fountain
By in this sentence mean he stood next to or close to the fountain.
Certain social circles expect you to follow the rules for table etiquette, and may exclude you if you violate them. Likewise, if you break prescriptive rules of language use, you will still be understood, but some may put you down as uneducated. Like table manners, prescriptive
I agree people do this all the time. Putting down people and making them feel uneducated for the way you talk or say certain things. what is the point of that if you understand them anyway?
A child that has strong phonological awareness should be able to dissect a syllable, blend phonemes, and recognize related forms (“cat” from the larger word catalog). Additionally, phonemic awareness is a subset of phonological awareness that gauges the child’s ability to identify the differences in a string of words such as in an alliteration (i.e. tongue twisters: She sells seashells by the seashore), a rhyme, and the ability to blend or fragment phonemes (K12 Reader, 2019).
Are the four main level of phonological awareness word awareness, syllable awareness, onsite rime awareness and phonemic? Is this important for kids over the age of five?
Writing is edited; we can more easily delete or rewrite something over again to make sure how we want to come across is shown in our writing. We can prewrite and brainstorm, which is an effective way of writing (Sadiku 31). This is something we cannot do as we speak.
I agree with this 100%. One problem I have is I speak without thinking and I end up regretting what I said but I can't seem to take it back. But when I'm texting or writing something I could easily delete or cross it out before anyone notice my mistake.