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... sentence , one not preceded by a preposition . Among linguists , topic refers to a syntactic position ( or slot ) that several of the NPs in a given sentence can fill . When I talk about the topics of sentences , I'm referring to a ...
... sentence , one not preceded by a preposition . Among linguists , topic refers to a syntactic position ( or slot ) that several of the NPs in a given sentence can fill . When I talk about the topics of sentences , I'm referring to a ...
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... sentence could have been its topic : ( 1 ) they ( referring to the tigers ) , ( 2 ) a drug , and ( 3 ) the omitted agent of had been injected , either we or I ( depending on the actual responsibility for administering the drug to the ...
... sentence could have been its topic : ( 1 ) they ( referring to the tigers ) , ( 2 ) a drug , and ( 3 ) the omitted agent of had been injected , either we or I ( depending on the actual responsibility for administering the drug to the ...
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... sentence determines what kinds of statements can or cannot follow in the remainder of the sequence . The author of 10.23 guessed that his audience would share his belief system and be willing to read in all the connecting material he ...
... sentence determines what kinds of statements can or cannot follow in the remainder of the sequence . The author of 10.23 guessed that his audience would share his belief system and be willing to read in all the connecting material he ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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