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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 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 ...
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... sentence so that what remains functions as a noun phrase in another sentence , e.g. , in the sentence The destruction of Nagasaki was a bad decision , [ t ] he destruction of Nagasaki is the nominalized version of the sentence . [ The ...
... sentence so that what remains functions as a noun phrase in another sentence , e.g. , in the sentence The destruction of Nagasaki was a bad decision , [ t ] he destruction of Nagasaki is the nominalized version of the sentence . [ The ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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