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When learning a new language, it is always useful to be familiar with its main grammatical units. This constitutes the first necessary step in order to understand and create meaningful speech.
Here are the main grammatical elements in Spanish and some useful information about them.
Poetry need not be confined to the realms of the dust-covered tomes of your high school English department. And you need not be afraid or intimidated by poetry; anybody can write fun (and yet educational) poems. As the following activity will show, this form of writing can bring an invigorating style to your ordinary classroom activities, regardless of your subject area or your students' grade level. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , ,
Intonation, the "music" of a language, is perhaps the most important element of a correct accent. Many people think that pronunciation is what makes up an accent. It may be that pronunciation is very important for an understandable accent. But it is intonation that gives the final touch that makes an accent correct or native. Related Article Tags: , , , , , ,
Chinese has "tones" but all languages have their own special intonation. The "music" of a language is its intonation and it is perhaps the most important element of a correct accent. Related Article Tags: , , , , , ,
Nouns and verbs are the backbone of any sentence, and thus of all writing. Here's an explanation, with examples, of why you should use strong nouns and verbs in your writing instead of loading it with adjectives and adverbs. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , ,
According to one of my previous articles, whenever a Southerner says "Y'all watch this," get out of the way because those are probably the last words he will ever say. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
A phrase is a group of words without a subject and a conjugated verb; some phrases may have a subject or a conjugated verb, but not both. Each phrase contains a "central" or predominant word or words which are often called the 'head of the phrase.' Master writers know the difference between phrases, clauses, and sentences. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
The closest search engines have come to actual applications of this technology so far is know as "Associative Indexing" and it is put in effect under Stemming, or the indexing of words on the basis of their uninflected roots (plurals, advers, and adjectival forms are reduced to simplified noun and verb forms before indexing). Related Article Tags: , , , ,
Have you recently bought a new computer or taken a computer to a computer doctor to have it fixed or, as in my case, moved it to a new location in the room. Most people like myself live in fear of having to unhook their computer because "it's a jungle back there". Related Article Tags: , , , , , ,
Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) is applied by taking millions of web pages, where the search engines can learn which words are related and which noun concepts relate to one another. Searh Engines are considering related terms and recognizing which terms that frequently occur together, maybe on the same page, or in close enough proximity. So it is mainly used for language modeling or most other applications. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
English and French have a lot in common, which should make French English translation that much simpler. Both are subject-prominent languages with relatively fixed SVO (subject-verb-object) word order. And yet literary habits, which also play a significant role in translating between the two, are, in some areas, vastly different. Related Article Tags: , , , , ,
Que and Qui are relative pronouns used to introduce relative clauses the way that Which, That and Who/Whom do in English, but their respective grammatical usages follow different rules. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , ,
When I travel around the Web looking at different Web sites I know that many lose credibility with me immediately when I spot a typo - and I spot a lot of them. Far too many actually! Take the time to learn (or relearn) grammar. You'd be surprised how much sense it actually makes now that you're an adult and you don't HAVE to learn it. Practice your writing skills and look up words when you're not sure. It's much better to take the time and do a little research than it is to have someone email you with a typo or misused word on your site or other promotional materials. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Even if you are not a native, the following facts can help you in learning the French language and becoming a better translator. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Taking a backward glance I imagine and see a sky studded with effulgent stars: Tolstoy, Flaubert, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and others-but I also see the Ed McBain twinkle in their midst. This is an appreciation for the man who was born to write. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
Influence your prospect's subsoncscious mind by using words that can have two or more meanings in the same sentence. This technique is called Punctuation Ambigutiy. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Proofreading and editing one's own work is very difficult. A quick reread seldom exposes the errors inherent in the work, but following the steps discussed in this article, should help you develop an efficient and effective method of proofing and editing your writing. These steps will help you become a better editor and in turn a better writer. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , ,
The word spa is taken from the famous natural mineral water springs at Spa in Belgium and has become used as a common noun to describe any place with a mineral or medicinal spring. Related Article Tags: , , ,
As the world continues to get smaller, there is increasing awareness of the need for a worldwide common language. This would be a language you could learn and be certain you could use virtually everywhere you go. For historical reasons, English already more or less fulfils this role, but it is still far from universal. Should English be more intensively promoted or should it be replaced by something better suited to the purpose? Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
The English language word shaman comes to English from the Tungus language of Siberia through Russian. The word is at once a verb as well as a noun. Some people today believe that "shamanism" is a religion, but it isn't. Instead the word has been taken to describe practices that are global throughout a vast array of ancient cultures from all over the planet. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
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