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Lecture1
TheGrammaticalHierarchy
ITeachingobjectives:
1.HelpstudentstoknowthehierarchicalstructureofEnglishgrammar.
2.Getstudentstolearnmorphemeswords,phrasesandsentencesandtheir
classification.
IITeachingdifflculties:
1.Morphemes
2.Fourtypesofsentences
IIITeachingprocedures
1.Introduction
ThegrammaticalstructureofEnglishisahierarchicalone,whichcanbedivided
intofivelevels,i.e.Sentence,Clause,Phrase,WordandMorpheme.Asentenceisthe
largestunitandhighestlevelinagrammaticalstructurewhileamorphemeisthe
smallestandlowestone.
2.Morphemes
AmorphemeisthesmallestunitinEnglishgrammar,andalsothesmallest
meaningfulunitoflanguage.
1)FreeMorphemes
Freemorphemesaremorphemeswhichcanconstitutewordsbythemselves,e.g.
boy,girl,work,water.
2)BoundMorphemes
Somemorphemeslikede-,dis-,-ness,-lyareneverusedindependentlyinspeech
andwriting.Theyarealwaysattachedtofreemorphemestoformnewwords.
Thesemorphemesarecalledboundmorphemes.
Boundmorphemesaremostlyaffixes.Affixesareattachedtofreemorphemes
eithertoformnewwordsortoindicategrammaticalcategories.Affixescanbe
dividedintotwotypes:prefixesandsuffixes.
3.Words
1)SimpleWord,Derivative,CompoundWord
a)simplewords(morphemewords):at,far,hand,get
b)derivatives:
prefixes:dislike,unhappy,pronoun,prewar
suffixes:worker,widen,foolish,manly
c)compoundwords:handbook,outline,moreover,anybody
2)Accordingtogrammaticalfunction,Englishwordscanbeclassifiedinto
ClosedClassandOpenClass.
a)ClosedClass
ClosedclassreferstoalltheFunctionwords.Thenumberofthistypeofwords
arelimited.Nonewcomerswillenterintothisclass.Therefore,thiskindof
wordsarecalledClosedClass.Theyinclude:
Preposition:in,on,without
Pronoun:you,he,one,this
Determiner:a,the,his,that,some
Conjunction:and,or,but,when
Auxiliary:do,can,must,will
b)OpenClass
OpenclassreferstoalltheContentWords.Inthistypeofwords,newwords
appearcontinuously.Therefore,theyarecalledOpenClass.Theyincluded:
Noun:Smith,Paris,man,book
Adjective:old,big,cheap
Adverb:here,fast,early
MainVerb:work,make,give
4.Phrases
Aphraseisagrammaticalunitwhichisformedbyonewordormorethanone
word.Aphraseisusuallyastringofwordsbuiltuparoundaheadwordwhich
determinesboththeclassthatthephrasebelongstoandthewaythephraseis
structured.
NounPhrase(NP):
allthecollegestudents
thetallboysittingthere
VerbPhrase(VP):
lookspale
an-ivedlastnight
AdjectivePhrase(AdjP):
verydifficult
carefulenough
AdverbPhrase(AdvP):
veryclearly
soslowly
PrepositionPhrase(P.P):
beforethewar
inthenorth
5.Clauses
Inlogicalterms,aclauseisaconstructionofasubjectandapredicate.Inview
ofgrammaticalrelations,clausesaredividedintotwobroadcategories,themain
clauseandthesubordinateclause,thelatterofwhichmayfunctionasanominal
clause,arelativeclause,oranadverbialclause.
1)Nominalclauses
Hesaidthathehaddonehisbest.
Whathesaidwastrue.
2)Relativeclauses
ThisisoneofthebestfilmsI'veeverseen.
Hefailedtopassthetest,whichwasapity.
3)Adverbialclauses
IfIwereyou,Iwouldnotquit.
Iwashavingdinnerwhenhecame.
6.Sentences
Intermsofsentencestructure,sentencescanbeclassifiedintothreekinds:(1)
simplesentences,(2)compoundsentencesand(3)complexsentences.
(1)Youthrowastoneatthewindow.
rilscream.(twosimplesentences)
(2)YouthrowastoneatthewindowandI'llscream.(twocoordinatemain
clausesinonesentence).
(3)Ifyouthrowastoneatthewindow,I'llscream.(onemainclauseandone
subordinateclausewithinoneandthesamesentence)
IVAssignment
MemorizeEnglishgrammaticalterminology.
Lecture2
TheSentenceStructure
ITeachingobjectives:
1.HelpstudentstoknowthestructureofEnglishsentence.
2.GetstudentstolearnthepartsofsentenceandthebasicsentenceofEnglish.
IITeachingdifficulties:
1.Partsofsentence
2.Theexpansionandconversionofthebasicsentence
IIITeachingprocedures
1.Clauses
Wehavesaidthataclauseconsistsofoneormorephrases.Inlogicalterms,aclauseisa
constructionofasubjectandapredicate.Asfarasthestructureisconcerned,clausesfall
intosevenmajorpatterns:SV,SVC,SVO,SVoO,SVOC,SVAandSVOA.Inviewof
grammaticalrelations,clausesaredividedintotwobroadcategories,themainclause
andthesubordinateclause,thelatterofwhichmayfunctionasanominalclause,a
relativeclause,oranadverbialcause.Besidesthese,inthesubordinateclauses,wealso
havefinite,non-finite,andverblessclauses.Forexample,
Hecomplainedthatwhatyousaidwasnottrue.
2.Subjectandpredicate
Thesubjecthasaclosegeneralrelationtowhatisbeingdiscussed,thethemeofthe
sentence,withthenormalimplicationthatsomethingnew,thepredicate,isbeingsaid
aboutasubject.
3.Clausepatterns
Manygrammarbooksrecognizefiveclauseelements:subject(S),verb(V),object(O),
complement(C),andadverbial(A).Verbissometimesreferredtoaspredicator.Andas
wehavementionearlierinthelecture,wehavesevenbasicclausepatterns:SV,SVC,
SVO,SVoO,SVOC,SVAandSVOA.
Forexample:
1)SVstructure:
Everybodylaughed.
Theguestshavearrived.
Pricesaregoingdown.
2)SVCstructure
Thatcarismine.
Shelooksverybeautiful.
Themusicsoundssweet.
3)SVOstructure
Shelovesme.
Nobodycouldanswerthequestion.
Thecarisbuildingupspeed.
4)SVoOstructure
Ioftensendhime-mails.
Marylentmehercar.
Igaveherabunchofflowers.
5)SVOCstructure
WeelectedG.W.BushpresidentoftheUnitedStates.
Wemadehimourspokesman.
Hepronouncedhimselfinfavoroftheplan.
Inmostcases,adverbialsarenotnecessary,butinsomeSVstructuresandSVO
structureswhensomeverbsareconcerned,adverbialsbecomeindispensable.For
example,
IliveinBeijing.
Shakespearelivedinthe16thandearly17thcentury.
Theystayedinahotel.
HewillbeflyingtoShanghai.
Heputthecoininhismouth.
Hetreatedhervilely(extremelyunpleasantlyorbadly).
Inthesesentences,theadverbialsareindispensable;otherwisethemeaningofeach
sentencemaybecomeunclear.Thereforesomegrammariansarguethatweshouldadd
anothertwotypesofclausestructures:SVOAandSVAstructures.Basedonthesebasic
clausestructures,wewillbeabletoproduceasmanysentencesaswelike.
4.Sentences
Asentenceconsistsofoneormoreclauses.Aone-clausesentenceistermeda"simple
sentencen\asentencemadeupoftwoormoreclausesiscalledeithera^compound
sentence""ora"complexsentence".Toperformdifferentfunctions,asentencecanbea
statement,aquestion,acommand,oranexclamation.
5.Simple,compoundandcomplexsentences
Asdefinedabove,asimplesentencecontainsoneclause.Inasentencecontainingmore
thanoneclause,theclausesmayberelatedtooneanotherbycoordination(ina
compoundsentence)orbysubordination(inacomplexsentence).
6.Statements,commands,questionsandexclamations
Ifwethinkofthesocialroleoflanguage,wecansaythatlanguageisbroadlyconcerned
withgivingandrequiringinformationandwithofferingandrequiringthingsoractions.
Thefoursentencetypesarerecognizedlargelyonthebasisoftheirsyntacticforms;in
themeantime,theircommunicativefunctionsarealsotakenintoconsideration:
7.Transformationandexpansionofthebasicclausepatterns
(基本句型的轉(zhuǎn)換與擴(kuò)大)
Basedonthesevenbasicclausepatternsandthefourtypesofsentences,togetherwith
thehelpofthecoordinatorsandsubordinators,wecanthenhaveaninfinitenumberof
sentencesofvarioustypes.
Hewasahandicappedchild.Heperseveredinhisstudies.Laterhebecamea
well-knownscholar.
Hewasahandicappedchild,butheperseveredinhisstudies,andlaterhebecame
awell-knownscholar.
Sincethedayhewasborn,hehadbeenfoundtobeahandicappedchild,butwith
theencouragementfromhisparentsandfriendsheperseveredinhisstudies,and
yearslaterhebecameawell-knownscholarwhospecializedinphysics.
IVAssignment
1.MemorizeEnglish10partsofasentence
2.Makingasentenceforeachbasicsentence.
Chapter4+5
TheSubject-verbConcord(I)(II)
ITeachingobjectives:
1.Knowwhatiscalled“subject-verbconcord,,;
2.Knowtheguidingprinciplesofsubject-verbconcord;
IITeachingdifficulties:
1.Collectivenounsassubject;
2.Nounsendingin-sasthesubject.
IllTeachingprocedures
Subject-verbConcord(I)
1.Definition
Concord,alsotermed“agreement”,canbedefinedas“therelationshipbetweentwo
grammaticalunitssuchthatoneofthemdisplaysaparticularfeature(e.g,,plurality)that
accordswithadisplayedfeature(orsemanticallyimplicit)intheother”.
2.Threeguidingprinciples
Thesubject-verbconcordisgovernedbythreecomplementaryprinciples:the
grammaticalprinciple,thenotionalprincipleandtheprincipleofproximity.Amongthe
threeprinciplesthegrammaticalprincipleisfarmorepopularthantheothertwo.
Problemsoftenarisewithconcordwhenthesubjectisacollectivenoun,acoordinated
nounphrase,anindefiniteexpressionofamount,anominalclauseorthereinthe
existentialsentence.Suchasubjectofteninvalidatesthegrammaticalprincipleandwe
havetoresorttootherprinciplestojustifytheconcord.
Examples:
Everybodywashappywiththedecision,(thegrammaticalprinciple)
TheaudiencewerebroughttotheirfeetatthesightofPresidentHuJingtao.(the
notionalprinciple)
EitheryouorIamresponsibleforthemistake,(theprincipleofproximity)
3.Problemsofconcordwithnounsendingin-s
Therearequiteafewnounsthatendin-sbutwhicharenotcountable.Someof
thesenounsaretreatedassingular,someasplural,andsomeeitherassingularoras
plural.Allthiscanbedealtwithunderthefollowingheadings.
3.1Diseaseandgamenamesendingin-s
Namesofdiseasesendingin-saremostlytreatedassingular,butthereareafew
suchnames(asmeaslesandrickets)whichcanbeusedeitherassingularorasplural.
Gamenamesendingin-saregenerallyusedassingularwiththeexceptionof
cardswhichisusuallytreatedasplural.
3.2Subjectnamesendingin-ics
Namesofsubjectsendingin-icsaregenerallysingularnouns,butsomesuch
nounsaretreatedaspluralwhenusedinothersensesthansubjectnames.Compare:
Acousticsisthescienceofsound.
Theacousticsinthenewconcerthallarefaultless.
Economicsisarequiredcourseforallthestudents.
Theeconomiesoftheprojectarestillbeingconsidered.
3)Geographicalnamesendingin-s
Geographicalnamessuchasthenamesofarchipelagos,mountainranges,straitsand
fallsaregenerallyusedasplural,exceptforafewtreatedassingularwhenusedas
countrynames,eg:
TheHimalayashaveamagnificentvarietyofplantandanimallife.
TheStraitsofGibraltarhavenotlosttheirstrategicimportance.
InearlyJanuary1976,theNetherlandsms'hitbyit?worststormsince1953.
3.4Othernounsendingin-s
Namesforthingsmadeoftwopartssuchasscissors,pincers,etcareusuallyusedas
plural.Butwhentheyareprecededbysuchunitnounsasapairofandtwopairsof,the
numberformofthefollowingverbisgenerallydeterminedbythenumbermarkerofthe
unitnoun.
Nounsusuallytakingpluralendingssuchasarchives,armsandclothesaregenerally
usedaspluralwiththeexceptionofwhereabouts,dramatics,etcwhichmaybetreated
eitheraspluralorassingular.
Nounsendingin-ingssuchasclippings,diggings,etcaregenerallyusedaspluralwith
theexceptionoftidingswhichcanbeusedbothways.
Therearealsonounssuchasbarracksandheadquarterswhosesingularandplural
numbersharethesameform.Thesenounsaretreatedaspluralwhenusedintheplural
sense,orviceversa.
4.Problemsofconcordwithcollectivenounsassubject
Collectivenounsaresingularinformbutpluralinmeaning.Thechoicebetween
grammaticalandnotionalconcordismostlydictatedbyusage.
4.1Collectivenounsusuallyusedasplural
Theseincludepeople,police,cattle,militiamen,etc,
TheChinesepeopleareagreatpeople.
Domesticcattleprovideuswithmilk,beefandhides.
4.2Collectivenounsusuallyusedassingular
Theseincludefoliage,machinery,equipment,merchandise,etc:
Allthemerchandisehasarrivedundamaged.
AllthemachineryinthefactoryismadeinChina.
4.3Collectivenounsusedeitheraspluralorassingular
Therearecollectivenounsthatcanbeusedeitheraspluralorassingular.Thechoiceof
theverbformfollowingsuchnounsdependsontheexactmeaningofthenounina
specificcontext.Whenthenounisusedinthesenseofacollectiveasawhole,theverb
takesthesingularform.If,ontheotherhand,thenounisusedinthesenseofthe
individualsthatmakethecollective,theverbtakesthepluralform.Compare:
Theanti-crimecommitteeistomakeitsreporttomorrow.
Thecommitteearedividedinopinionaboutthisproblem.
Thatgroupofsoldiersisatop-notchfightingunit.
Thatgroupofsoldiershahthebestratingsofindividualperformance.
4.4Acommitteeof,etc+pluralnoun
Whenapluralnounisprecededbyacommitteeof/aboardof/apanelof,theverb
usuallytakesthesingularform,eg:
Acommitteeoffivemenandthreewomenistoconsiderthematter.
Theboardofdirectorsisresponsibleforthemanagementofthecompany.
Subject-verbConcord(II)
Thissectiondealswithproblemsofconcordwithacoordinateconstruction,a
quantitativeexpression,oranominalclauseassubject.
1Problemsofconcordwithacoordinatesubject
Thefollowingrulesaretobeobservedinthecaseofacoordinatesubject.
1.1Coordinationwith"and"or"both...and"
Coordinationby"and"or"both...andMisusuallytreatedaspluralwhenitrefersto
twoormorethantwopersons/things,butitistreatedassingularwhenitreferstoonly
onepersonorthing.Compare:
BothPaulineandBobhavegonefishingonMiramarLake.
Rain,hailandwindhahcausedanestimated$22,000,000damageto
cropsandlivestock.
Thesecretaryandtreasurerwasabsentfromthemeeting.
Hamandeggsisagoodbreakfast.
1.2Coordinationwithnor'/neither...or1',nnor'7"neither...nor1',*'notonlybut
also"
Heretheproblemofconcordisgenerallydealtwithaccordingtotheprincipleof
proximity.Butininformalstyle,itemscoordinatedby"neither...nor"or"notonly...but
also"cansometimesberegardedasplural,eg:
Mysistersormybrotherislikelytobeathome.
Eithermyfatherormybrothersarecoming.
Neithertheplayersnorthecoachms/(were)overconfident.
Notonlytheswitchesbutalsothe'oldwiringbas/(have)beenchanged.
2Problemsofconcordwithexpressionsofquantityassubject
Quantitativeexpressionsfallintotwocategories-definiteandindefinite.
2.1Concordwithexpressionofdefinitequantityassubject
Whenadefinitequantityisregardedasasingleunit,theverbtakesthesingular
formandwhenusedinthesenseoftheindividualsthatconstitutethequantity,theverb
takesthepluralform.Compare:
Hethoughtthat65dollarsmsnott?muchtoask.
Therearegsilverdollarsineachofthestockings.
Ifthesubjectis"afraction/percentage+of-phraseH,theformoftheverbis
determinedbythenounintheof-phrase.Apluralnounintheof-phraserequiresaplural
verb;asingularoramass.Nounintheof-phraseistobefollowedbyasingularverb,eg:
Over60%ofthecityyeasdestroyedinthewar.
Two-thirdsoftheswamplandhasbeenreclaimedforfarming.
Nearly50%ofthedoctorsarewomen.
IfthesubjectisanexpressionofnAplus/a?dB"ornAmultipliedbyB",theverb
caneithertakethesingularorthepluralform.If,ontheotherhand,thesubjectisoneof
“AminusB"ornAdividedbyB",theverbcanonlybesingular,eg:
Sevenplus/andfive(7+5)makes/maketwelve.
Fortyminusfifteen(40-15)leavestwenty-five.
Fivetimeseight(5x8)is/areforty.
Fortydividedbyeight(40+8)isfive.
Ifthesubjectisanounphrasecomposedof“onein/outo什pluralnoun”,theverbtakes
thesingularformininformalstyle,butininformalstyleitcanbeplural,eg:
Oneintenstudentshas/gavefailedtileexam.
Oneoutoftwentywas/werebadlydamaged.
2.2Concordwithexpressionofindefinitequantityassubject
Whenthesubjectisanounphrasecomposedofnallof...,someof…,noneof
halfofmostofetc',thenumberoftheverbisdeterminedbythenouninthe
of-phrase.Thisisalsotrueof"lotsof,heapsof,loadsof,scadsof,plentyof+noun",eg:
Allofthecargoislost.
Allofthecrewweresaved.
Lotsoffoodisgoingtowaste.
Lotsofpeoplearewaitingoutside.
Whenthesubjectisanounprecededby"aportionof,aseriesof,apileof,apanelof,
theverbinvariablytakesthesingularform,whatevertheformsofthenoun.Likewise,
whenthesubjectisanoun,singularorplural,precededby"akind/sort/typeoforby
"thiskind/sort/typeof\theverbtakesthesingularform.If"kind/sort/typeofis
precededby"these/those1'andfollowedbyapluralnoun,theverbshouldbeplural,eg:
Asubstantialportionofthereportsismissing.
Aseriesofaccidentshasbeenreported.
Thiskindofmanannoysme.
Thattypeofcarisold-fashioned.
Thesetortofmachinesareuptodate.
Ifthesubjectisanounphrasecomposedof"manya+noun"or"morethanone+
noun",thiskindofnounphrase,thoughnotionallyplural,istreatedassingular.
Manyamanhasdonehisduty.
Morethanonegame?slost.
Ifthesubjectisapluralnounprecededbynanaverageof/amajorityof*,theverb
formisdeterminedbythenotionofthenounphrase:ifthenounheadistheword
"average/majority',,theverbshouldbesingular;iftheheadisthepluralnoun,theverb
shouldbeplural.Compare:
Anaverageof25applicationsamonthisnotunusual.
3Otherproblemsofsubject-verbconcord
Thereareotherproblemsofsubject-verbconcordthatworthmentioning.
3.1Problemsofconcordwithanominalclauseassubject
Whenthesubjectisanominalclauseintroducedbywhat,who,which,how,why,
whether,etc,theverbusuallytakesthesingularform.Butwhentwoormoresuch
clausesarecoordinatedbyandorboth...and,apluralverbisrequired,eg:
Whatcausedtheaccidentisacompletemystery.
Whatcausedtheaccidentandwhowasresponsibleforitremainamysterytous.
InSVCconstructionswithawhat-clauseassubject,theverbusuallytakesthe
singularform.Butwhenthesubjectcomplementisplural,orwhenthewhat-clauseis
pluralinmeaning,theverbofthemainclausecanbeplural,eg:
Whatwasrealtohimwerethedetailsofhislife.
Whatareoftenregardedaspoisonousfungiaresometimessafelyedible.
3.2Subject-verbconcordwithanon-finiteclauseassubject
Whenthesubjectisanon-finiteclause,theverbofthemainclauseusuallytakes
thesingularform.Butwhentwoormoresuchclausesarecoordinatedbyand,theverb
ofthemainclausetakesthesingularformwhenthesubjectreferstoonething,andthe
pluralformwhenthesubjectreferstoseparatethings,eg:
Toclimbmountainsrequirescourage.
Playingtennisisaverygoodexercise.
Compare:
ReadingIbsenandsolvingaquadraticequationareentirelydifferentassignments.
3.3Subject-verbconcordinrelativeclauses
Intheconstructionof"oneof+pluralnoun+relativeclause'1,theprincipleof
grammaticalconcordisgenerallyobserved.Sometimes,especiallyinBritishEnglish,in
ordertolayemphasison“one",theverbcanalsotakethesingularform.When"one"is
precededby“the"or"theonly",theverbcanonlybesingular.Compare:
Joanisoneofthosepeoplewhogooutoftheirwaytobehelpful.
JasperWhiteisoneofthoserarepeoplewhobelievesinancientmyths.
Keyesistheonlyoneoftheplayerswhohaslearnedalltherules.
3.4Subject-verbconcordincleft-sentences
Incleft-sentences,subject-verbconcordinthat-/who-clauseisgenerally
determinedbythenumberofthefocalelementfunctioningassubjectintheclause.
Thereisonepointthatshouldbenoted:whenthefocalelementisT',theverbTOBEin
thefollowingwho-/that-clauseusuallyagreeswith"Tinbothpersonandnumber;if,
ontheotherhand,thefocalelementis"me"insteadof"I",theverbTOBEinthe
followingwho-/that-clauseshouldtakethethirdpersonsingularnumber,eg:
ItisIwhoamtoblame.
Itismethatistoblame.
3.5Subject-verbconcordinexistentialsentences
Inexistentialsentences,subject-verbconcordisgenerallydeterminedbythe
numberofthe"notionalsubject",butininformalstyle,especiallyinspokenlanguage,
theverboftenagreeswiththe"formalsubject11andtakesthesingularform,eventhough
thenotionalsubjectisplural.Whenthenotionalsubjectisacoordinateconstruction,the
verbformgoeswiththefirstcoordinateelementofthenotionalsubject,singularor
plural,eg:
Thereisanoteleftonthedesk.
Therearethreeroutesyoucantake.
There'smoregraceandlesscarelessness.
There'satongspringboard,andthreeraftsatvaryingdistancesfromtheshore.
IVAssignment
1.Exercise2B
2.Exercise3C
Lecture6+7
NounandNounPhrase
ITeachingobjectives:
1.Knowtheclassificationofnouns;
2.Understandthenumberformsofnounsandpartives.
IITeachingdifficulties:
1.Singularinvariables
2.Pluralinvariables
3.Irregularplurals.
IllTeachingprocedures
1.Nounclasses
Concretenounsvs.abstractnouns;propernounsvs.commonnouns;countable
nounsvs.massnouns
2.Number
Regularpluralformswillbeleftoutfromdiscussion.Ourattentionwillbefocusedon
somemoreproblematicissues:nounsthatareinvariablysingularorpluralandnouns
thattakeirregularpluralforms.
2.1.Singularinvariables
2.1.1.Propernouns
1)Propernouns,becauseoftheiruniquereference,arenormallyinvariablesingulars
evenwhensomeofthesenounsappearinthe“pluralfdrm”:
TheUnitedStateshastwoofficiallanguages:EnglishandSpanish.
TheUnitedNationshasitsheadquarterslocatedinNewYork.
2)However,theNetherlandsandthePhilippinescanbeeithersingularorplural:
TheNetherlandsis/arefamousfortwothings:tulipsandfootball.
ThePhilippinesis/areandislandcountry.
3)Therearesomeothergeographicalpropernounswithpluralformwhichareusually
orexclusivelytreatedasplurals:theAlps,theRockies,theHighlands,theBalkans,
theMaldives(爾代夫(群島"亞洲島國]),theBermudas,theHimalayas,Niagara
Falls,etc.
4)Namesofpeoplearegenerallysingularexceptthatreferencespointstoafamily.
TheJonesesarecomingtothepartythisevening.
TheBlacksareawayonholidays.
5)Orthattwoormorepersonswiththesamenamearepossiblyreferredto:
A:MayIspeaktoMark,please?
B:WehavetwoMarkshere.TheyoungMarkortheoldMark?
2.1.2.Massnouns
Massnouns,whetherabstractorconcrete,aregenerallysingular.Theyincludecertain
nounsendingin-s,someofwhichareonlyoccasionallyusedaspluralswhenthey
expressintensity,greatquantityandhavealiteraryflavor:
ThesandsofSahara
Sailingonthegreatwaters
2.2.Pluralinvariables
Thefollowingnounsarealmostalwaystreatedasplurals
1)Namesoftoolsandarticlesofdressconsistingoftwoequalparts:
Binoculars,calipers,compasses,flares,glasses,jeans,pants,trousers^pajamas,
spectacles,shorts,suspenders,tights,scissors,tongs,shades,etc.
2)Somecollectivenouns:cattle,clergy(occasionallytreatedasasingular),gentfy,
people,police,vermin,etc.
3)Geographicalnamesofmountainranges,waterfalls,groupsofislands:see)
4)Othernounsendingin-s:archives,arms,belongings,clothes,congratulations,
contents,customs,dregs,earnings,fireworks,funds,goods,greens,lodgings,
minutes,outskirts,pains,premises,savings,spirits,stairs,suburbs,surroundings,
thanks,tropics,wages,etc.
2.3.Irregularplurals
Thegeneraltypesofirregularpluralsinclude:nounswithirregularspellingor
pronunciationorboth,nounswithzeropluralsandnounsthattakeforeignplurals.
2.3.1.Irregularspelling/pronunciation
1)PluralsderivedfromOldEnglish:child-children,foot-feet,man-men,mouse-mice,
ox-oxen,penny-pence-pennies,etc.
2)Pluralsderivedfromnounsendingwithsound/f7andspelling-/or-fe\
Regular:belief-beliefs,proof-proofs,etc.
Irregular:calf-calves,knife-knives,leaf-leaves,etc.
3)Pluralsderivedfromnounsendinginspelling-o:
Regular:kilos,photos,radios,studios,etc.
Irregular:heroes,potatoes,Negroes,tomatoes,etc.
Bothformspossible:cargoes/cargos,mosquitoes/mosquitos,volcanos/volcanoes,
etc.
2.3.2.Zeroplurals
1)Someanimals:deer,sheep,cattle,etc.
2)Nationalitiesin-ese:Chinese,Japanese,etc.
3)Nounsbothsingularandpluralendingin-s/-es:barracks,corps,crossroads,works,
species,means,etc.
2.3.3.Foreignplurals
WordsthatareboiTowedfromotherlanguagesoftenhaveforeignplurals.Manysuch
wordshavebe
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