...UNIVERSITY “ION CREANGA” THE FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE THE ENGLISH PHILOLGY CHAIR COURSE PAPER THE MODES OF USING THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IN ENGLISH BASED UPON SHORT STORIES BY AGATHA CHRISTIE. Written by: Popusoi Veronica Student of Group №304 en./sp. Scientific advisor: Vasilache A. Senior – lecturer of English CHISINAU 2014 CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………p. 3 CHAPTER ONE. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CATEGORY OF ARTICLE in English.…………………………………………………..p. 5 1.1 Article. General notion. ……………………………...…...………….p. 5 1.2 The Functions of the Definite Article in English……………...…………...p. 7 1.3The Usage of the Definite Article with Class Nouns in English…p.9 CHAPTER TWO. DEFINITE ARTICLE IN USE………………………..p.24 2.1 Practical aspects of Using Definite Article in English..……...p.24 2.2 The Use of Definite Articles in Stories by Agatha Christie..p..32 CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………p.37 BIBLIOGRAPHY ……………………………………………………............p. 38 APPENDIX …………………………………………………………………..p. 44 Introduction Though the article is the part of speech that contains only two words it presents a great difficulty for a student of English. A foreigner can always be told by his wrong use of article. Mistakes in the use of articles are considered to be the most difficult to be corrected. Numerous works devoted to this...
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...In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Hebron University Faculty of Graduate Studies English Department Assimilation of Consonants in English and Assimilation of the Definite Article in Arabic By Hamada Shehdeh Abid Dawood حمادة داود Supervised by Dr. Ahmad Atawneh 2013/2014 Assimilation of Consonants in English and Assimilation of the Definite Article in Arabic Abstract This paper aims at discussing the term assimilation. Assimilation is a phonological process where a sound looks like another neighboring sound. It includes progressive, regressive, coalescent, full and partial assimilation. In addition, contextual assimilation is subject to the environment of sounds where historical assimilation is resulted from the development of languages. In Arabic, it is clear that the /l/ sound in the definite article disappears if followed by coronal consonants. It is, however, concluded that the importance of assimilation is to make pronunciation of a word or speech easier. 1. Introduction Assimilation is an everyday occurrence in every human language, and it is particularly common for nasal sounds (McMahon, 2002, p. 4). Thus, sounds in the environment of other sounds, across morpheme and word boundaries tend to undergo various phonological changes referred to as phonological processes (Ofulue et al, 2010, p. 49). Making a sound more like another in the same or next word in continuous utterance is called assimilation (Oxford Dictionary, 2008)...
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...An article (abbreviated ART) is a word (or prefix or suffix) that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Articles specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope.Should I use A, AN or THE? Even after years of studying English, students may find themselves asking that question over and over again. English articles can be quite a challenge. To help every English learner become an articles expert, Englishpage.com has put together the most comprehensive English articles tutorial on the web. The tutorial should be completed as follows: 1. Read this introduction page. 2. Prepare for the exercises by reading about article usage. First, read A vs. An and complete Articles Exercises 1 - 6. Next, read A(An) vs. The and complete Articles Exercises 7 - 11. 3. Advanced article usage is more challenging. If you wish to become an English articles expert, read Advanced Articles, complete Articles Exercises 12 - 30, and take the final test. 4. Please note that after each exercise, we have listed the article uses covered with a link to the description. EXERCISES TOPICS COVERED Articles Exercise 1 A vs. An vs. No Article (Uses 1 - 4) Articles Exercise 2 A vs. An vs. No Article (Uses 1 - 4) Articles Exercise 3 A vs. An vs. No Article (Uses 1 - 7) Articles Exercise 4 A vs. An vs. No Article (Uses 1 - 7) Articles Exercise 5 A vs. An vs. No Article (Use 8) Articles Exercise 6 A vs. An...
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...M. Kuroki English 1A Essay #4 (The Research Paper) Determining the Sources of Two “Isms”: Racism and Sexism (225 points) Due Dates: See Syllabus Submission Requirements: Please remember to submit a hard copy of your essay in class, attaching to it your peer reviews. Also submit an electronic copy through TurnItIn (see link on Canvas). Length: 7-10 pages (not including the Annotated Bibliography) Annotated Bibliography Component: Instead of a Works Cited, you will include an Annotated Bibliography with your research paper (worth 25 pts. of your total score). Readings: • “Sex and Temperament,” Margaret Mead • “Masculinity,” Germaine Greer • Selection from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave • Any previously assigned reading relevant to your topic • Sample causal analysis essay (title TBA) Research Requirement: Please use at least seven (7) but no more than ten (10) secondary sources. You must use at least one of each of the following source types: a book, an article from a scholarly journal, a newspaper article, and a magazine article. You must use at least two relevant assigned World of Idea reading, which will count toward the 7-source minimum. Furthermore, while you may use more than one website, only one website will count toward the 7-source minimum. In other words, you must incorporate research from the following source types into your paper: 1. A book 2. A scholarly journal...
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...Articles The 3 articles in English are a, an and the. The learner has to decide noun-by-noun which one of the articles to use*. In fact, there are 4 choices to make, because sometimes no article is necessary. Native-speakers, of course, use the articles correctly without thinking. English learners, on the other hand, need to have some guidelines for making the right choice - particularly those learners whose own language does not have articles, such as Japanese or Korean. The guidelines that follow here should help ESL students to a basic understanding of English article use. The most important first step in choosing the correct article is to categorize the noun as count or uncount**: - A count noun is a noun that can have a number in front of it: 1 teacher, 3 books, 76 trombones, 1,000,000 people. - An uncount noun is a noun that cannot have a number put in front of it: 1 water, 2 lucks, 10 airs, 21 oils, 39 informations. Once you have correctly categorized the noun (using your dictionary if necessary), the following "rules" apply: Uncount nouns * You cannot say a/an with an uncount noun. * You cannot put a number in front of an uncount noun. (You cannot make an uncount noun plural.) * You use an uncount noun with no article if you mean that thing in general. * You use the with an uncount noun when you are talking about a particular example of that thing. Count nouns * You can put a number in front of a count noun. (You can make a count noun plural.) * You can...
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...The definite article - the The definite article The indefinite article Exercises: Articles The definite article - the The definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural. the boy, the girl, the cat, the computers If the following word begins with a vowel, we speak [], if the following word begins with a consonant, we speak []. [] | [] | the following word starts with a spoken consonant | the following word starts with a spoken vowel | the girl | the English girl | the book | the orange book | the school | the old school | the unit Here a [] is pronounced at the beginning of the word. | the uncle Here a [] is pronounced at the beginning of the word. | We have listed some examples in the following table. There you can see when we use the definite article and when we don't. without the definite article | with the definite article | general words (indefinite) | general words (definite) | Life is too short. I like flowers. | I've read a book on the life of Bill Clinton. I like the flowers in your garden. | names of persons on the singular, relatives | family names in the plural | Peter and John live in London. Aunt Mary lives in Los Angeles. | The Smiths live in Chicago. | public buildings, institutions, means of transport (indefinite) | public buildings, institutions, means of transport (definite) | Mandy doesn't like school. We go to school by bus. Some people go to church on Sundays. | The school that Mandy goes...
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...UNIVERSITATEA ‘ANDREI ŞAGUNA’ FACULTATEA DE ŞTIINŢE ECONOMICE SPECIALIZAREA: FINANTE BANCI AN II SEMESTRUL I REFERAT LIMBA ENGLEZĂ ADOCHITEI SIMONA DORINA 2012 CONTENTS Definite Articles ………………………………………………1 Indefinite Articles …………………………………………….3 Zero Articles …………………………………………………..4 Definite Articles The definte article – the We use THE: when there is only one of something: What is the longest river in the world? -“the” is used before “same” (the same) Your pullover is the same colour as mine. These two photographs are the same. -go to the cinema, to the theatre I often go to the cinema but I haven’t been to the theatre for ages. When we say THE CINEMA/THE THEATRE < we do not necessarily mean one particular cinema or theatre. BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER We do not normally use “the” with the names of meals .. What did you have for breakfast? We had lunch in a very nice restaurant. What time is dinner? BED WORK HOME It’s time to go to bed now. I sat down on the bed. Go to work/be at work/ start work/finish work Ann didn’t go to work yesterday. THE+ ADJECTIVE We use THE+ adjective (without a noun) to talk about groups of people, especially: the young the old the elderly...
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...When Greed Gives Way to Giving Emmie Hester Professor Lisa Hemphill English 090 December 2, 2012 The audience for this essay is the readers of a newspaper in Miami, Florida. The newspaper is called the Miami-Herald. The writer is a columnist for them. I know this because the introduction of the essay specifically mentions these facts. The main audience is the readers of the column, but in some cases such as this, the piece can reach further. This article made it into our textbook. One purpose of this essay was to tell people about the charitable works of one person in particular. The author then used this man’s generous gift to his employees to discuss charitable giving by people as a whole. The author’s main purpose for writing this story was to tell the readers about this special man, and to encourage all readers to reflect on charitable giving. I know this because I read the essay, and because the story starts by telling us of a man named Ben Thompson. The story then goes on to ask questions of the reader. The reader is asked in the next to last paragraph to consider their own charitable giving. The thesis statement is the last sentence of the first paragraph. “Instead, Thompson decided to share the wealth”. The author goes on to embellish this sentence by giving the details behind this statement. She tells the readers about this man’s amazing decision to give a huge portion of the money he received from the sale of his company back to his employees, including people...
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...Adjectives – adjetivos Adjective – a word that describes a noun or distinguishes it from a group of other nouns. In English an adjective comes before the word it is describing and has one form. Ex: the red car the red cars Before car it has the same form even though there are more cars In Spanish, an adjective comes after the noun and must agree with it in number and gender. So each adjective that ends in an “o” has four forms: masculine, feminine, singular and plural. Adjectives that end in an “e” or a consonant have two forms: singular and plural. Use these charts to help: Adj. that end in “O” have four forms. Let’s look at the word for “tall” | |Singular |Plural | |Masculine |Alto |Altos | |Feminine |Alta |Altas | Examples: The tall boy = el muchacho alto The tall girl = la muchacha alta The tall boys = los muchachos altos The tall girls = las muchachas altas Notice that the article, noun, and adjective must match in gender and number. Don’t forget that the adjective comes after the noun in Spanish! Adjectives that end in “e” or a consonant have only two forms. | ...
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...used; however this refers to a list of related source material that is not necessarily cited in the document. Remember: • A list of references should appear on a separate sheet of paper at the end of an assignment and is generally titled References. • This list contains bibliographic details of every work cited in your assignment. • The list must be arranged alphabetically by authors’ surnames. If there is more than one work by the same author, then arrange chronologically i.e. earlier publication dates before later dates. • All reference sources (e.g. books, journal articles, websites etc.) are listed together in one continuous reference list. • Correct punctuation is important. • Note minimal capitalisation of book titles and maximal capitalisation of journal titles. Example: Reference List Website If a book, or a journal article or a document on a website has no author, bring the title of the book, article or document to the front. ABC 2010, The Drum, analysis and views on the issues of the day, viewed 13 January 2010, Becher, T 1990, ‘The counter culture of specialisation’, European Journal of Education, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 330-6. Bourassa, SD 1999, ‘Effects of child care on young children’, Proceedings of the third annual meeting of the International Society for Child Psychology, International Society for Child Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 44-6. Conner, ML 2004, Ageless learners: andragogy and pedagogy, viewed 19 October, 2007, Dawson, P 2004, Creative writing...
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...Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition) and http://www.apastyle.org/. Instructions Alphabetize each entry in a works cited list by the first letter, ignoring the articles A, An, and The. Indent subsequent lines of entries one-half inch. Names: Use initials for first and middle names. Titles: For articles, chapters and books, capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle and proper nouns. Fully capitalize periodical titles. Dates: Publication dates use the order year, month day. The access date uses the order month day year. If no publication date is available, use "n.d." in place of date. The following examples are citations from EBSCO databases. If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available. Different styles may apply when citing print and other sources. Journal Article Pattern: [Author last name], [First initial]. [Middle initial]. ([Publication year]). [Title of article]. [Title of journal], [Volume number]([Issue number]), [Page number starts]-[ends]. [Document Object Identifier] Example: Silva, L. (2007). Epistemological and theoretical challenges for studying power and politics in information systems. Information Systems Journal, 17(2), 165-183. [Document Object Identifier] Journal Article w/ No Author Pattern: [Title of article]. ([Publication year]). [Title of journal], [Volume number]([Issue number]), [Page number starts]-[ends]. [Document Object Identifier] Example: Epistemological and theoretical challenges...
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...A Guide on How to write a research paper 1. Establish Your Topic * Genuinely interests you. * Read and think about what you'd like to do. * Narrow it down to something more manageable (e.g.: Too general: Ancient Egypt. Revised: The building of the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. * Brainstorming to get ideas. 2. Identify the goal of the paper * An argumentative research paper: argues for one point of view. The issue should be debatable with a logical counter argument. * An analytical research paper: offers a fresh look at an important issue to persuade audience that it is important. 3. Look for Sources of Information * Books, magazine articles, and internet articles. * A research paper should use at least four sources. * The academic credibility of a source could be considered. * Make note of page numbers, URLs, and quotable passages for citation. 4. Read Your Sources and Take Notes * Use index cards to relate ideas from different sources. * Keep source information on the other side of the cards. * Use quotation marks for “copy/paste” to avoid PLAGIARISM. * Organize your note cards by subtopic to make an outline. 5. Write a First Draft * Table of contents. * Introduction (let the reader know what the topic is, inform the reader about your point of view, arouse the reader's curiosity to read more). * Body (Limit each paragraph to one main idea, prove your points continually by using specific...
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...Thank you for allowing me to read your essay. I feel that I know you after reading it, in fact I felt that we had sat down over a coffee and had a chat. I felt throughout reading it that you were exploring your personal experiences and what you had learnt about yourself through the years. I enjoyed your anecdotes that give strength to your reasons on why you feel this area of your work is a strength. I enjoyed how you discussed your previous work career and all its perks and how this all lead from personal experience into a new career path for you. This showed how much passion really is important to you and something that should be valued in the care community. I would like to note that I did not feel that I knew your personal strength until half way through the essay. I felt that you needed to identify this in your introduction . Maybe add it to your first statement: Making my career switch recently…that I possess strengths such as my passion for my work. Not sure how you would like to word it, just that it is needed in the introduction. I feel you may also benefit from splitting your introduction around the area that you state : However, I never truly felt I had strength or ability in any of it. I feel that this could be your first paragraph, see how you feel I just think it will make it a stronger essay. It would need to be slightly re worded such as : Working in corporate management I never felt like I had any strengths (i would leave out abilities). I found...
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...This article was first published on Salon, a website that has an audience favoring liberals more than conservatives. This article also has an audience of a younger generation that follows hit movies. Garett Reppenhagen served as a Cavalry Scout Sniper with the 1st Infantry Division in the US Army, and is also a veteran advocate and social justice organizer. Garett’s background has a lot of relevance to this topic. I would say he is credible towards this whole subject. He is qualified to make judgment and criticize the way this movie is trying to depict Iraq. Garett’s extrinsic ethos is that he has served in the military. He has made a profession of being a real life sniper so he knows most of the scenarios that go on in the movie. He could also describe what goes on as you enter a war zone and how each and every person reacts. Garett states, "But viewing the war only through his eyes gives us too narrow frame." I believe this quote shows he cares about the audience because he wants to share that the frame of Iraq is not narrow, in fact it is on the contrary. Iraq is full of hospitality, proud history, and old-soul wisdom. This quote also shows virtue and goodness because he does not make the mistake of thinking the Iraqi’s are savages, like the movie may portray. Practical wisdom is also shown in this quote because without it Garett would not know that Chris Kyle’s views are narrow, but instead they should be broad and more flexible. The tone of this particular article is straightforward...
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...--------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUSN 311 Unit 3 Individual Project - Possible / Earned Points --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entertainment Survey or Poll- from Newsstand- Proquest --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description of Survey 5/5**** Sample Size Analysis 5/5**** Business Application 5/5 **** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Political Survey or Poll- from Pew Research or Gallup --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description of Survey 5/5**** Sample Size Analysis 5/5**** Business Application 5/5 **** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Opinion Survey or Poll- from Pew Research or Gallup --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description of Survey 5/5**** Sample Size Analysis 5/5**** Business Application 5/5 **** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview of Survey Research: Text Research required 10/10**** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This section of the paper will be 2-3 pages in length. 30% deductions for not using specified required research. 6 points will be deducted for each survey that is not taken from the required resource. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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