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Exceptions include singular non-neuter second-declension nouns that end in -us in the nominative case. An example would be the famous line from Shakespeare, "Et tu, Brute?" (commonly translated as "And you, Brutus?"): Brute is the vocative case and Brutus would be the nominative. Nouns that end in -ius end with -ī instead of the expected -ie.
Where two forms are given, the first is used with non-count nouns and the second with count nouns (although in colloquial English less and least are frequently also used with count nouns). The positive paucal determiners also express quantification. These are a few/a little, several, a couple of, a bit of, a number of etc.
In linguistics and grammar, affirmation (abbreviated AFF) and negation (NEG) are ways in which grammar encodes positive and negative polarity into verb phrases, clauses, or utterances. An affirmative (positive) form is used to express the validity or truth of a basic assertion, while a negative form expresses its falsity.
Rule 2: To form copulatives from substantives with a third person or noun class noun, the high toned prefix [kʼɪ] ke-is used in the positive and [hɑsɪ] hase-in the negative. This [sɪ]-se-should not be confused with the verb [sɪ]-se (used in the negatives of rules 3 to 6).
Comparison is a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are rendered in an inflected or periphrastic way to indicate a comparative degree, property, quality, or quantity of a corresponding word, phrase, or clause.
Not all noun phrases refer. In fact, some kinds of noun phrases are inherently non-referential. These include negative, interrogative, and bare role noun phrases as well as noun phrases with either or each functioning as a determinative. [21] The underlined NPs in the following examples do not refer: Negative: Nobody came.
Unbalanced tag questions feature a positive statement with a positive tag, or a negative statement with a negative tag; it has been estimated that in normal conversation, as many as 40–50% [2] of tags are unbalanced. Unbalanced tag questions may be used for ironic or confrontational effects:
[hɑ'ɑ'ɑpʼɑʀɑ] Ha•a•a•apara ‡ ('he•is•not•dressed') although the sequence [ɑ'ɑ]-a•a-(class 1 negative subjectival concord followed by present definite positive indicative marker) is usually pronounced as a long [ɑ] with a high falling tone, or simply as a short high tone. Certain situations may make the word division ...