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The sentence can be given as a grammatical puzzle [7] [8] [9] or an item on a test, [1] [2] for which one must find the proper punctuation to give it meaning. Hans Reichenbach used a similar sentence ("John where Jack had...") in his 1947 book Elements of Symbolic Logic as an exercise for the reader, to illustrate the different levels of language, namely object language and metalanguage.
The sentence she has come probably means she is here now, while the simple past she came does not. [16] The sentence, “Have you been to the fair?” suggests that the fair is still going on, while the sentence, “Did you go to the fair?” could mean that the fair is over. [17] (See also been and gone below.) Some more examples: I have eaten ...
A complex sentence has one or more dependent clauses (also called subordinate clauses). Since a dependent clause cannot stand on its own as a sentence, complex sentences must also have at least one independent clause. In short, a sentence with one or more dependent clauses and at least one independent clause is a complex sentence.
these have they’d: they had / they would they’d've: they would have / they could have / they should have they’ll: they shall / they will they’re: they are / they were they’ve: they have this’s: this has / this is those’re (informal) those are those’ve (informal) those have ’thout (informal) without ’til (informal) until ...
The typical example sentence used to typify this phenomenon is More people have been to Russia than I have. [4] [b] The effect has also been observed in other languages. Some studies have suggested that, at least in English, the effect is stronger for sentences whose predicate is repeatable. The effect has also been found to be stronger in some ...
Stewart had previously told assistant prosecutors that if he testified, he was "a dead man." However, prosecutors believed his death to be a "weird coincidence." [81] Phillips sentence was commuted to 99 years in 1979 and Fields sentence was commuted to 99 years in 1980 by governor David Boren. [82] Fields was released on March 22, 1989.
These 50 tongue twisters range from easy to hard (including the world's toughest tongue twister!) to improve your pronunciation and entertain adults and kids.
An example is the verb have in the sentence I have finished my lunch. Here, the auxiliary have helps to express the perfect aspect along with the participle, finished. Some sentences contain a chain of two or more auxiliary verbs. Auxiliary verbs are also called helping verbs, helper verbs, or (verbal) auxiliaries. Research has been conducted ...