How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
"The pitch velvet", "the rough sleep" and "the space silence" are all unnatural to me.
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#1 08-Dec-2014, 16:44
How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
Hi
How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
or
How can I extract " the predominant modifier of the headword?
For example:
The pitch velvet. The rough sleep
The crackling headphone. The space silence.
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#2 08-Dec-2014, 17:25Re: How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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#3 08-Dec-2014, 17:43Re: How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
And none of them are sentences.
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#4 08-Dec-2014, 17:45Re: How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
Check here
Originally Posted by emsr2d2
https://asmokescreen.wordpress.com/2...his-is-a-poem/
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#5 08-Dec-2014, 17:50Re: How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
Ahhh, poetry. Almost as pointless as song lyrics in terms of studying grammar.
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#6 08-Dec-2014, 17:54Re: How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
Umm. Ok, In general, How I can? Originally Posted by emsr2d2
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#7 08-Dec-2014, 17:57Re: How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
How can you what? Originally Posted by Laza18
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#8 08-Dec-2014, 17:58Re: How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentences?
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#9 08-Dec-2014, 18:40Re: How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
Please give us an example of a sentence in which you wish to work out which is the modifier and which is the headword.
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#10 08-Dec-2014, 18:42Re: How can I extract " modifier and headword" in sentence?
Adjectives normally preceed the nouns they are modifying.
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