If there's more than one of a thing, it's a common noun. For example, there are lots of chief operating officers, sochief operating officeris a common noun. There's only oneChief Operating Officer Latasha Sharp,so that's a proper noun. ...
They may or may not be hyphenated, and they may be written with a space between words—especially if one of the words has more than one syllable, as in living room. In that regard, it’s necessary to avoid the over-simplification of saying that two single-syllable words are written ...
4.10 Adjectives 115(218)JSNENAsanandājī‘from Sanandaj’bījārī‘from Bijar’saqəzī‘from Saqqəz’4.10.3 Compound adjectives The most common types of compound adjectives in JSNENA are those that begin with the elements mārē- (literally: ‘master of ’) or bē-‘without’. These ...
And remember, this and that become these and those. this watch these watches that radio those radios Exercise 3 Complete these sentences with a suitable form of the verbs be, do or have. a) Tommy’s hair too long! b) Those children too noisy. c) your friends want too see a...
These include a set of size-shape specifiers that co-occur with presumed nominal signs, an iconic contrast between different sign formational elements that somewhat inconsistently signal a noun/verb distinction, and, perhaps most interestingly, a construction involving a clearly grammaticalized locative ...