Strong verbs in Old and Middle English and irregular verbs in Modern EnglishSonja Rieber
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Strong verbs are also useful in avoiding vague descriptions and making your writing more concise. When you use strong verbs, you don’t need to add adverbs or adjectives to describe the action. This makes your writing more efficient and effective.Here are some examples of how strong verbs can...
In the following essay the development of strong verbs in English will be examined, starting in the Old English period and reaching up to Modern English times. The different classification systems and conjugational patterns that apply for the periods will be compared. The main task of the essay...
sound - in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" 7. strong - of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`sing' is a strong verb" grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and ...
Hemingway clung to a writing rule that said, “Use vigorous English.” In fact, Hemingway was more likely to use verbs than any other part of speech, far more than typical writing. But what are strong verbs? And how do you avoid weak ones?
Only a few irregular verbs make exception in Modern English (drive/drove), but many verbs that were once irregular now conform to the rule. I quantify... JB Michel - Harvard University. 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 Ground water in water resources planning: Proceedings of the Koblenz Symposium, ...
(of Germanic verbs) having vowel change in the root in inflected forms, as the English verbssing, sang, sung; ride, rode, ridden. (of Germanic nouns and adjectives) inflected with endings that are generally distinctive of case, number, and gender, as Germanalter Mann“old man.” ...
不规则动词一般是古英语动词的不规则变化因其常用度很高,而一直沿用到今天者,或者是一些不规则变化的词根构成的动词,所以我们今天在学习英语时绝对无法规避,也不可能规避这些不规则动词从英语的演变来看,不规则动词就是强势动词strong verbs--即其词形变化全依其本身之语音尤其是元音变化来。
of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection "`sing' is a strong verb" being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content 同义词:hard freshly made or left 同义词:warm strong and sure "gave a strong pull on the rope" ...