REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO POLITÉCNICO “SANTIAGO MARIÑO” EXTENSIÓN SAN CRISTÓBAL
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CONTENT PREPOSITIONS………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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ADVERVIAL CLAUSES…………………………………………………………………………………………….
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USE OF PREPOSITIONS The prepositions can perform different functions: - To serve as a link between two words or different elements in the sentence: I'll see you at five o'clock - They can accompany a verb serving as a link to its complement. In this case, they may not alter the meaning of the verb or alter it with what constitutes a distinct word. To look (does not alter the meaning of the verb) To look after (to change the meaning of the verb) - When we put a verb after a preposition, in English normally the form 'ing' is used and not the infinitive. You should not go to India without visiting the Taj Mahal. I am interested in studying psychology.• Gardening rather interested public and private fences or enclosures, spaces such as parks and gardens. • The landscaping is interested in open spaces enclosed with fences and an open space with no fence or wall, such as squares, networks of parks, green belts and wild places.
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What are adverbial clauses?
a group of words that play the role of an adverb. (Like all clauses, an adverbial clause will contain a subject and a verb.) For example: Keep hitting the gong every hour. (Normal Adverb) Keep hitting the gong Adverbs until I tell youof to time stop. (Adverbial clause) AnIn adverb of states of the examples time when above, thesomething normal happens howthe often. adverborand An adverb of time often adverbial clause tell begins with of the us when theone gong is following subordinate going to hit. Both are conjunctions: after,Allas, adverbs of time. while, as soon as, adverbs (including before, not before, adverbial clauses) from, until, when, can generally beor while. Here as areone some categorized of examples: the following: Adverbs of After the game is over, place the king and the pawn go in the same box. An adverb of places (Italian Proverb) where something I stopped believing in happens. An adverb Santa Claus when my of place often mother took me to see begins with a him in a department preposition (eg, on, store, and he asked for about, near) or one my autograph. (Shirley of the following Temple) subordinate As soon as you trust conjunctions: yourself, you will know anywhere, how to live. (Johann everywhere, where Wolfgang von Goethe) or wherever. Here are some examples: In a world where there is so much to do, I was very impressed that there must be something to do. (Dorothea Dix) I am not afraid of the pen, the scaffold, or the sword. I'll tell the truth where I want. (Mother Jones) 4
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Adverbs of manner
An adverb of manner indicates how something is done. A way adverb often begins with one of the following subordinate conjunctions: how, how, or manner. Here are some examples: Act like a joke. We do not have conversations. You or Adverbs of Degree talk to me in the Comparison same way a teacher talks to a naughty An adverb of the degree states to student. what degree something is done or Except for an offers a comparison. An adverb of occasional heart degree often begins with one of the attack, I feel as following subordinate conjunctions: young as ever. that, as ... as, as ... as, or the .... (Robert Benchley): Here are some examples: A void is a hell of a lot better than some of the things that nature replaces. (Tennessee Williams) He is as intelligent as he is tall. She is not as bright as she thinks she is. Sometimes, the verb in a grade adverb is understood (ie not present). For example: You are taller than me (InAdverbs this example, the verb am has of Condition been omitted. This is permissible.) You are adverb taller than me. A condition indicates (This is the full version.) the condition for the main You are taller than me. idea to take effect. An the condition (Thisadverb is the of colloquial version, this version might bother some often starts with itself or of your grammar but it's okay.) less. readers, Here are some
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examples: If the facts do not fit the theory, change the facts. (Albert Einstein) If the English language had any meaning, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with skins. (Doug Larson) If all the rich people of the world divided their money among them, there would not be enough to turn around. (Christina Stead, 1903 - 1983)