Polysemy

Analyse the text. Mark all words and/or phrases in the text that are capable of having more than one meaning. Compare this with the text in previous post. How different or similar do you find the two? How different? How similar?

Down by the tree that stands in the middle of the forlorn square there stood a man with downy arms that reached down to his knees and as he knelt down moving down the road to English Downs into a... continue reading

English Grammar; The Noun: Kinds

Find all nouns and noun phrases. Say what kind of noun each is.

• 1. Iuliet Capulet is a girl from the city of Verona in Szekspir’s Italy.
• 2.The book has an entry on the herd of horses that was in the big book about the tribes.
• 3.To Ginevra Fred and George presented something from off the famed shelves of the history.
• 4.Good things and bad Fabby saw in a life lived like a lollard.
• 5. “Man is by nature a... continue reading

English Grammar; Sentences, Clauses, Phrases and Parts of Speech: An Overview

Find Subject, Predicate, Phrases and Clauses in the following text.

The man with the long white beard standing at the far end of the old-looking corridor is Dumbledore.

Behold! The man with the long white beard standing at the far end of the old-looking corridor is Dumbledore. And verily, he has  a candy in his hand.

Fred and George are talking and talking to each other, and their talk is about Molly and morning... continue reading

Speaking of Potter