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• Light verbs
  ;6. Idioms.: These are common elements in idiomatic expressions, such as ''give him an inch and he'll take a mile'', ''get lost'', ''take a ...with set meanings, or commonly occurring and meaningful word combinations (expressions) in a language. Light verbs are common in common collocations, e.g., ''take
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• Modality
  ...n, to a group of people, including a speaker. In other words, ''let's __'' expressions. ...take on a deontic meaning, e.g., ''Could I go?'' or ''Can I go?'' are more colloquial for the formal ''May I go?''.
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• ENGL 434
  ...ate tone & style: Appropriate academic writing style, tone and wording; no colloquial style or word choice #* Well-formed sentences; no awkward sentences or expressions; no run-on sentences or fragments;
  20 KB (3,017 words) - 13:04, 26 May 2016
• Discourse particles
  ...e., [[connectors]], connectives, or transitionals – conjunctions and other expressions (''but, although, and, so...''). However, some applied linguists and teache The more prominent discourse markers in colloquial English are surveyed and discussed here, to provide language teachers with
  25 KB (3,922 words) - 05:32, 23 May 2023
• Kent Lee (CV)
  # Lee, K. (2020). Why linguists like the colloquial marker ‘like’. PKETA conference, 24 October 2020. Online, Korea. ...sessions in various components: Writing, Pronunciation, English classroom expressions, Lecture Strategies / Skills, Vocabulary, Discussion
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• Humor genres
  ...tc. is recreated in a manner that makes fun of the original work. The more colloquial term 'spoof' can refer to a parody containing exaggerated humor, such as ex ...nre of humor. This involves deliverying jokes without any change in facial expressions, emotion, or vocal intonation that would give away the joke. Also called to
  12 KB (1,927 words) - 05:14, 3 December 2022
• Gerunds and infinitives
  ...se for infinitives is the dependent infinitive after another verb, such as expressions of wishes, hopes, and intentions: In expressions like the following, they are interchangeable, with this sort of very slight
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• Publications (Kent Lee)
  ...eliminary empirical study with small sets of conversational data of spoken colloquial American English. Its syntactic patterns and pragmatic usage suggest that ...re, markers for enumerating sequences, and exemplifiers. They also certain expressions used incorrectly as connectors due to apparent transfer errors. These data
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• IFLS012
  * [[Colloquial contractions]] ...google.com/open?id=1YGQlQ_KJ8QB4dfLUIaCLQraoFaFy9Ivu Guide to presentation expressions]
  36 KB (5,106 words) - 10:57, 2 December 2019
• ENGL 399 (CFG)
  ...pecific intro, thesis, topic sentences, development of ideas, transitional expressions, and conclusion / summary. Appropriate paragraph style, transitions, etc. ...cant problems in word choice, clarity, flow, wordiness, overly informal or colloquial style, and grammar.
  15 KB (2,192 words) - 13:08, 26 May 2016
• LIEC
  ...zed and structured, good flow; flow indicated by intro, transition words & expressions; clear intro and conclusion ....google.com/open?id=1YGQlQ_KJ8QB4dfLUIaCLQraoFaFy9Ivu English presentation expressions guide]
  46 KB (7,150 words) - 03:59, 11 April 2024

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