viernes, 24 de septiembre de 2010
You're so complex!!!
Complex noun phrases can be very complex indeed, especially when they have different embedded elements and even more when the sentence in which they appear is long itself. This will be a competition, the one who comes up with the longest sentence (and analyse noun phrases correclty) will be the winner. Academic writing is probably the best source.
domingo, 12 de septiembre de 2010
OUT-OF-ORDER WORD ORDER
Here's an extract from The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (you may have noticed by now she's my favourite writer =)). Identify variations in the word order structure:
It's a low art, tale-telling.
Patient, they used to call me.
It is to this episode, or rather to my
knowledge of it, that I attribute
my reserve, as well as my mistrust of
other people's intentions.
I know it isn't me they are after,
not Penelope the Duck.
It is true that I sometimes doubted
their existence, these gods.
But during my lifetime I considered
it prudent not to take any risks.
It's a low art, tale-telling.
Patient, they used to call me.
It is to this episode, or rather to my
knowledge of it, that I attribute
my reserve, as well as my mistrust of
other people's intentions.
I know it isn't me they are after,
not Penelope the Duck.
It is true that I sometimes doubted
their existence, these gods.
But during my lifetime I considered
it prudent not to take any risks.
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