Word: syntax
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bizarre, unpredictable, grotesque and yet strangely poignant, julien donkey-boy is above all unforgettable. If you're tired of the standard Hollywood fare, check out this daring experiment in cinematic syntax...
...their families and peers, but since they hear only a limited number of words and sentences from these sources, children must extrapolate much of their phonology, morphology, and syntax from that tiny base, which opens the door for linguistic change...
...good. Touring tornado wreckage in Oklahoma the day after the bombing of the Chinese embassy, the President paused to offer his "regrets and profound condolences" but neglected to apologize. This was an insensitive lapse for the Chinese, who have rankled for decades because of Japanese politicians stretching syntax to avoid apologizing for their country's wartime aggression. With their prickly sense of national pride, the Chinese are quick to react to any perceived slight...
...time of year, I confess) were about to come true. The sounds were full of emotion, but unable to abandon my verbal vocabulary, I found myself furiously scribbling poor analogy after poor analogy on my program in a vain attempt to translate the sounds and dancing into a familiar syntax...
...determine whether a bubble has been correctly filled in, but can it read outside the lines, so to speak? Well, yes and no. E-Rater "learns" what constitutes good and bad answers from a sample of pregraded essays. Using that information, it breaks the essay down to its syntax, organization and content. The software checks basics like subject-verb agreement as well as recognizes words, phrases and sentence structures that are likely to be found in high-scoring essays. For example, an essay on Clinton's impeachment trial that includes terms like DNA and rule of law is likely...