Answer to Question #299018 in English for Dolly

Question

4c) What are the two premodifiers in the noun phrase “all three counts”?      2 marks 

5a) Rewrite the first part of the first sentence of paragraph 9 “Floyd's death prompted protests against racism” into present simple tense.        2 marks 

5b) Explain the type of grammatical concord or agreement between “many” and “businesses” in the noun phrase “many downtown businesses.”       2 marks 

Answer 1

4c)

Chapter 5 investigate an extensive number of variables which might potentially exert some influence on variant selection in the spelling of English compounds. These variables concern different areas of language, namely spelling, length, frequency, phonology, morphology, grammar, semantics, diachronic aspects like age of the compound, discourse aspects like regional variation, systemic aspects like analogy and also some extra-linguistic aspects like economy. Eventually, the specific variables are combined into super-variables such as heterogeneity or complexity of the constituents. In order to increase readability and to avoid repetition, the full empirical analysis for the investigated variables is given in subsections introducing the hypothesis, method, results and discussion each, including a discussion of the findings of the present study in relation to the findings of previous research. There is an overview of the coded variables, and summaries at the end of each larger block give an overview of the most important results.

5a)

(1) In the early twentieth century, the Forest Hall Hotel was a beautiful, luxurious resort at Diamond Lake. (2) The interior of the brick hotel was ample, comfortable, and lovely. (3) At the east end of the main building were many beautifully furnished sleeping rooms for guests. (4) In the center were a spacious, sunny parlor with oak rocking chairs, potted ferns, a fireplace and a library of novels and poetry. (5) On the east end next to the parlor was a very large dining room where fresh, delicious meals prepared in the back kitchen were served three times a day. (6) Outside, wicker and willow furniture sat on the wrap-around porch where hotel guests could relax and gaze at the lake. (7) Porch steps led down to a brick path which extended toward the dance pavilion where orchestra parties and dances were held at the edge of the lake. (8) A boathouse and bath house stood on the shore, and swimmers dressed in full-body woolen bathing costumes could climb a high toboggan slide and skid down into the water. (9) The hotel's stone piers docked rowboats for the guests to use for fishing, turtle-hunting or picking water lilies, and the hotel sailboat was tied to a buoy off shore.

5b)

Collective nouns can be a little tricky to identify and use. Are they singular, or are they plural? What type of verb do I use with a collective noun? With a little practice, collective nouns can quickly be mastered.

In this post we’ll review what collective nouns are, the singular and plural forms of collective nouns, and how to ensure proper subject-verb agreement when using collective nouns.