- •2. Categorial method of studying word-combinations (the categories of connotativeness, reproducibility, idiomaticity, conceptual determination and sociolinguistic determination).
- •3) The category of idiomaticity.
- •4) The category of conceptual determination.
- •5) The category of sociolinguistic determination.
- •6. Compound sentences. Classification of dependent clauses.
- •7. Scientific prose style
- •8. Publicistic style (newspaper and speeches).
- •9. Colloquial style and the style of official documents. The Colloquial Style
- •6. Functional styles
- •6. Compound sentences. Classification of dependent clauses.
- •8. Publicistic style (newspaper and speeches).
- •3.The sentence. The concept of predication.
- •Components of a sentence Clauses
- •Complete sentences
- •Classification By structure
- •By purpose
- •Major and minor sentences
- •Predicate in traditional English grammar
- •Kind-level predicates
- •Collective vs. Distributive predicates
- •10.English punctuation
- •9. Colloquial style and the style of official documents.
- •Stage-level predicates
- •Individual-level predicates
- •Kind-level predicates
- •Collective vs. Distributive predicates
- •Interrogative clauses
Interrogative clauses
These invert the operator with the subject of the clause: Positive-interrogative Negative-interrogative
Is that man the Secretary? Isn’t that man the Secretary? Did he take the car? Didn’t he take the car? Does Ed always do the dishes? Doesn’t Ed always do the dishes? There are two types of interrogative clause. One is the yes/no type, illustrated here, which simply asks for an answer in terms of yes or no. The other is the wh-type, which asks for the information represented by the wh-word what? who? where? and so on. The inversion of subject–operator is the same as for the yes/no type, except when who functions as subject:
Who came to see you? When can you come to see us? What does Ed do? When did you see him last?