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Let’s begin with grammar features of article texts
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Let’s begin with grammar features of article texts. They are: 1. Adverbial phrases introducing sentences. Purpose: to save space. E x a m p l e “ Characteristically for him, the Prime Minister started his speech with accusations.” instead of “the Prime Minister started his speech with accusations, which is characteristic of him.” 2. Relative clauses, often condensed by the use of the present and past participle and infinitives. Purpose: to save space and pack in more information into a shorter sentence; to vary the structure of the sentence in order to break the monotony. E x a m p l e “The British Cabinet has adopted a new law. The new law deals with real estate disposition.” The changed sentence would look as follows : “The British Cabinet has adopted a new law dealing with real estate disposition.” 3. Premodified noun phrases, known as stone-wall constructions. Purpose: to pack in more information and create dramatic effect. E x a m p l e “a Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Politburo member statement” instead of “a statement by a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the communist party of China”. 4. Apposition. Purpose: to save space. The most widely used cases include mentioning the post, age, profession. E x a m p l e “Mr. Sands, 38 , …” instead of “Mr. Sands who is 38 …” 5. Hyphenated adjectives. Purpose: to save space. E x a m p l e “panic-stricken people” instead of “people stricken with panic”. Note that in many cases such adjectives are nonce words and not to be found in dictionaries. — 17 — 6. Passive verb forms. Purpose: to give a phrase front position and emphasize it; to express an impersonal neutral tone; to vary the pattern of active verb. 7. Extensive use of Subjective-with –the-Infinitive. Purpose: to put distance between the writer and the facts. E x a m p l e “ Prince Charles is believed to have been alerted to the problem” instead of “It is believed жүктеу/скачать 0,58 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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