Grammatical structure 文法結構

Daily practice 日常練習

What can we learn from a random sentence in an article?

💡 Subjunctive 文法語氣在現今英文中有甚麼角色?

"Subjunctive" is not a consistent grammatical mood in English anymore

(🔎有短片) 所有句子分析的原點:clause 子句

用結構框架分析日常例子🏀⚽️:"Grow into something"

實用寫作貼士要基於整體文法框架,才有意思

Writing advice only makes sense when it is understood within an overall grammatical framework

不要「固定」地用「固定」表達方式

Learn to "manipulate" fixed expressions in grammatically accurate ways

"The door is closed" 🚪:同一表面句子可以有不同結構解讀

"Except" vs. "accept"

整體英文文法框架如何助你從每一個例子中學習

How our framework helps you learn from every example systematically

學習固定表達方式時,也要有結構理解

Fixed expressions do not exist outside the grammatical framework

用系統性理解,帶學生跨過通往高程度的那一步

Making the leap 🏃🏻‍♀️

↺ Grammar is "recursive" 文法結構是有「遞迴性」的 ↺

你從不知道你從不知道的⋯ 🎶🍂

Language is "recursive." What does that mean?

"Like drinking..." vs. "like to drink..."?💡

每個動詞在表達每個意思時,都有一套特定結構需求

"Oxen" 和 "mice" 不是英文眾數名詞字形的「例外」

I don't like it when common explanations of grammatical phenomena turn the actual logic upside-down

大家的新年願景是甚麼?⭐️

New Year's resolutions?

建立文法框架是為了有系統地整理知識

"Present" 和 "past" participle 很有誤導性 🤷🏻‍♀️

These are "non-finite" forms and decidedly do not have tense

同一表面詞序,也可以有不同的結構解讀 💡

But there is always just one intended meaning, of course

英文和中文子句規範的最大差別

What's the biggest grammatical difference between English and Chinese?

你該擔心的真正文法 (🆚不用擔心的人為標準)

(What linguists call) grammar vs. prescriptive "standards"

Sor 咩 ry 喎!😗

An example of how foreign words become "nativized" to conform to the grammatical and phonological framework of a language

名詞子句作學術著作的副標題

E.g. "The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World"

真正文法 🆚 人定標準

Actual grammar vs. prescriptive "standards"

While (she was) teaching...:某些句子表層的省略

Make sure the grammatical conditions are right before doing this