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Subject-verb agreement occurs when the subject and verb of a sentence agree in number that is, a singular subject must be accompanied by a singular verb form and a plural subject must be accompanied by a plural verb form. With simple sentences, we usually don t make subject—verb agreement mistakes. However, with more complex sentences, such as those in scientihc writing, errors are more common. The tips below will help you to avoid the most common types of subject-verb agreement errors. 

MM7ord problems in algebra are problems that seem to take on a life of their own. You start out with a simple sentence in English and end up with an equation that, you hope, will answer the question that s been posed. 

WHEN faced with several courses of aaion, people usually do what they believe is likely to have the best overall outcome. This deceptively simple sentence summarizes the theory of rational choice. In this chapter (and the next) 1 attempt to convey the flavor of the complexities hidden behind this formulation. 

Because adjectives and adverbs serve similar functions —they both modify or describe—they are often confused and therefore make good candidates for SAT questions. Remember that adjectives modify nouns or pronouns while adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Let s look at a simple sentence ... 

On the internal realist view there cannot be a mismatch. The real structures are the structures our recognition abilities and justification conditions identify. The real boundaries coincide with the boundaries we draw, since the former are identical with the latter. Something is a dog, if the sentence This is a dog is justified when it is applied to it, for the very kind DOG owes its existence to the justification conditions. As a result, at least some of our sentences are bound to be true, namely, those simple sentences whose justification conditions are responsible for drawing the boundaries. So truth cannot completely diverge from justification. There are sentences for which to be true is to be justified. Consequently, there is a conceptual connection between truth and justification. The connection is not purely contingent. Truth is then not completely non-epistemic. 

The interesting question concerns the justifications within the subset, the justifications of simple sentences which fix the reference of words and thereby constitute the structure of reality. Can sentences like This is a dog be justified and yet false Yes, in two different ways. The first way is when the justification procedure is not executed properly. I may fall victim to an illusion, or I may be too careless. I may then believe that the justification conditions are satisfied, but they are not. In a weak sense, I have justification, but my justified view is wrong. This does not present a difficulty for the view summarized in Figure 2, which maintains that the criteria of identity of entities are identical with justification conditions. One may misjudge whether a justification condition is satisfied. But this does not change the justification condition. Of course, a justification condition should be such that it can be easily and uncontroversially settled whether it is satisfied. (Otherwise it would not be a justification condition.) But it would be far too much to demand that no mistake should be possible about it. If the justification conditions are not affected by the occasional mistakes, they may fix the reference of words and provide criteria of identity. The occasional mistakes just do not matter. 

IR3) is the thesis which distinguishes internal realism from the doctrines it is most closely related to. Kant would have endorsed some version of (IR1). Peirce would have accepted (IR2) as well. But the sort of conceptual pluralism (IR3) represents has not traditionally been part of the picture that reality and truth are not independent of the human mind. We must start approaching this thesis from a distance. We already know that a conceptual scheme is a relatively self-contained group of words or concepts. The referents of the words that make up conceptual schemes are determined by the justification conditions of some simple sentences in which they occur. So we may also say that a conceptual scheme is the set of justification conditions for a set of sentences. The determination of reference is the same as the constitution of the structure of reality, because the entities - individuals, kinds, etc. - are carved out by justification conditions which provide criteria of identity for them. So the structure of reality is constituted by conceptual schemes. 

In the previous chapter I described in some detail how reference is fixed. There are simple sentences associated with each word which are responsible for its reference. Once we know the truth conditions of these sentences, the reference of a word is given by disquotational schemas. The truth conditions of these sentences are identical with their justification conditions. In the final analysis, reference is fixed by justification conditions. However, some justification conditions are inadequate, they are not conducive to truth in other words, they fail as truth conditions. What these inadequate justification conditions determine is relative reference the sort of reference we attribute to users of inadequate conceptual schemes when we give rationalizing explanation of their behavior. As to adequate justification conditions, we cannot do better than to identify them with our current justification conditions. Our current justification conditions may turn out to be inadequate. But we must take what we have. 

Modifiers made up of phrases or dependent clauses can be added to simple sentences to indicate, for example, cause and effect, or time sequence, or comparison. 

Looking at sentence structure means looking at the type of sentences the writer has used. Are they short, simple sentences Or are they long and complex, with a lot of clauses and phrases Or does the writer use a mix Does every sentence sound the same, or is there variety in the word order and structure Is the complexity or simplicity of the sentences at the right level for the readers ... 

You probably noticed that version A is the one that uses simple sentences with essentially the same sentence structure throughout. (You might also have noticed that these sentences sound rather dull because they are so simple and unvaried.) In version B, the sentences are far more complex with more variation in their structure. 

As shown in the previous sections, most analytical applications of US-assisted reactions have been developed without optimizing US variables such a simple sentence as ultrasound is applied for x min has been the only detail given in most cases. Past experience with US-assisted reactions makes it advisable to consider the following variables in developing new analytical applications. 

Practice blending choppy sentences by studying the following sentencecombining exercise. In this exercise, a description of a popular movie or book has been chopped into simple sentences and then combined into one complex sentence. 

C. Combine the following simple sentences into one complex sentence. See if you can guess the name of the books or movies described in the sentences. (Answers appear on page 148.)... 

A. Make up your own sentence-combining exercise by finding or writing one-sentence descriptions of popular or recent movies, books, or television shows. Divide the complex sentences into simple sentences and exchange... 

The information that we have covered on quantum numbers will be used to construct a type of notation called the electron configurations of elements in the next chapter. You will want to be able to remember how many sublevels, and which types, are found in each energy level. I ask my students to remember a simple sentence such as, some people don t/or-get to help them recall the order of the sublevels. To recall which sublevels the third energy level has, for example, they might say to themselves, some people don t. ... 

Try to avoid what has been referred to as restricted language code. This makes use of colloquial expressions, very short and simple sentences, repetitive use of conjunctions (but, because, so. .. ) and the use of statements phrased as questions Know what I mean , . . . you know , . . . isn t it , etc. In most patient interactions the use of restricted language code is undesirable however, occasionally you may need to apply it when interacting with certain patients to ensure the information is clearly understood. 

Generally has simple sentences and simple word choice may exhibit uneven control over sentence boundaries. 

Several approaches have been investigated. Marcotte et al. [40] deduce from the frequency of occurrences of certain words in the abstract whether a paper discusses a certain protein-protein interaction. Shatkay et al. [41] analyze the similarity of direction of different documents by providing models for a scientific topic. They train a stochastic model describing the frequency of occurrences of certain words on a given set of documents based on the scientific topic in question. Then they select related literature based on this model. Other systems go beyond counting words. Some systems invoke rules based on the structure of simple sentences [42], More involved language parsing is performed in [43], [44],... 

Judging from his behaviour, his work and his writing, he was convinced that, provided the correct experiments were done, the phenomena of nature can be shown to arise from a few simple principles. This ascetic attitude was shown in his writing, in which, by the accurate use of simple words and simple sentences, he conveyed meaning with unusual clarity. All his writings on surface chemistry had this characteristic. 

Short, Simple Sentences. Keeping sentences short is important because listeners do not have the opportunity to reread a speaker s sentence if they get lost. 

What is the take-home message, in one simple sentence of the language of the conference (e.g. Drug X was superior to placebo in treating disease Y, in a patient population with characteristics A, B, and C, i.e. like the known epidemiology of the disease ). 

A simple SENTENCE is single independent statement of fact. It contains a subject and a predicate along with a connecting verb. 

A COMPOUND SENTENCE Contains two (or more) simple sentences of equal importance joined by words like and and... 

Vary the length of your sentences. For example, you might use one compound sentence followed by a simple sentence. By varying the lengths of your sentences, you make your writing much more interesting to read. 

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