Clause, phrase and sentence
The basic unit of English grammar is the clause:
[An unlucky student almost lost a 17th century violin worth almost £200,000]
[when he left it in the waiting room of a London station.]
[William Brown inherited the 1698 Stradivarius violin from his mother]
[and had just had it valued by a London dealer at £180,000.]
Clauses are made up of phrases:
[An unlucky student] + [almost lost] + [a 17th century violin worth almost £200,000]
[when] + [he] + [left] + [it] + [in the waiting room of a London station.]
[William Brown] + [inherited] + [the 1698 Stradivarius violin] + [from his mother]
[and] [had just had it valued] + [by a London dealer] + [at £180,000.]
We can join two or more clauses together to make sentences.
An unlucky student almost lost a 17th century violin worth almost £200,000 when he left it in the waiting room of a London station.
William Brown inherited the 1698 Stradivarius violin from his mother and had just had it valued by a London dealer at £180,000.
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Hello Guys,
I have a questions regarding immigrate and emigrate. I've search those words in Cambridge Dictionary Online and found these results below.
immigrate
verb /ˈɪm.ɪ.greɪt/ [I]
Definition
to come to live in a different country
He immigrated with his parents in 1895, and grew up in Long Island.
(Definition of immigrate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
emigrate
verb /ˈem.ɪ.greɪt/ [I]
Definition
to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one
Millions of Germans emigrated from Europe to America in the nineteenth century.
Thousands of Britons emigrate every year.
Is the two different in the length of stay? The former relates to a temporary situation and the latter being permanent.
Thanks,
Jay
Hello Jay,
No, the length of stay is irrelevant. The difference is that one is about leaving the old country and the other is about arriving in the new country. It can be confusing because both actions happen at about the same time.
So if your friend leaves the Phillippines to live in Australia, they have emigrated from the Phillippines and immigrated to Australia.
Let us know if you have any further questions.
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
hello Adam,
i am a teacher by profession.I wish to be back at work as an English teacher.Well,after a gap i need some courses to refresh. Is there any opportunity to do such courses in Düsseldorf Germany with British council or maybe online.
Best wishes,
neelam
Hello neelam,
Nice to hear from a fellow teacher.
As far as I'm aware, we don't offer any face-to-face teacher training in Dusseldorf. However, we do have lots of online resources available to teachers listed on our TeachingEnglish website.
What type of English education are you involved in (age groups / levels)? Let us know, and we can try to find something on the site that might help you refresh or develop your skills.
Regards,
Stephen Jones
The LearnEnglish Team
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