where it is a plural-only noun, and one
where it is a singular:
arts
ii beginnings
iii brains
vi holidays
vii letters
viii spectacles
iv compliments ix spirits
v customs x people
- Say whether the underlined nouns in the
fo llowing examples have a count or a non
count interpretation. In each case construct
another example in which the noun has the
opposite interpretation.
i Yo u needn't have gone into so much detail.
ii I've run out of 1lfJIlil..
iii Can I have another sausage?
iv He has jet-black hair.
v They treat their new help appallingly.
- Are the underlined NPs below definite or
indefinite? Give reasons for your answer.
i Those shoes are filthy.
ii Both copies Qjthe report are missing.
iii I need two copies of your report.
iv Either time would be OKfor me.
v We fo und several big mushrooms.
- In the following examples give (a) the
function within NP structure, and (b) the
category, of the underlined expressions
(there are twenty in all; for reference
they're labelled with small roman numeral
subscripts).
�i] interest in language!ii]
g!iii] brick!iv] wall
the!v] people who need most helprvi]
three!vii] Canadian]viii] soldiers
its!ix] many!x] virtues
a very useful!xi] discussion <lithe problem]xii]
a person Q,fimpeccable taste]xiii]
even]xiv] the director herselftxv]
several]xvi] things you forgot to saYrxvii]
a Vietnam war!xviii] veteran
that larger xix] a deficit!xx]
- Classify the fused heads in the following
examples as (a) simple; (b) partitive; or
(c) special:
Exercises III
i lill has two children and her sister three.
ii Which of her arguments did you find
the most convincing?
iii Thousands of people saw it, and most
thought it was first-class.
iv Yo u've made progress, but much still
remains to be done.
v There were several slices, and as usual
To m took the largest.
vi The show verges on the obscene.
vii There are wolves out there; I saw
several.
viii The first letter is P and the �
is Q.
ix The good die young.
x Many are called but.kJf. are chosen.
- Select an appropriate case-form of the
pronoun I for the blank positions in the
following examples. If more than one
case-form is admissible in Standard
English, list them all and comment on the
difference between them.
i Yo ur fa ther and have been consider
ing this matter.
ii In the other photo, the guy in the middle
of the fro nt row is .
iii They've arrangedfor you and to
meet with Dr lackson this evening.
iv They went to the same school as .
v They're seeing Kim befo re you and _.
- What kind of genitive do we have in the
following examples: (a) subject-determiner;
(b) subject; (c) fused-head; (d) oblique;
(e) predicative; or (f) attributive?
i A friend of mine told me you 're leaving
the country.
ii Yo ur application has been approved but
lW 's is still being considered.
iii This book belongs to Pa t, but the rest
are yours.
iv Do you know if there's a men 's toilet
around here?
v He objects to your being paid more than
everybody else.
