Structure 2013-06-13

Exercise 3, p. 126
2 less
3 enough
4 some / more (if not enough, we need more)
5 a few
6 one of
7 both of
8 $50
9 fewer (comparing basic with premium)
10 much
11 few
12 most of
13 a couple of
14 more / some
15 every
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All people breathe air.
All of MY friends hate call waiting.
Most Americans speak English.
*Most of Americans speak English.

If there is a determiner, we can use "of".
determiners: articles, possessives, this/that/these/those

Most of THE people in America speak English.
Most people in America speak English.

This rule is for "both", "some", "most", "all"
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The desk is...
-small
-hard
-flat
-smooth
-wooden
-square
-new

It is a small hard wooden desk.
The small new wooden desk is in the front.
The hard flat square desk is over there.
I have a square brown desk.
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She has blond curly hair.
She has curly blond hair.
She has beautiful blond curly hair.
(opinions are not central; they go first)
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p. 137
structure class, grammar class
English grammar class
"noun modifiers" = compound nouns
a mailbox key
a metal mailbox key

adjectives come before noun modifiers

adjectives+noun modifiers+head noun=noun
Some of my keys are missing.
Some of my small metal mailbox keys are missing.
(the rest of the words in the sentence are the same)
NOTE: only the head noun can be plural
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compound modifiers: modifiers with >1 word
Our book has 23 chapters.
It is a 23-chapter book.
We all have 23-chapter books.
She has a 5-year-old son.
I have five dollar bills. (5 x $1)
I have five-dollar bills. (? x $5)
I teach five-year-old kids.
I teach five year-old kids.
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English is a difficult, confusing widely-spoken language.
English is spoken widely -> widely-spoken

Those people are speaking English.
They are English-speaking people.

She has long hair.
She is long-haired.
Four-legged animals

* This is a 14-studented class. (WRONG)
We can do this with parts of the body, but usually not other nouns.
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p. 140 Exercise 2
2 new silk
3 ugly purple denim
4 suitable dress-up (suitable = appropriate)
5 interesting, important
6 good, memorable
7 unstylish, sloppy
8 round blue sapphire
9 oval green emerald
10 excellent tomato-and-cheese
11 fancy dress-up
12 beautiful purple denim
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Homework: Exercise 3, p. 141-142
QUIZ TOMORROW ABOUT 6-9