2017-09-13 Grammar: demonstratives

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 319-320 exercise 6 and 7
exercise 6
1 b
2 b (“a restaurant” means at least one of us doesn’t know which one)
3 b (The speaker may or may not know, but the listener definitely doesn’t know.)
4 a
5 b
exercise 7
1 the
2 a
3 A (I’m not sure which teacher.)
4 the
5 some/- (Probably with “some” because this is an offer.)
6 the
7 some/-
8 a
9 a The (She probably works at only one bank.)
  b a
  c a
  d a
  e The
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Don’t use “the” after “there is” or “there are”.
“I grew up next to a lake. Even though there was a lake near my house, I never learned to swim.”
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Demonstratives and “it”
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Handout p. 333 - With a partner, follow the instructions for Step 1 (on the board).
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this: singular or noncount, “here” (near the speaker in space or time)
that: singular or noncount, “there” (far from the speaker in space or time)
these: plural, here
those: plural, there
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Demonstratives can be determiners (“Have you read this book?”) or pronouns (“Have you read this?”)
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(Words like “here”, “there”, “now”, “then”, and demonstratives are sometimes called indexicals, and their meaning depends on the circumstances of the sentence.)
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Homework: p. 335-336 exercise 1