What is grammar? Grammar has two important parts:
1] Where we put words and
2] How words change shape (they look or sound different)
Every language has two kinds of words: 實字Content words (N, VB, ADJ, ADV) and 虛字Function words (Preposition, determiners, helping verbs etc.). Content words show most of the meaning. Look at these two sentences. A robber is talking:
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| This is a holdup! (from http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcfairch/4189169360/sizes/m/in/photostream/) |
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| Here is a beautiful Filipina "robber" (from www.flickr.com/photos/sinabsolution/3509205210/in/photostream). She wants money. Are you afraid? |
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| That's my uncle Benjamin's picture. Really! If you have one of these pictures, you should give it to me. All of this money is mine! ;-) Just kidding! (from http://www.flickr.com/photos/amagill/3366720659/sizes/m/in/photostream/) |
