I think appositives are a good way to explain certain nouns or noun pharses giving some
specific information about them. So if speakers or writhers use appositives to express
a certain noun, listeners or readers may understand it more easily. Also they can imagin
some specific points about it.
For example, let's see the following two sentences.
1) Kimchi is very delicious.
2) Kimchi(head noun), the traditional Korean food(appositive), is very delicious.
(Non-restrictive appositive which describes information about the head noun)
The second sentence may convey information about Kimchi better than the first sentence.
Now I want to make two restrictive appositives. According to the textbook, the function of restrictive appositives is to identify the head noun.
1) The movie Taitanic was nominated for the Academy award.
2) The musical 'Sound of Music' has a lot of beautiful songs sung by Julie Andrews.
We can identify the head noun by using 'which' question.
Therefore, which movie? Taitanic
Which musical? Sound of Music
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Learing new expressions.
Over the weekends, I found some interesting expressions.
The first one is a word, 'moonlight'.
I think many people knows the meaning of 'moonlight' as a noun, which means the
light from the moon as you guess from the two word combination between moon and light.
Here is another usage of 'moonlight' as a verb, which means someone has a second job
in addition to their main job. I could discoverd a good example.
e.g. An engineer who was moonlighting as a taxi driver.
That is, the engineer has two jobs at the same time; one is an engineer, another is a taxi driver.
Next, the word 'cast' is also fascinating. It can be used as a 'verb' as well as 'noun'.
This week I learned a new expression, "cast doubts on". Let me give an example.
e.g. Last night, a top criminal psychologist cast doubt on the theory.
It means someone or something cause people to be unsure or question about it.
I think casting doubt on the existing theory sometimes can change the world because
it allows people to look at it with creative or critical thinking.
The last thing is the expression of "Given the choice between A and B, I would choose~~".
I think something omitted in front of the word 'Given', I guess it may be "If I were"(?),
I am not sure though. Let's see the example.
e.g. Given the choice between studying abroad and in one's own country, I would choose
studying abroad.
Learning something new makes me motivated and developed. I wish my choice, studying
abroad in Iowa, might be wise. :P
The first one is a word, 'moonlight'.
I think many people knows the meaning of 'moonlight' as a noun, which means the
light from the moon as you guess from the two word combination between moon and light.
Here is another usage of 'moonlight' as a verb, which means someone has a second job
in addition to their main job. I could discoverd a good example.
e.g. An engineer who was moonlighting as a taxi driver.
That is, the engineer has two jobs at the same time; one is an engineer, another is a taxi driver.
Next, the word 'cast' is also fascinating. It can be used as a 'verb' as well as 'noun'.
This week I learned a new expression, "cast doubts on". Let me give an example.
e.g. Last night, a top criminal psychologist cast doubt on the theory.
It means someone or something cause people to be unsure or question about it.
I think casting doubt on the existing theory sometimes can change the world because
it allows people to look at it with creative or critical thinking.
The last thing is the expression of "Given the choice between A and B, I would choose~~".
I think something omitted in front of the word 'Given', I guess it may be "If I were"(?),
I am not sure though. Let's see the example.
e.g. Given the choice between studying abroad and in one's own country, I would choose
studying abroad.
Learning something new makes me motivated and developed. I wish my choice, studying
abroad in Iowa, might be wise. :P
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