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Chapter 7: Exercise

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Chapter 7, Exercise #8.
Below are sentences that might be spoken between two friends chatting informally. For each, state what the nonabbreviated full sentence in SAE would be. In addition, state in your own words (of formally if you wish) the rule or rules that derived the informal sentences from the formal one. a. Where’ve ya been today? SAE: Where have you been today? b. Watcha gonna do for fun? SAE: What are you going to do for fun? c. Him go to church? SAE: Does he go to church? d. There’s four books there. SAE: There are four books there. e. Who ya wanna go with? SAE: Who do you want to go with? Rule 1: reduction of syllables, e.g. Where have —> Where’ve What are you —> Watcha Going to —> …show more content…

Who do you —> Who ya Does he go —> Him go Rule 4: no reversion in interrogative structure, e.g. Does he go —> Him go

Chapter 8, Exercise #3 a) Nothing pleased his master
There does not need to be an “it” in front of nothing so the “it” is removed. b) He has said that we would lift those who please him
"Has" rather than "hath" and "the individuals who" rather than "them whom”
c) I have a brother who is condemned to die
Include who to the sentence so you can comprehend it
d) They asked me to take you away
"You" was moved before the verb, the pronouns "I" and "them" were traded and made "they" and "me" so it would bode well, and "bade" transformed to “asked"
e) Christ and his apostles slept OR Christ slept and his apostles slept as well
Move "missionaries" before the verb in place for the sentence to bode well
f) I was told
Change the pronoun from "me" which is an individual article, to "I" which is the subject
Chapter 9, Exercise #7
We saw in this chapter how children overgeneralize rules such as the plural rule, producing forms such as mans and mouses. What might a child learning English use instead of the adult words

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