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Skittles Posted 17 years ago
Non-modifiabilityWe cannot modify a collocation or apply syntactic transformations.
Could someone eexplain what a syntactic transformations is!
Been on google still not sure
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Syntactic transformations.
Non-modifiabilityWe cannot modify a collocation or apply syntactic transformations.
Could someone eexplain what a syntactic transformations is!
Been on google still not sure
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Changing the syntax (the structure or arrangement of the words). For example, 'by heart' in 'He learned the poem by heart' cannot be changed to 'by his heart' or 'by mind'. So the idiomatic phrase 'by heart' exhibits the quality of non-modifiability.
- Changing the syntax (the structure or arrangement of the words).
- For example, 'by heart' in 'He learned the poem by heart' cannot be changed to 'by his heart' or 'by mind'.
- So the idiomatic phrase 'by heart' exhibits the quality of non-modifiability.
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Changing the syntax (the structure or arrangement of the words). For example, 'by heart' in 'He learned the poem by heart' cannot be changed to 'by his heart' or 'by mind'. So the idiomatic phrase 'by heart' exhibits the quality of non-modifiability.
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Changing the syntax (the structure or arrangement of the words). For example, 'by heart' in 'He learned the poem by heart' cannot be changed to 'by his heart' or 'by mind'. So the idiomatic phrase 'by heart' exhibits the quality of non-modifiability.
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