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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
To correctly pronounce
Decoding is the ability to apply your knowledge of letter-sound relationships, including knowledge of letter patterns, to correctly pronounce written words.
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Is " to correctly pronounce written words" an infinitive phrase? What is the subject for that phrase and find it difficult to see its relationship within the context?
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Is " to correctly pronounce written words" an infinitive phrase? What is the subject for that phrase and find it difficult to see its relationship within the context?
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That sentence is rather disjoint grammatically (but you hear such things all the time). You apply something to noun (or simply apply it). You don't apply it full infinitive.
- That sentence is rather disjoint grammatically (but you hear such things all the time).
- You apply something to noun (or simply apply it).
- You don't apply it full infinitive.
- " That is awkward, but at least it is grammatical.
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That sentence is rather disjoint grammatically (but you hear such things all the time). You apply something to noun (or simply apply it). You don't apply it full infinitive. I would make it "Decoding is the ability to apply your knowledge of letter-sound relationships, including knowledge of letter patterns, to correctly prono
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