Halaman Wacana: November 2011

Ketidak sempurnaan sebuah kata

Sebuah ucapan yang kadang keluar dari mulut kita tak selalu baik apa adanya, tapi kadang kita lupa, kata kata yang kotor pun terlontar dari mulut kita, dalam hati kita tau bahwa itu merupakan suatu hal yang tidak baik, tapi di sisi lain kita hanya mengabaikannya, menganggap sebuah kekhilafan atau kekeliriuan yang tidak kita sengaja. Namun tanpa kita sadari, melalui sebuah kata kita bisa menyakiti perasaan seseorang. Dengan begitu dapat disimpulkan bahwa setiap kata yang keluar dari mulut kita merupakan cerminan dari diri kita sendiri, ketidak sempurnaan kita di dalam berinteraksi.

Kamis, 03 November 2011

Adjective Clause, Noun Clause & Adverbial Clause

1.1 Adjective Clause

An adjective clause also called an adjectival or relative clause. The adjective clause will follow one of this two pattern:

Relative pronoun/adverb + subject + verb.
Relative pronoun as subject + verb.

Example

Pizza which most people love, is not healthy.
The people whose name are on the list will go to camp.
Grandpa remember the old days when there was no television..
Fruit that is grown organically is expensive.
Student who are intelegent, get good grade.
I know someone whose father served in World War II
Making noise when he eats is the main reason, why Sue does not like to eat with her brother.
I enjoy telling people about Janet Evanovich whose latest book was fantastic.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead
Those who do not complained are never pitied.

1.2 Noun Clause

A noun clause is a dependent clause and cannot stand alone as a sentence. It must be connected to an independent clause, a main clause. A noun clause has its own subject and verb. It can begin with Question word. It can begin with if or whether. And it can begin with that.

Example:

What you said doesn`t convince me at all.
How he become so rich makes people curious.
What the salesman has said is untrue.
That the world is round is a fact.
I know what you mean.
I don`t understand what he is talking about.
He said that his son would study in Australy.
Please listen to what your teacher is saying.
Budi`s pays full attention to how native speaker is pronouncing the English word.
Be carefull of what you`re doing.

1.3 Adverbial Clause

An Adverbial clause is a dependent clause, that function as an adverb. In other words, it contains a subject (explicit or implied)and a predicate and it modifies a verb.

Example:

When she was in Miami, she visited my friends.
After she comes, she will turn on the radio.
While she was listening to the radio, he knocked the door.
He went to Miami because he wanted to visit his friends.
Since she never heard about cloning, she decide to not speak about it.
Now that he has a lot of money, he can afford a new computer.
Because the exam was easy, they could pass it.
She made so many mistake that she failed the exam.
He had so much time that he went to hike.
They have so little work, to do that they share it.