Tuesday, 28 September 2021

'Fail To Do' vs 'Forget To Do'

 'fail to do' is (trying but) not succeeding (Halliday & Matthiessen 2014: 572)

whereas

'forget to do' is not doing according to intention (Halliday & Matthiessen 2014: 574).

Monday, 27 September 2021

Monday, 20 September 2021

Thursday, 16 September 2021

The Postmodifier

Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 390):
But the Postmodifier does not itself enter into the logical structure, because it is not construed as a word complex.

Monday, 13 September 2021

Monday, 6 September 2021