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Thanks Lorikeet for having given a small spark on the topic.

Hello, I'm analyzing the nursing reports to find out the language structure used by the nursing students. In the reports, I've come across the following two sets of sentences. Group A: (This type of sentences does not have a verb phrase at all (e.g. is/was, are/were)) a). Patient conscious and orien...

Hello fluffyhamster, Thank you for confirming that the sentence is simple.

Thank you fluffyhamster.

If we name 'as per' complex preposition, the sentence will be called 'simple sentence'. isn't it?

Is 'as per' a Subordinative Conjunction in the following sentence?

"Treatment given as per doctor's order'

Thank you Fluffyhamster. I understand not only the usage of "undue" but also the usage of "due" and "due to".

Hello Sally Olsen I wish to share my words with you. I have gone through the books of Martin's 'working with functional grammar' and an introduction to functional grammar by Halliday. It was very difficult to understand the theory so that I'm so confused.We don't have many books on systemic function...

Is it the correct usage?

Do we give undue to importance to grammar teaching?

Should it not be "undue importance"?

I propose a vote of thanks to Lorikeet and Fluffyhamaster.

Which one is correct? a vote of thanks or the vote of thanks in 'It's my immense pleasure to propose a vote of thanks/ the vote of the thanks at the end of this programme'.

Hi Sally, Thank you for your suggestion. I firstly found their present situation need and learning style preference (checklist of J.Reid, Personal Communication). The results for the both are composing essay for their exams and kinesthetic style respectively. Then I used the materials and exercises ...

Hello Sally Olsen, Greetings. I have found two books - an introduction to functional grammar by Halliday and working with functional grammar by JR Martin et.al. from my university library. I hope i've chosen correct books. i've just started to read the books. I give you some of mistakes which i foun...

Hello Sally Olsen, I have gone through the article which is very useful reference work for my research. Here I like to tell about my research. I have planned to analyze the sentence structure, cohesion and coherence, and the structure of the composition of final year Nursing students. It's like a ho...

Thank you very much Sally Olsen. I'll go through it.

Is there any book for Medical Students to learn Common Errors in Medical English?