impersonal sentence

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• impersonal — im|per|son|al [ımˈpə:sənəl US ə:r ] adj 1.) not showing any feelings of sympathy, friendliness etc ▪ Business letters do not have to be impersonal and formal. ▪ Sometimes she seems a very impersonal, even unkind, mother. 2.) a place or situation… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• impersonal — adjective 1 not showing any feelings of sympathy, friendliness etc: She left a short impersonal note, saying that she was leaving. 2 a place or situation that is impersonal does not make people feel that they are important or valued: a large… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• impersonal pronoun — UK US noun [countable] [singular impersonal pronoun plural impersonal pronouns] linguistics a pronoun such as ‘it’ in English that does not refer to a particular person or thing, for example ‘It’s all right’. Thes …   Useful english dictionary

• sentence — I n. judgment of a court 1) to impose, pass, pronounce (a) sentence 2) to carry out, execute a sentence 3) to serve (out) a sentence 4) to commute; reduce; suspend; vacate a sentence 5) a harsh, severe, stiff; light sentence 6) a death;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Impersonal passive voice — The impersonal passive voice is a verb voice that decreases the valency of an intransitive verb (which has valency one) to zero.The impersonal passive deletes the subject of an intransitive verb. In place of the verb s subject, the construction… …   Wikipedia

• impersonal — im|per|son|al [ ım pɜrsənl ] adjective * 1. ) not showing any friendly feelings or interest in someone: His manner was cold and impersonal. a ) used about large institutions that do not think about people s individual needs and situations: an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• impersonal */ — UK [ɪmˈpɜː(r)s(ə)nəl] / US [ɪmˈpɜrs(ə)nəl] adjective 1) not showing any friendly feelings or interest in someone His manner was cold and impersonal. a) used about large organizations that do not think about people s individual needs and… …   English dictionary

• Смирницкая, Ольга Александровна — Ольга Александровна Смирницкая Страна:  Россия Научная сфера: Лингвистика, Филология Место работы …   Википедия

• Voice (grammar) — Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness Degree of comparison Evidentiality Focus …   Wikipedia

• Null-subject language — In linguistic typology, a null subject language is a language whose grammar permits an independent clause to lack an explicit subject. Such a clause is then said to have a null subject. Typically, null subject languages express person, number,… …   Wikipedia

• Infinitive — In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. In the usual (traditional) description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and …   Wikipedia