The Grammar Category
Grammar: Dipping Delve into English Grammar
When you are leaning a language, you must have the first hand knowledge of grammar. You can not avoid it; you must learn it at any cost. Similarly when you notice that you fail to construct a sentence, put commas here and there or write a preposition at the ... Continue reading
English Grammar – The Colon and Semicolon
The semicolon is probably the most sophisticated punctuation device and is, therefore, well worth adding to your repertoire. First, however, we need to establish the difference between a colon and a semicolon. As you might imagine, it is sometimes the case that in attempting to use one of these devices ... Continue reading
What are auxiliary verbs?
Auxiliary verbs exist to give additional syntactic information about the main verb by giving the sentence tense and / or mood. These auxiliary verbs are also more commonly known as helping verbs or linking verbs. In a clause that contains a finite verb you will find at least one auxiliary ... Continue reading
What is a Main Verb Tense?
To illuminate the meaning of a main verb tense we need to make sure that there is an understanding of each component involved. Sometimes breaking down a concept makes it easier to process. What is a verb? A Verb is a word that shows action or doing. Examples: run, dream, smile, swim What is ... Continue reading
Past Progressive (Past Continuous)
The past progressive tense baffles just about everyone attempting to learn the English language. The form is as follows: the verb "to be," whether it's plural, singular, first, second, or third person will use either one of the following two words: "was" or "were, " plus the "infinitive" the verb ... Continue reading
Grammar – The Possessive and Plural Nouns and Proper Names
The difficulty over the apostrophe starts when we move on to plural nouns. The problem arises from thinking that the apostrophe has something to do with making words plural. It does not. To repeat the point we made earlier: adding's has nothing to do with making words plural. We usually ... Continue reading
Grammar Tips – Spelling Usage
Syllabilising, and pronouncing slowly February usually means a spell of bad weather, and bad spelling. Lots of people write February rather than February. Is there a way of avoiding such an error? One helpful approach when you are unsure about a word is too loud it out very slowly to yourself, ... Continue reading
Grammar – Omission of Letters or Contraction
[caption id="attachment_13" align="alignleft" width="280" caption="Grammar - Omission of Letters or Contraction"][/caption]We use the apostrophe mark to indicate the omission in a standard contraction. We'd better explain the rule about this in some detail as this is where a good deal of the chaos over punctuation starts. If we had to ... Continue reading