There are a lot of words in English grammar that people are confused with where to use. Some of them are ‘contiguous’, ‘continuous’, and ‘continual’. This is why the writer should learn all about the rules for using the words appropriately. As a professional writer you need to know the rules of grammar that should be applied in a sentence which will save you the confusion while constructing a sentence.
‘Contiguous’
First off, you should determine if there is a list of different events or things that are being dealt with... Read more...
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If you want to be a pro at English grammar, you need to have basic grammatical skills. Instead of just being important for the examinations that test the subject, grammatical skills are also relevant in the way you communicate to others. In fact, spellings are more important for written tests and evaluations. If you are into a job that requires business writing to be done, you should be specific about the cases that require using words like ‘allot’, ‘a lot’ and ‘a lot’.
For instance you are typing a paper, and you write the word ‘alot’. There is a little red line that appears, but you are clueless about whether you should choose ‘a lot’ or ‘allot’.
‘Allot’
This is a word that means ‘to divide’, ‘accord’, ‘administer’, ‘dispense’, ‘distribute’ or ‘give out’. Here’s an example of using the word in a sentence: “They allotted six square feet space per family”. You must have guessed by now that the word ‘allot’ is used to refer to divide, apportion or grant something. “The raffle tickets were allotted to the class”.
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There are lots of subtle intricacies in English grammar and one of them is the problem that people are faced with when they use ‘there’, ‘their’, and ‘they’re’ in a sentence. Although the pronunciations of the three words are the same, it becomes a tad tough to distinguish their usage according to circumstances. Remember that there are different spellings for every word.
‘There’
‘There’ is used while referring to a place, irrespective of whether it is material or immaterial. In the case of the former, it would be “over there next to the building”, and in the latter something like “it is tough to live there”. Common examples indicating the word are:
- There is a bookshop at Camden Avenue.
- The textbooks are lying there on the floor.
- There are several documents required for investigation.
‘There’ is used along with the verb ‘be’ (including ‘is’, ‘are’, ‘were’, ‘was’, ‘am’ etc.) for indicating that something exists, or for mentioning something for the first time. F... Read more...
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‘Site’, ‘sight’ and ‘cite’ are three words that are pronounced the same, but have different spellings. This is why a lot of writers fail to find the difference between them and make mistakes in usage. If your job is concerned with writing, you should be flawless in grammar to make sure that the words you choose in a sentence are appropriate. Take a look at some of the commonly confused words.
‘Site’
‘Site’ refers to ‘place’ or ‘location’. So this means that you can substitute the word in a sentence where you use the words ‘location’ or ‘place’. An example would be, “The site for the new school has been selected”. The place or location could be a physical site or a location online in cyberspace. If you are talking about an entity on the internet, you can come across the word ‘website’, or its likes such as ‘web site’ or plain ‘site’. Another application of the word would be in the sentence, “The town planners have decided to choose the site for erecting the building”.
The things that can be indicated by the word ‘site’ is extensive. It m... Read more...
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It might be confusing to many of us between choosing ‘I’ and ‘me’ while using them in a sentence. That is because both the words refer to me. While constructing sentences, you need to remember that both the words are personal pronouns. As a pronoun, the words stand in place of the nouns as they can replace the names of people. ‘I’ and ‘me’ are also used in the first person and this means when they are spoken from the point of view of the person who is speaking. Moreover, ‘I’ and ‘me’ are personal pronouns and refer to a single person.
Sentences Formation
The sentences are made of two parts in general. One of them is the person, place or thing which is being spoken about in the sentence. It is known as the subject of the sentence. The second part talks about the subject, the part which describes what the subject is doing or what its situation or condition is. This part is the predicate, and generally comprises a verb and a few descriptive words or phrases.
A sentence is also made of an object and you should remember that the action that a lot of verbs indicate may not be c... Read more...
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English grammar is easy and you can easily form a correct sentence if you know the basic differences on what are they, how are they used and when are they used. Truly speaking, grammatically correct sentences sound more thoughtful than incorrect sentences.
What is article?
Articles are adjectives which are generally used to describe a noun. There are mainly two types of articles in English language. One is ‘the’ the other ‘a/an’
What is ‘The’ in English grammar?
In English grammar ‘The’ is called the definitive article. It is generally used to refer to a particular noun.
What is ‘A/An’ in English grammar?
In English grammar ‘A/An’ is called the in-definite article. In order to specify a non-specific and non-particular noun we generally use the term.
Lets know about the basic difference between the use of definite article ‘The’ and indefinite article ‘A/An’. Then we can understand what we mean by definite article and indefinite article.
Example
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There are certain basic differences between different words that we use as parts of the sentence. With a proper knowledge we would know the difference on how to use them. We have to follow correct grammar in order for the sentence to sound distinct and right.
‘That’ and ‘Which’ are both relative clauses. Both these two relative clauses are used to refer to things as well as persons.
What is relative clause?
Relative clause is one which is used to give some additional information about the noun that we want to describe. The noun can be a person as well as a thing. There is a subtle difference between how these two relative clauses and how they are used in the sentence to describe different things and persons.
In grammar there is a term used frequently by grammarians called ‘restrictive’ and ‘non-restrictive’.
Restrictive Clause
‘Restrictive’ clause is one which identifies the exact word which is modifying and it does not require the use of any commas.
Non-Restrictive
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It is important to construct sentences which are correct. In order to construct a correct sentence in English, we need to know the different aspects of constructing a sentence. If we know ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘when’ a particular word should be used, it is easier.
What are determiners?
In English, determiners are words which are mostly used to:
- Define a noun which can be a thing or a person
- State the quantity or the amount of things or people
- State the possessives
- State specificity to a thing or a person
- State how things or the person can be distributed
- State, how one noun is different from the other nouns?
- State whether something or someone is not specific
There are different types of determiners in English language. Each of those specific determiners is used by following few rules of grammar. The use of determiners mainly depends on the type of noun that we are trying to describe. The standard rule of using determiners is:
- Singular nouns will need a determinerRead more...
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The building blocks of constructing a correct sentence are parts of speech. Parts of speech are also used as the first step to teach students about good grammar. One has to understand the use of it and how they are put into the sentence to create a reading material in English which sounds right. It is always better to start with the basics and then move towards a complex sentence.
As a teacher you can use the following steps to let your students understand about parts of speech.
- One must first begin by learning about the noun. Noun can be a person, a thing or even an idea. It can be names of people, places and things like dogs cats, Victoria or even London.
- First as a teacher request your students to list noun (person name, a thing or an idea) that are coming on their mind.
- After the list of nouns is done, instruct them to describe the nouns that are listed. Put those descriptive words in front of the sentences that are used. Let your students learn that the descriptive words are adjectives and an adjective is used to describe a noun.
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When constructing a sentence for the listener to understand, it has to be proper and also grammatically correct. Grammar is very important for a profound reflection of any thought which is better for a reader or a listener.
In English grammar, you have to know about how you want to put the word into the sentence for a correct construction. In order to construct a sentence correctly you have to know how to use the word and when to use the word. ‘Some’ and ‘Any’ are quantifiers.
When do we use ‘Some’ and ‘Any’?
We use ‘Some’ and ‘Any’ when we do not know the amount or the quantity of something.
Example of Use of ‘Some’ and ‘Any’
- I saw 7 deer when I moved deep into the jungle with my fellow travelers.
Here we know the number of deer that we saw when we were moving into the jungle. So we do not use ‘Some’ or ‘Any’.
- I saw some deer when I moved into the jungle with my fellow travelers.
Here we do not know the number of deer that we saw when we moved... Read more...
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