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If you want to dip delve into the vast grammatical pool you must take it for certain that you must know the Parts of Speech quite well along with their definitions, functions and their appropriateness in the English grammar. Now it is Adverb that you have to know for Adverb is such kind of Parts of Speech that has the power to modify all its other counterparts save the noun. You may not find the use of Adverb in other languages. But in the English language its use is mandatory and to a large extent important.
Perhaps you have the basic idea that an Adverb gen... Read more...
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Probably you are in the search of finding new horizons in the vast sphere of English grammar. You may try a lot in the realms of it but at every moment the thing that would pain you is your incompetence that you know a little. It is actually so. If you want to grasp English grammar you must have many things at your finger tips. If you fail to grasp them your aim to be a good English writer would remain nothing but a shattered dream.
There are many things you have to know about English grammar. If you are an ESL you have to know more. There are so many rules in the vast realm of English grammar that it is quite impossible for a human being to grasp all at a time. But you have to know at least some basic rules without which you are nothing but a lay man. All your attempts to become a good writer would end in empty vaunt.
Now we are going to discuss on such a topic that is very important when you are trying to be a good writer. The topic is all about ‘homonyms’ the meaning of which is the words that are similar in sound but different in meaning. As writer you have to know the exact word. If you can not coin th... Read more...
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Posted in Grammar |
It must be remembered that if you want to write good English you must keep in mind that your English spelling must be correct so that no one stumbles all on a sudden while going through it. There are so many words that are misspelt very frequently. Unless they are taken proper care of the words remain misspelt all through the life and can not be corrected if regular practice and sincere concern is given the top priority.
Among the bunch of words that are generally misspelt the word ‘underway’ is one such confusing word. It may be used as adjective and adverb. In both cases the meaning of the words differs and we get different pictures from the two words. First of all it must be kept in mind that ‘underway’ is generally used as an adjective. We know it for certain that an adjective qualifies a noun. The example would show you how the example is used to denote the word as an adjective.
The bus was ready for underway servicing
In this sentence you look that the word ‘underway’ is a single word. you have to spell the word quite correctly. In this sentence the word ‘under... Read more...
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It is the prime intention of all to learn English, the World Language, well. It is his /her dream to master the language and to express it through the speech and writing. But before mastering the language it is better to know the grammar of it. For it is inevitable to learn English grammar to have a keen sense of the language. Without it the learner is nothing but a man groping in the dark from time indefinite.
Among the eight parts of speech the noun comes first as noun is the name of anything whether it is the person, a place, an idea or anything else. Hence in a word we can easily say that noun is nothing but a naming word. It is noun that plays the most vital role in a sentence. So without the use of a noun it is quite impossible to use a sentence or express any feeling.
Now it is the first and foremost duty of the leaner of the English grammar to pick out from a sentence the nouns and try to differentiate it with the other parts of speech. It has to be noted that there are five nouns.
Proper noun- It is that noun which denotes the name of anything under the... Read more...
Tags: English, english grammar, Grammar, language, learner, noun, object, parts of speech, sentence, verb, world language
Posted in Nouns & Pronouns |
It is the best way to express the mastery of a language efficiently comes when you can grip the art of communicating in good English. Your mastery of the language is reflected through the style of your writing. How perfectly you are manifesting your thoughts. There is a slight difference between the mastery of oral English and written English. Oral English can be adopted in any way but it is very hard to master the art of writing English with a lucid flair.
Actually you watch regularly millions of words in some form. It may be e-mails, it may be messages sent from the cell phone, it may be greetings, it may be ‘Twittering’. Whatever it may be if you have no syntactical sense of using the language specially English you can not be regarded as the prolific writer. All that you must know in the very basic period is to learn the syntax of English grammar.
Actually the word ‘syntax’ has come from Greek that means perfect order. In English grammar you have to go through the chapter of syntax to know how there is a certain relation betw... Read more...
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Posted in English Tips, Learn English |
It is known to all that you are an expert in English language that means you can write good English, speak in an elegant manner. But can you boast of being a good tutor of English language? Evidently not. Nobody can. For it is very hard to be a good tutor. You can easily be the master of a language but you never brag of being a prolific tutor, specially of such a language like English.
Now you have to be quit aware of the difference between a tutor and a teacher. A teacher is a person who teaches a class. There are a great number of students there. But when your role is to play as a tutor you face a two or three students before you whom you have to impart the lesson. Teaching a class is to some extent easy. You have no need to specify the problem to a specific student in a class. But when you are tutoring you have to pay attention to the individual problems of the students.
When you are going to be a good tutor of English, you have to decide first whether you want to be a grammar tutor or guide your student to write good English. It is up to you what you want to tutor them. Practically the part you feel yourself strong... Read more...
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Posted in Teach English |
English grammar seems to be easy to understand but it is not that particular thing to be easily assimilated. It has intricacies inherent in it. It is seen frequently that the native speakers of English language can not stress on learning English grammar as they have the idea that it is their inborn quality to assimilate the language and use it in many ways.
But the theory is not at all true. If you are a native speaker of the English grammar you have to master the grammar of the language just to use them in different situations and circumstances. If you try to learn the grammar of English language you may hone yourself perfectly and apply your worth in the application of both in writing and spoken style. There is enough scope to be a master of English grammar. All that need is the interactive approach that may help you to understand the grammar fully well.
If you go through some process you are never to be disappointed. If you actually want to be the master of yourself always try to follow some basic rules to grasp the grammar in an effective manner. You need to explain the things that you seem very important yourself ... Read more...
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Posted in Grammar |
If you want to write English you must have to learn the perfect use of the quotation marks. The sign goes thus—”———”. These marks are always used to enclose a saying of someone or something that is borrowed from somewhere else.
Generally quotation marks can be used when we quote someone word by word. We use the marks so that the words uttered by the man are kept intact. There is no change in the saying. There is no way to extort the saying of the speaker.
We can use the direct quotation marks when a sentence is already going on. Or the marks may be used from the very beginning when the speaker is saying something.
- While discussing on the Romantic poets our teacher suddenly expressed,” Above all the Romantic period is the best period in the history of English Literature, I think.”
- Our English teacher all on a sudden declared,” Romantic period is the best period in the history of English literature, I think.”
We can use the quotation... Read more...
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Posted in English Tips, Grammar |
If you want to write English quite perfectly, you have to know some usages that are mandatory to be learnt and if misused can make your writing nothing ‘but’ a mess. One of the words that often causes headache to the ESL writers is ‘But’. But may be used as a conjunction and a preposition and be easily placed before a sentence or in the middle of a sentence.
Let’s try to look into the matter of the perfect use of But. But, as a conjunction, is generally used to join the ideas that are absolutely contrasting. Now look at the sentences where the ideas are reflected.
v The man is old but enjoys sound health
v My father is honest , but not clever
v The book is thin but packed with great ideas.
In all these sentences, the contrasting ideas are hinted at. For example, in the first sentence the man is old but he enjoys sound health that is not expected from an old man. Actually the contrasting idea is that an old man must not enjoy strong health. He must be fragile.
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Posted in English Tips |
It is sure you like to speak in English, write in English and even dream in English. But you probably do not know if you don’t grasp English grammar you are sure to flop. English grammar is such a thing that is not hard, very flexible and though often scary is of great interest if the simple rules are assimilated quite well. What you need first is not to continue reading the ‘heavy weight’ English grammar day and night. You only have to follow some simple rules with great care and you are sure to hit the bull.
I think you may have been aware of the use of noun. It is one of the parts of the parts of speech. Without the use of noun, we can not name our ideas and dear ones or anything under the sun.. Collective nouns of which I am going to offer you a bit idea are nouns and if they are not used properly with much care may be confusing. You have to take care if the verbs are singular or plural and the particular collocation to suit the nouns perfectly.
Actually collective nouns hint at the group of things or people such as team, family, army, committee, group etc. Actually collective nouns can easily be used as ... Read more...
Tags: collective nouns, English, english grammar, example, Grammar, noun, parts of speech, proper nouns, singular, singular form, singular verb, use of noun, verb, Verbs
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