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One of the basic things that you need to know as a learner of the English language is that you should know the rules of grammar while at the same time improve your vocabulary. Vocabulary refers to the list of words that you should know in order to communicate with others in everyday life in English.
Grammar and vocabulary are therefore the twin major aspects of the language and you can learn them using traditional means or through ordinary easy methods. You need to study the rules, read books on miscellaneous topics in the language and pay attention to the in... Read more...
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Irrespective of the language that you are trying to pick up, one thing to remember while you are in the learning process is that you should be interactive. Whether it is English, Spanish or French, speaking or writing the language will make sense when you follow the rues of the language. If you follow the rules of grammar, it will make you as a writer or speaker look professional. The best way to learn English is perhaps through worksheets and grammar exercises. This is the best way to pick the language up, something that reading English books or listening to CDs does not give you.
English is an intricate language and hence, its nuances may be a tad tough to get. The matter is perhaps true if you are an English native, but are not aware of the rules of the language. However, you need to understand the little details of the grammar and learn to apply the concrete written and spoken principles to each lesson that you learn. One of the best ways through which this can be done is through the interactive approach.
Communication is the Key
Practice makes Perfect: First of all, you sho... 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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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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It is frequently seen that when you try to discuss on the art of spelling you are very often confused as you watch there is the deep confusion with the letters along with sounds. Actually if we dip delve in to the mystery of such confusion we are sure to notice that the identity of English letters fall in the group of orthography, where as the sounds are nothing but a part of he system of phonetics. When there is a clash between the two groups there emerges confusion of them.
Now we are going to discuss with the misuse of two general words that ‘Lie’ and ‘Lay’. We know it for certain that ‘lie’ means to have rest having been inclined. It is an intransitive verb. On the other hand ‘lay’ is a transitive verb, meaning to keep something to somewhere. It seems at the first glance that the two words are extremely similar partially in sound but there is a gulf of difference between the two.
You can use the word ‘lie’ in the following manner. Use ‘ lie’ to denote that you have something in a horizontal manner for rest.’ For example it can be written that “The bouquet lies on ... Read more...
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If you want to learn English perfectly well you have stumble in the very beginning for there are some words which you can not use after your choice. You have follow some basic rules of grammar to have an idea how o use these words correctly. All these are basic rules, still without bothering these mean to show lethargy to learn grammar in the true sense of the term. Now I would try to discuss with the two simple words ‘ which’ and ‘ that’. From the outward view they seem of less importance but when you are going to use them you have to be a bit cautioned.
You perhaps have an idea that ‘which’ and ‘ that’ are regarded as relative pronouns. Relative pronoun means the word that helps to relate it to a noun that proceeds in a particular sentence. Now let us elaborate. In the following sentence “The pen that I bought yesterday is stolen” In this particular sentence, the relative pronoun ‘that’ hints at the ‘noun’, the ‘pen’.
Now comes the question of restrictive clause’. What is it? Actually if we follow the first sentence “The pen t... Read more...
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Always remember ‘Hyphen’ is never a ‘dash’ or the vice versa. Actually when we go on discussing on word processing applications we have to keep in mind the symbols, hyphens, em-dashes, en-dashes. These symbols may look alike but there is acute difference between the two when we actually take into consideration the perfect usages.
Hyphens are small lines that are horizontal in shape. En-dashes are a bit longer than the hyphens and are regarded the width of ‘n’. Where as ‘m’ dashes are a slightly larger than the ‘n’ dashes and are the width of the particular letter ‘m’. These symbols are used to join the parts of the sentence. It is specific that ‘hyphen’ joins adjectives and words. It is the en- dash that connects the ranges. Finally em dash connects thoughts that are related.
When we use numerical letters we use en dash. For example we write “4 – 6 months” Again when try to use a dash in the sense of parenthetical form of punctuation we may use the dash quite frequently.
When we try to use a dash we need to br... Read more...
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When it comes to the use of pronouns people are lot confused with the use of “me”, “myself” and “I”. Among all these again the use of “myself” perplexes a person the most. If you are a person who is not well aware with the differences between these words you are not alone in this group. Even people who ought to know a lot better than the ordinary men like the editors, the journalists or an English teacher most of the times are not very confident with the usage of these words. But even if you are not very sure about the meanings of these words or about their correct usage there is nothing much to worry because you can easily learn to use them correctly once you have a clear idea about what they exactly mean.
For example, the word “I” is used when the speaker is performing the action like you can say that “I ate chocolates”. Rather in simple words the pronoun “I” is a subject pronoun. Always remember that “I” is never used as an object in the sentence. Hence you cannot say that, “Uncle brought sweets for my brother and I”, instead you should say that “Uncle brought sweets for my brother and... Read more...
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Perhaps it may be so that you have he urge to deliver a speech before the audience in a packed auditorium but each time he thought haunts you a chill sensation creeps down your spine and you think that you are quite unfit for the purpose for it is your fundamental lacking in stock of relevant words that goads you to share the chilling experience. But I think if you think you can you can.
Writing of a speech is not as hard as you think. It has basically three parts-
- An Introduction
- The body
- A conclusion
Now let us start with the introductory part. It is perhaps the most vital part. Try to focus on the perfect idea that you want to highlight. Try to deliver your ideas in such a simple style that every man present can assume what you are trying to say through you speech. You have to think of the audience first. You brood over the matter of the people you see there in the audience. I am the audience who should be the target of your speech. You have to select a language that can be easily comprehended by even the listener who is sitting at the farthest corner of the auditorium.
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