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You perhaps may be a bit confused when I am going to tell you that there are six Parts of Speech in English grammar. You know actually there is the reference of eight Parts of Speech in English grammar, may be I am a little off my head. But it is actually so what I am telling you. There are six common Parts of Speech with their special characteristics. These six are Noun/Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction and finally Preposition/Interjection. Now let us have a glimpse of the features of these six.
Noun/Pronoun
We generally know that Noun is such a word that is used to give a name to a person or a thing. Watch this example minutely.
Brett saw a dog on the road.
In this sentence Brett is the name of a man. It is the dog that is the name of an animal. Road is the name of a place. Hence we can easily say that Brett, dog and road are nouns.
Again Noun is classified into five different kinds. They are -
1) Proper noun
2) Common Noun
3) Collective Noun
4) Material Noun
5) Abstract Noun
A Proper Noun denotes an individual in pa... Read more...
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You perhaps know it for certain that an Adverb is that word that qualifies any part of speech save the noun and the pronoun. But in other grammar too you may find the definition elaborated in a different manner. There the definition goes thus- An Adverb is that particular word that is used to qualify a verb, an adverb and the adjective. But when we brood over the matter it seems that the second definition is not at all correct. For, it is Adverb that may qualify preposition and conjunction too.
Now we can discuss in details the Relative Adverb. It may seem a bit complicated when you are going to use it. Before brooding over the relative adverb you have to have a clear idea of the relative clause. The number of relative adverb is not much; hence the use is limited to some extent. Still you have to take care when you would go to apply them.
Again Relative Adverbs are in some respect same in form as the interrogative adverbs. But the basic difference that you may note is that like the interrogative adverbs they do not ask questions, rather join two sentences. So you have the sole right to define relative adverb in two way... 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...
Tags: adjective, English, english grammar, exact word, example, Grammar, noun
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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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When it comes to learning of English language, grammar plays an important role. In grammar, one of the most important areas is the function of prepositional phrases. Prepositions are nothing but the set of words used closely with pronouns and nouns for showing their relationship with another part of the clause. Propositions introduce the object of the prepositional phrase. Its role is to explain a time-connected, plausible or spatial relationship between the object and other part of the propositional phrase. Some of the propositions in English are above, off, within, until, about, among, down, despite, etc…
Some of the examples of propositions are given below:
- The teacher has not come to the school since last week: In this sentence, the prepositional phrase, ‘since last week’ shows a time-connected relationship between has not come to the school and the teacher.
- The girl is sitting on the sofa: In this sentence, the propositional phrase ‘on the sofa’ shows a spatial relationship between the object chair and the subject the girl.
- The man has not lost weight desp... Read more...
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