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 abou... Read more...
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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.
Now let̵... Read more...