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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. T... Read more...
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One of the major advantages for learners to master the art of the English language is to watch movies as much as possible. This is extremely engaging as a learning procedure as it is fun, thrilling and exciting, and at the same time it teaches you the basic aspects of mastering a language and excel in your linguistic skills and abilities.
Why Watch Films?
Are you a movie buff? Yes? Then get the movie theater rolling! Watching a movie in their original version, instead of going for the dubbed variety, is always a rewarding experience as everything there is for real – from the voice of the actors, to their acting styles and the background music too. You are watching everything in the real ambience, just as had been perceived by the director.
Learn through Input
Picking up your linguistic skills through watching the English movies is a procedure where you are gaining knowledge about the language through inputs. First of all, there are all those appropriate sentences that are going within your head. Other than that, your mind can impersonate them for preparing sentences of ... Read more...
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Posted in English Tips, Learn English |
There are a lot of mistakes the learners make in learning English. It should be remembered that like all languages, English is fun to learn, and making mistakes is a part of the learning process. First and foremost, you need to evaluate the reason why you want to learn English: is it merely because of the inherent interest in the language, or is it because another person wants you to learn it. Well, if the latter is the case, it is best you stop because you will easily lose interest soon enough.
It is also important as a learner to have a fixed set of goals. You may have this purpose of traveling to a country where English is the only spoken language. This is when you learn survival English and you may know a lot of helpful phrases, but don’t know how to string them into words, or for pronunciation and listening skills.
What are Some Commonly Made Mistakes?
Learners of the English language usually make some tiny errors in the initial stages of their learning process. Given below is a brief list:
Commonly Misspelled Words
- Its and it’s
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People wish to learn English for several reasons. Some people use to learn English because of their interest. Others use to learn English because of their necessity while dealing with business clients who belong to English speaking countries. What might be the reason, but the person will be benefited if he/she is having a fair knowledge in English.
In this technology driven world, where everything is being carried out over the Internet, people are willing to learn English because English is the only opted language over the Internet. English is the medium of communication over the Internet. So if one wants to use Internet, then he/she should have knowledge in English. Some people use to learn English, as they want to understand the good Hollywood movies and songs. Some people have to work abroad in English speaking countries, so as a result they need to have full knowledge of English. One of the best options of learning English is to join some English coaching classes, which will teach you to have better knowledge of English.
When it comes to English learning, developing English listening skills play an important role. ... Read more...
Tags: english listening skills, english speakers, english speaking countries, listening skill, medium of communication, native english speaker, period of time, phrases, pronunciation, pronunciation of english words, pronunciations
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Nouns:
Noun is nothing but a word or a group of words used as the name of a class of people (E.g. Teacher, Englishman, Sarah), places (E.g. Park, library, India), things (E.g. Cup, book, milk) of a specific person, place or thing. A noun can either be singular (i.e.) a pen or plural (i.e.) two pens.
Classification of nouns:
Noun can be classified into common nouns and proper nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, collective nouns and concrete and abstract nouns.
Common and Proper nouns:
Common nouns are those which denote a class of entities like city, person and planet as against Proper nouns which denotes unique entities like India, John, and Jupiter. Common nouns are generic and proper nouns are more specific.
Countable and uncountable nouns:
Countable nouns are those which can take a plural word and can combine with quantifiers and numerals for example, one, four, every, most and several. A countable noun can take an indefinite article (a or an). Examples for countable nouns are nose, occasion and chair. Uncountable nouns are also called as mas... Read more...
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Posted in English Basics, English Tips, Nouns & Pronouns |
Having constructed your essay or exam answer, the job is not finished. Where possible, you need to edit, clarify, cut and polish your words. This doesn’t mean that you have to write, write again, rewrite and endlessly reconstruct an essay. The chance of it getting much better during such an assault is unlikely. The best written compositions tend to be the originals, and once heavy editing starts the original flavor can soon be lost. But there is always room for judicious pruning and clarification, and this depends on a careful re-reading of your work. Or rather two or three re-readings.
1. Re-read for sense, logic and coherence. Check that the facts are in order, the argument flows progressively, the conclusion is supported by the material in the middle, the detailed content, the facts.
2. Re-read and chop out all the unnecessary words, phrases or sentences that clutter up your meaning and intrude on clear thought. You will be amazed at how much superfluous verbiage you can edit out.
3. Check spelling, punctuation and presentation – the agreement of tense etc.
Check that your summary really d... Read more...
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Writing is a craft, and as with any craft it has to be learned. Or should that be learnt’? Which is the correct spelling? Writing is all about using the correct words in the correct order. So far, we have concentrated on the mechanics of achieving the right word order in a sentence. Now, however, we want to turn to getting the words themselves right.
There are several aspects to this. One is finding the right tone. There is, in Itself, nothing wrong with phrases such as well hard, but it would probably Strike a rather jarring note in a formal essay if you wrote that Julius Caesar was well hard, a diamond geezer. The more fundamental difficulty, however, is that of knowing, or not knowing, how to spell words. In some ways this is becoming less of a problem in students’ work because they can confirm their spelling on a computer’s spell-check. This is obviously a useful tool and can be used interactively to improve Spelling in addition to correcting inaccurate word-processing. There is, however, also a negative side to relying on a computer, especially for spelling quite common words, since it is these that are... Read more...
Tags: correct spelling, formal essay, how to spell words, phrases, spell check, Spelling
Posted in English Tips, Sound Alike Words |
We need to exercise the discipline as we advance into the rest of the paragraph. Our student, though, was not keeping to the rules, and so, as perhaps could be expected, the lack of control at the outset means that, by the third sentence, the writing begins more and more to fall apart as he wrestles with his ideas:
It was the first place of its kind, in America in this respect, also in the way he carefully detailed and drew up the system of government, to be implemented there, and proposal for future American colonies.
The student is trying to expand the reach of the essay, but stumbling in the attempt. The primary problem is again the fact that the student is thinking out loud, with the commas separating thought units rather than separating grammatical units; as such, the commas fail to contribute to the construction of meaning in the sentence, acting instead to make the writing jerky and less than clear.
We will try to sort out the problems step by step. The first main clause is:
It was the first place of its kind, in America in this respect…
This sounds awkward and is wrongly punctuated. T... Read more...
Tags: american colonies, commas, correct manner, inclusion, main clause, paragraph, parenthetical phrase, phrases, proposal, punctuation, punctuation rules, sentences, subject verb
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What we are trying to demonstrate is how to join sentences together for an interesting piece of work. Readers can absorb more than one idea at a time and can feel frustrated by endless stops and starts; they are looking for information, stimulation, thoughts and points as well as an argument that involves them and takes them along. We should, however, make it clear that we are not contradicting here something we said earlier. We appear to be recommending the fusing of sentences. What we have in Blind, of course, is not fusing but instead joining sentences in a manner that Complies with all the basic rules about sentence structure and punctuation. We will, in addition, be showing how little phrases, such as in addition, can establish continuity and flow in a paragraph. Really, what we want to achieve is a paragraph where every sentence is as impressive as the student’s first sentence here:
At the turn of the century, Russia, both economically and politically, lagged behind the advanced industrial nations of Europe.
That is a confident sentence. It consists of a subject-verb-complement sequence (Russia-, lagged beh... Read more...
Tags: adverbial phrase, introductory element, paragraph, phrases, punctuation, sentence structure, sentences, subject verb
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Can you see anything wrong with this paragraph?
The risk of damnation is made clear in Kyd’s “The Spanish Tragedy” by the use of a ghost from hell, called Revenge, who acts as a chorus to the play. This provides a formal framework which contrasts with the violent actions of the characters. There’s also something rather spooky about a ghost.
If you feel that the last sentence struck the wrong note, it is because the word ‘spooky’ is inappropriate. But why? Isn’t it a perfectly good word? It probably is, but the problem is that it’s an informal word, the kind of word that might be used in conversation, but which jars with the formal tone required in an essay. You might also feel that it is a rather lightweight word. Up until that point the writer has achieved a good level of analysis, but the final sentence unintentionally trivializes the subject For a moment the writer takes his/her eye off the topic and makes a rather vague, colloquial point. It is important in writing an essay to strive for a fairly formal tone. Contractions such as didn’t, wasn... Read more...
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