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How to Be a Better Writer by Avoiding Common Mistakes in Grammar

Study English Grammar — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:06:19 +0000

It is common in people to strive to become better than what you actually are. Same is he case with good writers. Avoiding some simple mistakes will make you a better writer than you are today. In case you are a copy writer or an avid blog writer then you may not have to worry so much about grammar and its common mistakes. Here the way of writing is informal wherein the write up looks more like a conversation than an article. However when you are into serious writing like that of a book or writing content for any website or just a writer in newspaper writing; then each day you must strive to become a better writer.

Avoid Common Mistakes to become a Better Writer:

The following is a list of the most common mistakes that prevent you from becoming a better writer:

If you are a serious writer then you must know that the grammar used in speaking is different from that of writing. In general we speak in a language that is convenient to all and not in a language that is grammatically correct. In case you are transitioning from ... Read more...

Perfect Use of Apostrophe

Study English Grammar — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:40:06 +0000

If you want to write English in a perfect manner you have to master the grammar of English language. Unless you have no depth in the English grammar quite efficiently you are not to obtain the power of writing English in a lucid manner.

Whether you are a native or a foreigner the first thing you have to note is to go through the basics of English grammar. The natives have the facility to read the language in their own language but if you are an ESL you have to devote enough time to learn how to master the art of writing flair.

Again you try to express something through your writing you must note that the writing is perfect and without any error. Your sole aim is to reciprocate your ideas in an effective manner so that the others who go though the writing must face no problem to comprehend it.

If you are willing to write on the web you have to take it in mind that the global readers are there to connoisseur your writing. If they fail to dip delve into your writing you are sure to taste the bitterness of failure and can never be acclaimed in the long run. Some basic ideas of grammar is there to be assimilated ... Read more...

Grammar – The Possessive and Plural Nouns and Proper Names

Study English Grammar — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:49:25 +0000

The difficulty over the apostrophe starts when we move on to plural nouns. The problem arises from thinking that the apostrophe has something to do with making words plural. It does not. To repeat the point we made earlier: adding’s has nothing to do with making words plural.

We usually make nouns plural by adding s; so, for example, cat becomes cats; student becomes students. There are, though, some words which make their plurals differently: the plural of child is children; leaf becomes leaves; kiss becomes kisses; mouse becomes mice. Most nouns, however, form plurals simply by adding s to the singular.

Where students usually get in a muddle – if this applies to you, read slowly at this point – is with the apostrophe when there is a plural noun. There is, though, no need for confusion. The basic rule is that you adds to form a possessive. Thus:

The children’s party had to be cancelled.

This means that the party of the children had to be cancelled: the plural noun is children. With this example we can compare the following, all adding’s: George’s essay, France’s... Read more...

Grammar – Omission of Letters or Contraction

Study English Grammar — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:20:52 +0000

We use the apostrophe mark to indicate the omission in a standard contraction. We’d better explain the rule about this in some detail as this is where a good deal of the chaos over punctuation starts. If we had to identify one area that creates problems for students, it would be this idea of contractions – that is, where a word is shortened and an apostrophe is used to indicate this.

It’s
The first point to repeat is that the apostrophe has two different functions. One, as we have seen above at great length, is for the possessive case; It is Jane’s book. But then the apostrophe is also used in a different way with a different meaning when we use it to indicate a contraction. The most famous contraction, and the one that sinks a thousand exam scripts, is when, instead of writing it is, we write it’s. Here the apostrophe signals that the two words it and is have been contracted into one word and that a letter has been omitted: it’s, then, means it is, or, in some cases, it has, as in: It’s been raining here all day.

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Many students know this, but then, often without... Read more...