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Teaching Grammar to kids can be a daunting task altogether because the understanding level of the lids are not as matured as adult individuals. In that case it is recommended that you should devise of ways of teaching which can be easily understood by the children. The learning of grammar should be a fun exercise for the kids. There can be innumerable ways to teach children grammar with the help of songs, poems, stories and a lot more. You just need to find out which way is most appealing to your kids.

Grammar includes a lot of important things like time, fre... Read more...

What is a Run-on Sentence?

A simple sentence is the best way to express your thoughts. In the event when you think that there is too much going on in your head and you need to express it somehow. Then create two simple sentences and join them by using a conjugation. A run-on sentence is something, which looses its actual meaning because of its length. If your thoughts are coming to you in a hurry and you must write them down then it is better to jot down the main points in bullets and then think slowly as how to construct a simple sentence put of these thoughts so that it makes sense.

How to Identify a Run-on Sentence?

Before you set about fixing a run-on sentence it is important that you identify one. Sometimes you can understand that there is a problem but cannot do anything to fix it. Further the inability to use proper of punctuation marks also adds to the meaning being convoluted. If you feel that the conjugation word is inappropriate or the meaning is not quite as expected. Then it is better to try and analyze the sentence a bit further. I... Read more...

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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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...

You have the desire to learn English quite efficiently as you do not know the world language quite well. Then what would you do first? I suggest it is the best way to know everything about the English grammar where you can find the synchronized rules and find the right way that would offer you a perfect idea of the language. It is the grammar that teaches us how we play quite effectively with words.

It is not possible for a human being to learn the English grammar quite easily. There are many facets that are very hard to assimilate as there is no hard and fast rule or the stereo type. According to situations the rules change and sometimes there is no ripple in the lake of rules and regulations, as if, it is stagnant for ever. Still English grammar is never static; it always follows an evolving system without brooding over the matter to change the basics in general. Since time immemorial the basic elements of grammar remains the same.

You have to know first the Parts of Speech, the categories that hint at how the groups of words are used. There are  8 parts of speech having their own definitions. These 8 parts of speec... Read more...

It is the best way to express the mastery of a language efficiently comes when you can grip the art of communicating in good English. Your mastery of the language is reflected through the style of your writing. How perfectly you are manifesting your thoughts. There is a slight difference between the mastery of oral English and written English. Oral English can be adopted in any way but it is very hard to master the art of writing English with a lucid flair.

Actually you watch regularly millions of words in some form. It may be e-mails, it may be messages sent from the cell phone, it may be greetings, it may be ‘Twittering’. Whatever it may be if you have no syntactical sense of using the language specially English you can not be regarded as the prolific writer. All that you must know in the very basic period is to learn the syntax of English grammar.

Actually the word ‘syntax’ has come from Greek that means perfect order. In English grammar you have to go through the chapter of syntax to know how there is a certain relation betw... Read more...

English grammar seems to be easy to understand but it is not that particular thing to be easily assimilated. It has intricacies inherent in it. It is seen frequently that the native speakers of English language can not stress on learning English grammar as they have the idea that it is their inborn quality to assimilate the language and use it in many ways.

But the theory is not at all true. If you are a native speaker of the English grammar you have to master the grammar of the language just to use them in different situations and circumstances. If you try to learn the grammar of English language you may hone yourself perfectly and apply your worth in the application of both in writing and spoken style. There is enough scope to be a master of English grammar. All that need is the interactive approach that may help you to understand the grammar fully well.

If you go through some process you are never to be disappointed. If you actually want to be the master of yourself always try to follow some basic rules to grasp the grammar in an effective manner. You need to explain the things that you seem very important yourself ... Read more...

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.

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It is known to all that the English language has many words that may seem to you confusing enough. You may wonder to find that some words have the same sound and same spelling but the amusing thing is that they offer you different meaning that may stun you every now and then. Amid many words, the words that may bring before you the great dilemma are “Advise” and “Advice”. I may offer you some idea so that you can easily solve the spelling and meaning riddles.

You may note that the two words have the exact pronunciation yet there is a bit difference in the placement of a letter in the same position. The two words “Advice” and “Advise” are interrelated; still the mystery lies in the perfect usage of the two words. You have to watch keenly how you use the words in a sentence and how they make a sharp difference in the meaning of the sentences.

You would be glad to know that the two words are etymologically same. They are derived from a French phrase that is “ce mest a vis” that means “I seem” or “in my opinion”. The phrase is used to express one’s perception according ... Read more...

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...