The prepositions convey a variety of meanings such as location or direction, time, agency, instruments, possession, manner, cause, origin etc. besides it must be noted that the same preposition can convey various meanings.
What is mood ? The word “Mood” is derived from a Latin word “Modus” which means “manner”. Thus in English grammar mood is the manner in which the action denotes by the verb is represented. There are four moods in English. These are: i. Indicative mood. ii. Imperative mood. iii.…
In the previous post we learned about gerund. In this post we shall learn about participles. Let’s start. Participles And Its Types A participle is a verbal adjective. It is by birth a verb, but mostly serves nouns and pronouns as an adjective does. Read the following sentences: a. Hearing…
“Ing Form” (Gerund) Let us look at the sentences: i. Gardening is my hobby. ii. We continued playing. iii. I prevent him from stealing. iv. The game was an exciting. In sentence (i) “gardening” is a non-finite verb ending in “ing” which works as a subject of “is”. In sentence…
Finite and Non-Finite verbs Look at the following sentences and find out the functions of the verbs given in each sentences: i. To err is him. ii. I have come to see you. iii. Painting is my favourite pass time. iv. To respect our teachers is our duty. v. I…
Types of Prepositions Prepositions can be arranged in the following classes:- Simple prepositions:-These prepositions are usually monosyllabic words; as: At, by, for, from, in, of, off, on, out, through, to, up, with. Some example sentences: Davood drove the car on the race track. Jozy leaves for work at 8.00 am…
Absalomlom and Achitophel is a considerably very long poem consisting of a total of 1031 lines. Although a discussion of the whole poem is intended, for our convenience, we shall have a look at the first 179 lines so that you can have an idea of Dryden’s art of writing.…
DRYDEN AS A SATIRIST As you all know that Satire can be seen as the art of diminishing or derogating a subject by making it ridiculous and evoking amusement, contempt, scorn or indignation. It differs from the comic in that comedy evokes laughter as an end in itself, while satire…
Meaning The word neoclassicism has been derived from Greek “neos” means “new” and Latin “classicus” means “relating to ancient Greek or Latin principles of the forms of art.” The neoclassicism was a movement against the too much use of individualism and imagination in literature as well as the violation of…
