In this section, readers can find lessons regarding grammar topics.
It is the knowledge of grammar that can teach us how to write correctly and speak correctly. Flowery expression or effective expression may not be grammatically correct. So grammar is the root and expression is the fruit. In this section you will find the posts that have been introduced to make the subject more comprehensive and grammar oriented
Subject – Verb Agreement (Concord) Concord is the agreement in number and person between the subject and the verb in the sentence. The following rules my be noted. 1. A singular subject requires a singular verb and plural subject requires a plural verb. Examples: a) The goat is grazing (singular…
Simple Future Tense Let’s study The Simple Future Tense Now. Here, in this post, we have provided you a simple but complete and easy explanation about Simple Future Tense. The simple future tense expresses the actions that happen at one particular time in the future. Example: It will snow tomorrow.…
Lexical and Grammatical Collocations Benson, Benson, and Ilson (1986) divided English collocations into two categories: lexical collocations and grammatical collocations (with seven and eight types, respectively). Lexical collocations are solely made up of verbs, adjectives, nouns, and adverbs in various combinations, whereas grammatical collocations include words such as verbs, adjectives,…
Pronoun Pronouns are very important words in English language. Instead of repeating nouns, we use pronouns. Thus a pronoun is a grammatical word that we use instead of a noun or a noun phrase. Illustration i. Zahid’s face flashes into a smile and he leads me through the back-lanes of…
Proper Noun and Common Noun Proper Noun – a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized. Just as nouns are naming words, proper nouns name specific people, places, things or ideas. The key here is the word specific. Proper nouns are also titles. Because Father said so. “Father” is…
Glossary of Grammatical Terms I’ve noticed that none of the books I use bother to define the terms they are describing. I’ve added definitions to the beginning of each entry and collected them here. Noun – The part of speech that is used to name a person, place, thing, quality,…
Adjectives and Adverbs I think the adjective ”post-modernist” really means ”mannerist.” Books about books is fun but frivolous. – Angela Carter Adjectives – A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives are usually placed just before the words they qualify. Adverb– A part of speech that modifies a verb, an adjective, or…
Making Questions in English In English, there is a simple formula for making questions: Simply invert the order of the subject and the first auxiliary verb. It is raining. = Is it raining? He can speak English. = Can he speak English? He has lived here for a long time.…
Past Simple Vs Past Continuous Both the past simple and the past continuous refer to completed actions in the past. Most of the time when we are talking about such actions, we use the past simple. This is by far the most common way about talking about the past. I…
Present Perfect Tense The present perfect (have been, has been, have written, has written) shows an action completed in the present time or on the effect of which continues. It shows something already done, just done or not yet done. I have seen her. He has been caught red-handed. I…
