Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Appositive

A appositive is a noun, noun phrase, or a noun clause that comes after the another noun  to describe another way.
For example
John, my best friend, talked about his study.
Our English teacher, Kerry, will not come tomorrow.  OR
Kerry, our English teacher, will not come tomorrow.


Appositive Adjectives : An appositive adjective immediately comes after noun and noun phrase to clarify it or adding more information.
For example
Sapana, helpful girl, got scholarship in Chicago University.
Sapana, who is working in State Farm Insurance Company, got scholarship in Chicago University.

Monday, February 23, 2015

Punctuation


  1. The period 
  2. The question mark
  3. The exclamation mark
  4. The comma 
  5. The semicolon
  6. The colon 
  7. Parentheses 
  8. The dash 
  9. Quotation Marks
  10. The hyphen    
  • Use hyphen between fraction : two-third
  • Use hyphen between number from twenty-one through twenty-nine 
  • Use hyphen after ex-,self-, pre-, post-, all- : ex-wife, pre-paid, post-paid. all-rounded, self-reliance. 
  • Use hyphen to link compound nouns: father-in-law, 
  1. The apostrophe


Indefinite Pronoun

Indefinite Pronoun
Both


                       +


        Always Plural
Many
Few
Others
Several

For Example:
Both of them are perfect for me,
Several people got their citizens. 

Pronouns



anybody
anyone 
anything
another
no one
nobody 
nothing
somebody 
someone 
something 
everybody
 everyone 
everything
many a




+




always singular

For example:
Everyone is ready to watch movie. 
nothing was there. 

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Too and Enough in Grammar

We use too and enough to indicate the degree. 

Too indicate the more than sufficient.

Too + adjective /adverb+ infinitive

We use Too to describe bad or negative things. 

Too much + uncountable noun (sugar, liquid, unseen noun, idea)
Too many + countable noun

 Note: A lot of can use both countable and uncountable noun.

Enough is the opposite of too.
Pattern 1

adjective/adverb + enough + infinitive
My brother old enough to get license.
He is good enough to marry. 
She speak loudly enough to get attention. 

In Negative form
not + adjective/adverb + enough 
I know we are not old enough to get pass.

Pattern 2
enough + noun + infinitive
 I have enough money to buy car.
I have enough documents to get scholarship.

In Negative form 
not + enough + noun
We don't have enough student to go field trip. 








Split Infinitive

Split infinitive are not grammatically incorrect but we need to avoid in formal writing and speaking.

Infinitive:

  • to swim
  • to run 
  • to cook
Example:
I have to quickly cook, I will be late.(Not this)
I have to cook quickly, I will be late (But this)


I want to well do my homework.(Not this)
I want to do my homework well.(But this)

Not This, But This

Not This : She convinced me to stay here.
But This : She persuaded me to stay here.


Not This : In the beginning , she does not know who done it.
But This : In the beginning , she does not know who did it.

Not This : Enjoy
But This : Enjoy your work.

Not This : Unless and until you return my money.
But This : Unless(or until) you return my money.

Not This : A fun trip.
But This : An enjoyable trip.