‘Into’ OR ‘In to’ ‘Into’ is a preposition or a linking verb which means “expressing movement or action with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else” (source: Oxford dictionary). For example: There are cases where the word ‘in’ and ‘to’ just happen to come together. For example: Its OR […]
‘Used to’ versus ‘Be used to’ versus ‘Get used to’ Some students get confused when using ‘used to’ – ‘be used to’ – and – ‘get used to’. Used to: When we speak about past habit or past fact, we use, ‘used to’ + infinitive. Many learners of English think that the past simple is
The prepositions in English are a nightmare for learners of the language. The only way to familiarise yourself with them is to have as much exposure to the English language as you possibly can. Common Errors in Prepositions This preposition error is common among ‘Non native’speakers of English. When we use a ‘motion’ verb, we
Correct Use of Prepositions Generally Prepositions are used before their objects. In the above sentences on, in, of, from are Prepositions and they have all been used before their objects (table, office, tea, Delhi). A Preposition may have two or more than two objects.The Preposition will be used before the first of all these objects.
Correct Use of Adverbs Use of Some Typical Adverbs Too ‘Too’ means more than enough. Therefore too should not be used in place of very or much, otherwise it would give absurd meaning. For example, if we say. “I am too happy to hear of your success”, it would mean that “I am happy to
Correct Use of Adjectives Rule 1 There are two ways of using Adjectives In Attributive use Adjectives are placed before the Nouns they qualify. As: In Predicative use Adjectives are placed after the Nouns they qualify. As: The following are the Rules of Attributive and Predicative use of Adjectives: Proper and Qualitative Adjectives can be
Subject Verb Agreement Rules and Examples Rule 1. The Number and Person of the verb must be in agreement with the Number and Person of its Subject. A Singular subject must have a Singular Verb, and a Plural Subject must have a Plural Verb. Exceptions To Rule 1. It has been said in Rule 1.
Rules to Use Prepositions A Preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to show the relationship between the person or the thing denoted by it and something else; as: In sentence (1), the preposition joins a noun to another noun; in sentence (2), the preposition joins a noun to an adjective;
Pronoun Error Examples Multiple Pronouns and What Case to Use Many people become confused about which case to use when more than one pronoun is involved (example: she and I, him and me). Many students, believing that nominative pronouns sound more “correct,” are reluctant to use objective pronouns in such situations. Try splitting the sentence
Frequently Encountered Sentence Problems Many of the common problems that plague English sentences are matters of style, rather than matters of grammar. However, stylistic problems can obscure a writer’s meaning just as much as grammatical problems can, so students of grammar should be aware of these pitfalls. Much of this discussion applies only to written