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Many of you are finding difficult to tackle English language section. Grammar is the base of every language. Today I am solving Confusions in English language.
Many of you are finding difficult to tackle English language section. Grammar is the base of every language. Today I am solving Confusions in English language.
Certain verbs do not have ING form. It means that these verbs will not be used in either continuous tense or Perfect continuous tenses:
Verbs of perception :- see, taste,
smell prefer, hear, please, notice recognize
Verbs of Thinking
process :- Think, know, mean, mind, remember, suppose
Verbs of showing possession :- Own, have, belong, comprise, possess, contain,
consist
Verbs
expressing feeling or state of mind :- Believe, like, dislike, love, adore,
want, wish, desire, hate, agree, trust, imagine
Verbs in
general :- Look, seem, appear, resemble, cost, require, become, hope, refuse
Some nouns look plural and they are always used as plurals :
Scissors,
tongue, pliers, pincers, bellows, trousers, pants, pajamas, shorts, gallows,
fangs, spectacles, goggles, binoculars, eyeglasses, Alms, amends, archives,
arrears, auspices, congratulations, embers, fireworks, lodgings, outskirts,
particulars, proceeds, regards, riches, remains, savings, shambles,
surroundings, tidings, troops, tactics, thanks, valuables, wages, belongings,
braces etc.
Some nouns look plural but in meaning they are singulars therefore they are always used as singular verbs :-
News,
innings, politics, Summons, Physics, Economics, Ethics, Mathematics, Mumps,
Measles, Rickets, Shingles, Billiards, Draughts, Athletics etc.
Some nouns look singular but always used as plural :-
Cattle,
cavalry, infantry, poultry, peasantry, children, gentry, police, people
Some nouns are used always as singular form. These are uncountable nouns and therefore we don’t use article a/an before them.
Scenery,
poetry, Furniture, Advice, information, hair, business, mischief, bread,
stationary, crockery, luggage, baggage, postage, knowledge, wastage, money,
Jewellery, breakage, equipment, work, evidence, word(when it means discussion,
message or conversation), paper etc.
Some nouns are same in both singular and plural forms :-
Deer, sheep,
series, species, fish, crew, team, jury, aircraft, counsel etc.
With two subjects, we use verb according to first subject :-
First subject
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With
Along with
Together with
As well as
And not
Like/ unlike
Besides
Rather than
But except
In addition to
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Second subject
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Verb (According to the subject)
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For example :-
1. All but he
him has have followed.
2. The
captain along with all the sailors has have sunk drowned.
3. My father
unlike my uncles is very strict.
4. I and not
my friends am are to be blamed.
With two subjects, we use verbs according to the nearest subject :
Neither
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First subject
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nor
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Second subject
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Verb(according to nearest subject)
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either
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or
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nor
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or
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Not only
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but also
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For example
1. Neither
they nor I am guilty of the act.
2. Aren’t
they or I guilty of the fact?
3. Either
Rohit or his Parents have taken a wrong decision.
4. Has
Rohit or his parents taken a wrong decision?
Not only…………..
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but also
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Neither…………….
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nor
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Either……………….
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or
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Hardly………………
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when
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Scarcely……………
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when
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No sooner…………
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than
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Lest…………………..
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should
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Superior…………...
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to
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Inferior……………..
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to
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Senior……………….
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to
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Junior…………..
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to
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Prefer……………
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to
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Admittance to; uses between and among; discussed
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1. It’s time
(high time) I should complain complained against him. (with “high time”
always use Verb 2nd form)
2. It’s time
to have fun.
3. By the
time I reach the station, the train will have left. (Present indefinite &
Future perfect)
4. By the
time I reached the station, the train had left. (Past indefinite & Past
perfect)
5. We have
reached the moon.
6. We
reached the moon on 22nd Oct 1984.
7. The judge
tested the accused to see if he would could read English.
8. Some of
the people were standing on the street watch watching cricket match, while
others were sitting.
9. Martin
Luther King was one of the leaders who has have followed Mahatma Gandhi.
10. My
sister asked me that how long I would stay there.
12. You can
eat as much as you can at the newly lunch launched bar.
13. Sam is
working has been working in a bank in Chennai for the past five years.
14. People
living in low-lying areas find it difficult to cope up with the floods.
15. The manager
told the boys that one ought to work hard to earn his one’s living.
16. Kalidas
is a the Shakespeare of India.
17. The
more you think of it, the worse it becomes.
18. My elder
brother asked me what was I was doing.
19. We shall
go out if it does not rains rain.
20. While he
was working at the construction site, the block of wood suddenly hit his
right shoulder.
21. The weather
in the region has been pleasant recently.
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