Correct English

Correct Use of Adjectives

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

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Pronoun Error Examples

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

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Sentence Problems

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

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Gerund or Infinitive

Many non native speakers continue to get confused as to whether or not they should use the gerund or infinitive after certain verbs. Here is a list of the most common verbs we use with the infinitive when another verb follows. Verbs which Take the Infinitive Demand to go Offer to go Ask (someone) to

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