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Before a common noun used in its widest sense. Eg.: Man is mortal.
2. Before names of materials. Eg. : Master is a metal. Click to editBronze subtitle style 3. Usually before Proper names. Eg.: Patna is the capital of Bihar.
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4.Before abstract nouns used in general sense. (Beauty fascinates people.) 5. Before languages. [English is a very popular language all over the world.] 6. Before names of relations like father, mother, Click touncle,cook,nursestyle [Father is very aunt, edit Master subtitle etc. happy today] 7. Before predicative nouns denoting a unique position that is normally held at one time by one person only. [He was elected Chairman of the Board.]
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CONFUSABLE NOUNS
Click to edit Master subtitle style
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Incorrect
Correct
Lecturership Lectureship Click to edit Master subtitle style 2. Free ship Freestudentship 3. Boarding Boarding house 4/28/12 4. Family members
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Examples:
There are twenty candidates for lectureship. 2. Ramesh has applied for free-studentship. 3. Mohan lives in a boarding house. Click to edit Master subtitle style members of my 4. Vivek and Suresh are the family. 5. Dr,. Raina is our teacher of English. 6. Sudha is my cousin. 7. This lab is ours.
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Examples: The scenery of Kashmir is incorrect. 2.He has given advice. (not advices) 3.Mathematics is a difficult subject.
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Some nouns have one meaning in the singular and another in the plural
Air atmosphere Quarter one-fourth
etc.
Examples: 1. Air is necessary for human life 2. It is bad to put on airs. 3. I live in the government quarters.
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Some nouns are singular in form, but they are used in plural form and always take a plural verb
[people, clergy, cattle, gentry, company, police etc.]
Examples: subtitle style Click to edit Master The clergy are in the church. 2.The cattle are grazing in the ground.
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Collective Nouns are used both as singular and plural depending on the meaning. [jury, public, team, committee, government,
audience, orchestra, company] ********* Examples:
1. The jury were divided in this case. 2. The team has not come as yet.
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A pronoun must agree with its antecedent Click to edit Master subtitle style in person, number and gender. Examples: Every man must bring his luggage. All students must do their home work. Each of the girls must carry her own bag.
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When Two or more singular nouns are joined together by: 1. either.. Or 2. neither nor
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Examples
Either Ram or Shyam will give their book. [ Incorrect] Either Ram or Shyam will give his book.[correct] Click to edit Master subtitle style Neither Ramesh nor Rajendra has done their work. (IC] Neither Ramesh nor Rajendra has done his work. [C]
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few men) 2. A few boys will pass in the examination. 4/28/12 1515
Use to to compare
like a) superior b) inferior, c) senior, d) junior, Click to edit Master subtitle style e) prior, f) anterior, g) posterior and h) prefer
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Examples:
1. Shelley is junior than Wordsworth.
(Incorrect)
Shelley is junior to Wordsworth, (Correct)
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When:
as well as, along with, together with, no less than in addition to, Click to edit Master subtitle style not and with - join TWO SUBJECTS, the verb will be according to the FIRST SUBJECT.
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Examples:
1. Ram, as well as his ten friends, are going. (Incorrect)
Ram, as well as his ten friends, is going.
(Correct) --------------------------------------------------------------------2. The teacher, along with the students, were going. (Incorrect)
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If the Subject is: 1. a number of the plural verb is used Eg.: A number of books are missing
(Correct)
--------------------------------------------------------------------2. The number of the singular verb is used. Eg.: The number of students are very small. (Incorrect) 4/28/12 2020 The number of students is very small.
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Eg.: Only he lost his ticket in the train. INCORRECT He only lost his ticket in the
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know Examples:
Correct :I know how to write French. 4/28/12 2323 Incorrect : I know to write French.
S.No.
1. 2.
Word(s)
Many a A great many
What
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Singular verb A plural NOUN and a plural FOLLOWED VERB BY Thought Yet Not But No sooner Than Click to edit Master subtitle style Lest Should Such As So That Scarcely when Hardly
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EXAMPLES
Many a man was drowned in the sea. (Not
WERE)
A great many students have been declared
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He is such a writer as everybody should read his books. (not THAT)
Sarita was so popular with her classmates that she Click to some people coming to her for advice. (not always had edit Master subtitle style AS)
I had scarcely entered the room when the phone rang. (not THAN)
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Denotes
The Subject The Object Living persons Lifeless Objects If there are 2 Subjects/Obj ects
6.
One another
7. 8.
Less Fewer
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Any is used in NEGATIVE/INTERROGTATIVE Sense. Examples: 1.I shall not buy any apples. 2.Have you bought any apples?
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S.No.
what?
1.
Unless
2. 3.
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Expresse A s condition (Negativ e sense) Time Is never Unless/ used Until with
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One of..
One of always takes a plural noun after it
Eg. : It is one of the important day in my life. [IC] It is one of the important days in my life. [C] -------------------------------------------------------------------When TWO Singular Nouns joined by and point out the same thing or person, the verb will be SINGULAR. IC: Bread and butter make a good breakfast. C : Bread and butter makes a good breakfast.
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EITHEROR, NEITHERNOR
If two subjects are joined by either.or,
(not ARE) Neither he nor his friends are reading. (not IS)
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Assignment: 2 & 3 2. Write the usage of Singular nouns, plural nouns. Give some rules also pertaining to these. Write some rules pertaining to pronouns. 3. Write some rules related to the usage of Adjectives. Give two examples for each. Write the correct usage of A, An and The. Give five examples for each.
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