Do and Make Differences
July 11th, 2010 in Common Mistakes
The general purpose do has several uses. It is sometimes confused with the verb make. These words have similar meanings, but there are also a few differences.
Uses of do
July 11th, 2010 in Common Mistakes
The general purpose do has several uses. It is sometimes confused with the verb make. These words have similar meanings, but there are also a few differences.
Uses of do
April 18th, 2010 in Common Mistakes
Incorrect: He asked had we taken our food.
Correct: He asked if / whether we had taken our food.
March 31st, 2010 in Common Mistakes, English Grammar
Both can and could are modal auxiliary verbs. Can is used to talk about present or general ability. Could is used to talk about ability that existed in the past.
February 7th, 2010 in Common Mistakes
Adjectives with verbs
An adjective can be used with a verb when some quality of the subject, rather than the action of the verb is to be expressed.
Read the sentences given below:
February 6th, 2010 in Common Mistakes
Pronouns used as complements of to be
Grammarians formerly recommended that a pronoun used as the complement of the verb to be should be in the nominative case. Today the use of the nominative case in such cases is considered extremely formal and over-correct. Instead, we use the objective case.
February 6th, 2010 in Common Mistakes
Countable and uncountable nouns
Words like flower, book, tree, chair and pen are countable nouns because they refer to objects that can be counted. Countable nouns can have plural forms. They can also be used with numbers and the articles a/an.