Analysis of a Complex Sentence
January 6th, 2010 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning
Method
December 22nd, 2009 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning, Improve English
Note the correct use of the following adverbs
Very means ‘to a great degree’. It is commonly used with adjectives or adverbs in the positive degree.
December 21st, 2009 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning, Improve English
The tense of a verb in the subordinate clause changes in accordance with the tense of the verb in the main clause.
The basic rules are as follows:
December 21st, 2009 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning, Improve English
We have seen that the same word may introduce clauses of different kinds. The following examples illustrate this point.
December 20th, 2009 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning, Improve English
The same word may introduce clauses of different kinds. It is therefore wrong to judge a clause from the word which introduces it. The exact nature of each clause should be figured out from the kind of function it serves in the sentence.
December 18th, 2009 in ESL, English Grammar, English Learning, Improve English
A noun clause does the work of a noun. We have seen that a noun serves five purposes, so does a noun clause. Given below are pairs of sentences having similar meanings. One of each pair is constructed with a noun. The other is constructed with a noun clause.