August 18th, 2011 in English Grammar
Adverbs of indefinite frequency say how often something happens.
Examples are: always, ever, usually, normally, often, frequently, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never etc
Adverbs of indefinite frequency usually go in mid-position.
August 14th, 2011 in English Grammar
Gerunds and infinitives are often interchangeable, both as subjects and objects of verbs. Compare:
Smoking is injurious to health.
To smoke is injurious to health.
August 7th, 2011 in English Grammar
Study the following sentences.
The thief heard a noise. He ran away.
Hearing a noise, the thief ran away.
August 3rd, 2011 in English Grammar
When used with gradable adjectives (e.g. good, bad, tired etc), quite means ‘fairly’ or ‘rather’.
The film was quite good, but it could have been better.
August 1st, 2011 in English Grammar
A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause which is attached to a head noun within a noun phrase. There are two types of relative clauses – restrictive (or defining) and non-restrictive (or non-defining). A restrictive relative clause is required to identify what is being referred to.
July 10th, 2011 in English Grammar
Every one
We use every one of before a pronoun or a determiner (the, my this etc).
Every one of the children was happy. (NOT Every one the children was happy.) (NOT Every of the children was happy.)
July 8th, 2011 in English Grammar
In this structure have means ‘experience’. The usage is rather informal.