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Correction of Sentences

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USES OF AN 1) BEFORE WORDS BEGINNING WITH VOWEL SOUNDS.EX:AN APPLE, AN EGG, AN OWL ETC. 2) BEFORE WORDS BEGINNING WITH SILENT H. EX:AN HOUR,AN HONEST MAN, ETC.

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USES OF AN 3. F,H,L,M,N,R,S,X ARE LETTERS THAT ARE NOT VOWELS BUT BEGIN WITH VOWEL SOUND EX: M HAS THE SOUND OF EM. SO, AN IS USED BEFORE ABBREVIATIONS BEGINNING WITH VOWELS OR THESE LETTERS. EX: AN MLA,AN XRAY, AN SP. ETC.

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USES OF A 1. I THE SENSE OF ONE. EX: HE COULDNT SPEAK A WORD TO SAVE HIMSELF. 2. BEFORE WORDS BEGINNING WITH CONSONANT SOUNDS. EX: A BOY,A DOG,ETC.

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USES OF A 3. WITH VOWEL LETTERS HAVING CONSONANTAL SOUND. EX: A UNIVERSITY,A EUROPEAN,ETC. 4. WITH UNITS AND RATE(PER): HE EARNS RUPEES FIVE THOUSAND A MONTH. 5. IN EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES BEFORE SINGULAR COUNTABLE NOUNS. EX: WHAT A TALL BUILDING!

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USES OF A 7. WHEN TWO SUBJECTS OR ARTICLES ARE THOUGHT OF AS A SINGLE UNIT.EX: HE WAS READY WITH A CUP AND SAUCER. 8. WITH CERTAIN EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY. EX: A DOZEN, A COUPLE ,A GREAT DEAL,ETC.

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USES OF THE 1. WHEN WE SPEAK OF A PARTICULAR PERSON OR THING ALREADY REFERRED TO: EX: THE BOY NEAR THE DOOR IS MY BROTHER. 2. WHEN SINGLE NOUN REPRESENTS A WHOLE CLASS: THE ELEPHANT IS A HUGE ANIMAL. 3. WITH NAMES OF GULFS,RIVERS,OCEANS,ISLANDS,MOUN TAINS: THE NILE,THE HIMALAYAS, ETC.

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USES OF THE 1. WITH NAMES OF CERTAIN BOOKS: THE BIBLE,THE QURAN,THE GITA,ETC. 2. WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: THE FLUTE, THE TABLA,ETC. 3. WITH THE INVENTIONS: I LIKE THE TELEVISION. 4. WITH PARTS OF THE BODY: THE HAND ,THE LEG, ETC. 5. BEFORE COMMON NAMES DENOTING UNIQUE THINGS: THE SUN ,THE MOON ,ETC.

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USES OF NOUNS A. Nouns which are used in the singular form: 1. Scenery, information, furniture, advice, machinery, etc. Ex: The scenery of this place is worth seeing. 2. Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Athletics, etc. Ex: Economics is a very interesting subject.

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USES OF NOUNS A. Nouns which are used in the singular form: 3. Brick, Bread, Fruit, word. Ex: Let me buy some fruit. 4. Words like dozen, score, hundred, thousand, million when preceded by a numeral. Ex: He bought ten dozen oranges.

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USES OF NOUNS A. Nouns which are used in the singular form:

5. Expressions as a ten rupee note, a two-hour journey, a four-mile walk, a five-year plan, a six-man committee, etc. Ex: a ten rupee note is lying there.

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USES OF NOUNS Nouns used only in plural form: Cattle, police, poultry, people, etc. Ex: The police have caught the thief. Scissors, trousers, stockings, spectacles, etc. Ex: My spectacles are missing. .

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USES OF NOUNS C. Nouns used both as singular and plural in the same form. 1. Deer, sheep, fish, wages, etc. Ex: I saw a sheep grazing in the field. Sheep are sold cheaper than goat. Collective nouns as jury, public, team, audience, etc. Ex: The team are looking quite fit. The team has turned up yet.

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USES OF NOUNS D. One of or any of is followed by plural words. Ex: I want one of the books kept on the table. Any of these tools may serve the purpose. E. Plural nouns are used with fractions and decimal over one. Ex: It took us one and a half hours.

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USES OF PRONOUNS A. The pronoun one must be followed by ones. Ex: One must do ones duty. B. Every one or everybody must be followed by his. Ex: Every one must love his country. Let is followed by pronoun in the objective case. Ex: Let him go.

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USES OF PRONOUNS Reflexive pronounce are never used with verbs like keep, conceal, quality, rest, etc. Ex: She kept away from the show. Who denotes subject and whom denotes object. Ex: Who do you think did the job? Whom did you scold?

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USES OF PRONOUNS Each other is used for two, one another is used for more than two. Ex: Rahul and Renu loved each other. They helped one another.

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USES OF CONJUNCTIONS 1. SCARCELY OR HARDLY IS FOLLWED BY WHEN. EX: SCARCELY HAD I ENTERED THE ROOM WHEN I HEARD A SHOUT. 2. THOUGH IS FOLLOWED BY YET. EX: THOUGH HE WORKED HARD,YET HE FAILED.

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USES OF CONJUNCTIONS 1. NOT ONLY IS FOLLOWED BY BUT ALSO. EX: HE IS NOT ONLY CLEVER BUT ALSO HARD WORKING. 2. BOTH IS COMPLEMENTED BY AND ,NOT BY AS WELL AS. EX: BOTH AMIT AND KIRAN ARE GOOD AT SCIENCE.

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USES OF ADJECTIVES 1. THE ADJECTIVES ENDING IN IOR(JUNIOR,SENIOR, SUPERIOR,ETC) TAKE TO AND NOT THAN AFTER THEM.EX: HE IS SENIOR TO ME. 2. SOME ADJECTIVES LIKE UNIQUE,IDEAL,PERFECT,EXTREME,COM PLETE,ETC ARE NOT COMPARED.EX: IT IS THE MOST UNIQUE BOOK.

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USES OF ADJECTIVES 1. COMPARATIVE DEGREE IS USED IN COMPARING TWO THINGS OR PERSONS. EX:RAM IS TALLER THAN RAHIM. 2. SUPERLATIVE DEGREE IS USED IN COMPARING MORE THAN TWO THINGS. EX: MT EVEREST IS THE TALLEST PEAK IN THE WORLD.

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USES OF ADJECTIVES 1. WHEN WE COMPARE TWO QUALITIES IN THE SAME PERSON OR THING ,THE COMPARATIVE ENDING ER IS NOT USED. EX: YOU ARE MORE WISER THAN OLD. 2. BEAUTIFUL IS USED FOR WOMAN AND HANDSOME FOR MAN. 3. LESS REFERS TO QUANTITY,FEWER DENOTES NUMBER.

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USES OF ADJECTIVES 1. LAST IS THE FINAL ONE; LATEST IS LAST UPTO THE PRESENT. 2. EACH IS USED FOR ONE OF TWO OR MORE THINGS;EVERY IS USED FOR MORE THAN TWO THINGS TAKEN AS A GROUP. 3. LITTLE MEANS NOT MUCH 4. A LITTLE MEANS AT LEAST SOME

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USES OF ADVERBS 1. PLENTY IS A NOUN AND S ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY OF;HE HAS PLENTY OF ROOM IN HIS OLD HOUSE. 2. DUE TO ALWAYS MODIFIES A NOUN AND NOT A VERB.HENCE ,NO SENTENCE SHOULD BEGIN WITH DUE TO, IT MUST BE USED ONLY AFTER SOME FORM OF VERB TO BE.EX: HIS DEATH WAS DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES.

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USES OF ADVERBS 1. ADVERBS OF MANNER ,PLACE AND TIME ARE USUALLY PLACED AFTER THE VERB OR OBJECT. 2. ADVERBS OF FREQENCY AND OTHER ADVERBS ARE NORMALLY PUT BETWEEN SUBJECT AND THE VERB. 3. THE ADVERB ENOUGH IS PLACED AFTER THE ADJECTIVE.EX: SHE IS CLEVER ENOUGH TO TACKLE HIM.

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