Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts

Be, Been, Being

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Be, Been, Being

Today I just want to make some sentences using the word “be”, “been”, and “being”.

I want to be a very rich blogger like Kang Rohman.

Adih has been to Saudi Arabia so that he can speak Arabic fluently.

Adih has been being on the way right now.

I am singing a song now >< A song is being sung by me.

That’s from me. Please add yourself other sentences.

Case

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Case

Hello readers and English Learners, this post is written by my Brother Topan. If you find any mistake, please let us know because my brother is still learning too, but he wants to try to write.

In English Grammar there are three Cases :

1. Nominative case

2. Objective case

3. Possessive case

Nominative case :

Example :

· I help him

· You help me

· She help us

· It helps you

· We help them

· We help it

Subject or principal sentence above (I, you, she, it, we) called nominative case.

Objective case :

Example :

· Ali visit Amin

· He teaches his student

Amin and his student is the object of so called objective case. Explained all the noun is functioning as a subject called nominative case. And all the noun is functioning as a object called objective case.

Possessive case :

Is the ‘s mean in English Grammar is possessive or apostrophe

Example :

· Ali’s book

· Amin’s student

Used of ‘s only for people. For animal or noun be must use of as possessive

Example : the tail of the cat.

The difference between someone and somebody

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The difference between someone and somebody

Again, someone asked me through ASK QUESTION form. Actually, I am not a teacher although I once taught kids in my hometown. Someone asked me the difference between ‘Someone and Somebody”.

You use “someone” when you do not know the person and there are too many people to choose from, and then you use “somebody” when you talk about a person you know in the limited amount such as in a classroom, a home, etc, but you do not want to mention her/his name. My senior high school teacher used to call us “everybody”, not “everyone”. Also, when you come to your friend’s home, for instance, you may call, “Anybody home?”

That’s from me, and if you have any other opinion or suggestion, please let us know by writing it in the comment box below.

what is the difference between clause and phrase?

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what is the difference between clause and phrase?

Someone asked me through “ASK QUESTION” menu bar above. He wanted to know the difference between a clause and a phrase in English.

A clause is part of a sentence, which has the subject, predicate, and object, or a group of words at least contains a subject and a verb indicating the time.

A phrase is also a group of words but it has no subject and verb (predicate).

Now take a look at the example below. It is a complete sentence that consists of two clauses and one phrase.

The man in the car looks so nervous when a policeman comes.

Clauses of the sentence above:

The man in the car looks so nervous

When a policeman comes

The phrase:

The man in the car

If

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If

Pay attention to the sentences below:

If you meet the requirements, you can apply for a payday loan. (I think you should meet the requirements so that you can apply for a payday loan)

The word “if” can be replaced by these words:

as long as
assuming (that)
on condition (that)
on the assumption (that)
provided (that)
supposing (that)
unless
with the condition (that)

What about this:

When you meet the requirements, you can apply for a payday loan.

Tag Question and Question Tag

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Tag Question and Question Tag

Tag Question is a negative or positive statement followed by a question tag to ask for confirmation.

Examples:

You are John, aren’t you?

You are not John, are you?

She was very beautiful, wasn’t she?

Your father is a manager, isn’t he?

I am very handsome, aren’t I?

I am not ugly, am I?

They go there tonight, don’t they?

He doesn’t know me, does he?

You will accompany me tonight, won’t you?

You will not be here, will you?

From the examples above we know that when the main statement is negative, the question tag will be positive. When the main statement is positive, the question tag is negative. Look at the fifth example. There I use aren’t I not amn’t I because there is not “amn’t” for the abbreviation of am not, so we use aren’t.

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Amount and Number

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Amount and Number

Before we talk about the words “Amount and Number”, let us see the paragraph below:

Payday loan or cash advance programs allow you to borrow an amount of money up to $1500. However, before you apply for your payday loan or cash advance, you have to consider a number of requirements.

From the paragraph above, we can conclude as follow:

Amount is used to refer to a quantity, uncountable nouns.

Number is used to refer to countable nouns (if you can count the nouns by the numbers one, two, and so on, it means you can count the nouns).

Passive Voice in English

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Passive Voice in English

We use “PASSIVE VOICE” when we want to focus on the action, or the object affected by an action. For example, when someone has stolen your money, then you may say, “My money has been stolen” . Here we want to focus on “my money” and “stolen”.

Let’s see the chart below how to form “passive voice” from “active voice”

Passive voice is formed by “to be + V3/Past Participle”

Tenses

Active Voice

Passive Voice

Simple Present Jane writes the poem The poem is written by Jane
Present Continuous Jane is writing the poem The poem is being written by Jane
Simple Past Jane wrote the poem The poem was written by Jane
Past Continuous Jane was writing the poem The poem was being written by Jane
Present Perfect Jane has written the poem The poem has been written by Jane
Simple Future Jane will write the poem The poem will be written by Jane

Now, I’ll give you homework, please change to passive voice the sentence below:

Jane is going to write the poem.

Jane had written the poem.

Jane has been writing the poem

What is the difference between right, true, and correct?

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What is the difference between right, true, and correct?
I cannot explain them well. but let see the paragraph below so you will understand.

John says: "Jane Got 9 in her exam yesterday. The correct answers are nine and the incorrect answer is one. But when I saw the exam, actually, Jane's answers are only 5. I think the teacher is wrong."


I can say that John is true. He has said what he knows.
I can say that the Teacher is wrong/ not right.
I can say that Jane's answers in the exam: some are correct and some are incorrect.

I know that it is very difficult to differentiate those words. If you have any idea, please tell us below.

Thank you.


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Bring and Take

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Bring and Take
Are you confused with the two words, Bring and Take?

The explanation below may make you clearer. Let's see.

Bring : when you move something towards you
Take : when you move something away from you.

Or I can say that as follow:

bring is the causative transitive form of come, and
take is the causative transitive form of go

Examples:

John, bring me a paper!
John, take this paper!


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Both/and vs Either/or

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Both/and vs Either/or
Look at the sentences below:

Both John and Lucy are my friend
Either John or Lucy is my friend

Both/and and Either/or have the same meaning, but only different in the subject of the sentence. Both/and means the two subject (in the sentence above between John and Lucy) do the same thing. While Either/or means that whether John or Lucy is my friend, John is my friend or Lucy is my friend. Still confused?

Look at the examples below:

You may buy both book and pencil. (you may buy the two items, book and pencil)
You may buy either book or pencil. (you may choose one of the items, book or pencil)


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Before and In front of

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Before and In front of
As preposition:

Look at these sentences:

I sat in front of him.
I sat before him.

The first sentence means that I sat physically in your sight (it indicates a place) while the second sentence means that I sat the first time then he sat after me (it indicates the time)

Before also used as the conjunction as follow:

Before I enter the room, I knock at the door.

Before is also used to show past time: (check this post about Ago and Before)

I have never been here before.


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Questions in Learning English

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Questions in Learning English
Hello readers, are you learning English? Well, when you learn English, it's very important for you to ask questions because asking questions means leading the conversations. The more questions you ask, the faster you will learn English. In this blog, there is a navigation tab that allows you ask questions to me. You can try it and I will be very glad to answer your question because I also can learn from your question.

As you can see, there are closed and open questions in English. Please take a look at these examples: Are you from China? Do you speak English? Do you have a car? These three questions are closed questions because they all start with a verb (are or do). An open question starts with a question word: What is your favourite colour? Where are you from? What is your name? What company do you work for? What does this word mean? One of the most important questions you should constantly ask yourself is this: Why do I learn English? Because if you know why you do, you will find the means how to learn English.


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Theirselves or themselves

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Theirselves or themselves
Hello readers, Good morning (or afternoon/evening when you read this entry). Somebody asked me which is right, theirselves/their selves or themselves.
I once read the post from a blogger like this:

And for blogger, we can speak loud in our blog about Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 to any bloggers and how the ways are, so that they can begin it from their selves, then to their family, their neighbor, and society. Is that good huh?


Well, readers and you, who asked me. Look at the list below. They are the right ones.

Myself
Himself
yourself
herself
themselves
itself





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During and While

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During and While
Hello, readers, today we discuss about the difference between "during" and "while" in a sentence. It is simple.

"During" is a preposition, so it follows the phrase or noun phrase.
"While" is a conjunction, so it follows the sentence or verb phrase.
Bold
See the examples below.

During my journey, I always think of you.
While I am on my journey, I always think of you.

John always got the best achievement during his school.
John always got the best achievement while he was at school.




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Even if, Even Though, As though, As if

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Even if, Even Though, As though, As if
My reader asked me a question as follow:

Dear sir,

Thank u for ur lovly reply.my doubt is where to use "even if",as though,would,nevertheless,nothing but and cats and dogs.i want meaning and give one example for each word.i hope it will be better for my development.

which book is very good for my improvement?i am in chennai.pls suggest.

Regards,

D.Ramamoorthy.


OK, I’ll try to explain here.
Even if means whether or not and has to do with the conditions that may apply.
e.g.
Even if you gave me money, I would not buy the book.

Now compare with this sentence:
Even though you gave me money, I could not buy the book.

The first sentence describes unreal situation and the second real situation.

As though means as if or like
e.g.
D.Ramamoorthy explains the lesson as though he is a teacher

Would is past form of will. But sometimes is used as more polite way e.g.
I would like to go there with you = I want to go there with you.
Would you please tell me why you become like this?

Nevertheless means no the less, notwithstanding, in spite of that, or yet; despite anything to the contrary.
e.g.

While we dislike each other, nevertheless we still agreed.

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When to use assure, insure, ensure

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When to use assure, insure, ensure
The three words have the same meaning that is to make sure, certain. However, insure commonly is used in Insurance business, mean to buy Insurance Policy for something. Look at the examples below and find the difference.

Insure

I will insure my car at the Insurance Company.
I will insure my house against flood damage.

Ensure

I ensure this car is the best.
I double-check my writing to ensure its grammars are right.

Assure

I assure you will understand my writing.
I assure John that this computer is clean of virus.

This is the summary:

You insure your car
You ensure everything/something
You assure a person



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Have and have got

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Have and have got
Somebody asked me the difference between "have" and "have got" in a sentence. He or she didn't mention his or her name. It doesn't matter. I hope my explanation will be useful for you and all reader.

"have" or "have got" can be used to speak about possession, relationship, or other states. We can possibly use both of them.

Find out at the examples below:

I have a new car or I have got a new car
I have a house in Jakarta or I have got a house in Jakarta
I have a cold or I have got a cold
I don't have a new car or I haven't got a new car
Do you have a cold? or Have you got a cold?

However, when "have" is used to speak about the actions or experiences, "have got" is not possible.


I will have a shower at 2 o'clock. Not: I will have got a shower at 2 o'clock
I will have a party tomorrow. Not: I will have got a party tomorrow.

Well, that is all from me.

If you have other opinions please tell us by commenting below.
Thanks.

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