Category: English Grammar

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Foreign Plurals in English

Some words which come from foreign languages have special plurals. Singular Plural Analysis Analyses Appendix Appendices Bacterium Bacteria Basis Bases Cactus Cacti Crisis Crises Criterion Criteria Diagnosis Diagnoses Formula Formulae / formulas Fungus Fungi...

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Agent Nouns

Agent nouns are nouns that denote a person or thing performing a certain job. You can form agent nouns by using the following suffixes. By adding the suffix –er Work – worker (agent noun...

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Finite And Non-Finite Verbs

A finite verb changes its form where there is a change in the number or person of the subject. Study the examples given below. Shyam works hard. (Here the verb work becomes works because...

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Past Continuous Tense Overview

The past continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that was going on around a particular past time. It was raining. The dogs were barking. The child was playing with her...

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Main Clause vs. Subordinate Clause

A main clause is an independent clause. It makes complete sense and hence it can stand alone. Examples are given below. I live with my parents. She works abroad. You are my best friend....

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What Are Determiners?

Determiners are words like a, the, my, your, some, any, each, every, all, little and few. They go before nouns; however, they are not adjectives. There are mainly two types of determiners – Group...

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Phrasal Verbs With Bring

In English, there are several phrasal verbs which use the word bring. We will learn about common phrasal verbs with bring in this lesson. Bring about To bring about something is to cause it...

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The Conjunction As

As is a subordinating conjunction. It is used to give the reason for something. It is similar to because and since. As she was not feeling well, she did not go to work. As...