martes, 23 de junio de 2015
Common English Contractions:
Contractions grammatically legal, but not commonly used in either speaking or writing:
- Where’d (where had)
- Why’d (why had)
- When’d (when had)
- Why’d (why would)
- What’d (what would)
- When’d (when would)
English contractions you should never use:
Amn’t (am not), Willn’t or Win’t (will not), I’s.
Informal Contractions:
Contractions are words that are created by combining words in order to shorten them from their original form. Contractions are used when speaking and when writing in casual situations. Common contractions are words like she's and don't and can be both written (informally) and spoken.
Informal contractions often combine with the following words:
- + to
- + you
- + of
- + would have
- miscellaneous
Informal contractions are contractions that break grammar rules and are only used in very casual speech. Two or even three words could be merged. An apostrophe is often not used.
Informal Contractions:
miércoles, 17 de junio de 2015
THE SUBJUNCTIVE
The subjunctive mood is the verb form used to express a wish, a suggestion, a command, or a condition that is contrary to fact.
Examples:
- I wish it were still in use.
- (it was becomes it were)
- The board recommended that the motion be passed immediately.
- (motion is passed becomes motion be passed)
The structure of the subjunctive is extremely simple. For all verbs except the past tense of be, the subjunctive is the same as the bare infinitive (infinitive without "to")
Adjectives Which Attract the Subjunctive Mood: crucial, essential, important, imperative, and necessary.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL AND EVERY
Every is used with singular countable nouns. To give the same meaning, all is used with plural nouns.
All can be used with determiners. Every cannot normally be used with them.
The questionnaire was sent to all employees.
The questionnaire was sent to every employee.
domingo, 14 de junio de 2015
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