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In conditional sentences, the antecedent or “if-clauses” must be kept distinct from the consequent clause

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In conditional sentences, the antecedent or “if-clauses” must be kept distinct from the consequent clause
The English conditional sentences are divided into two major classes and they include factual/predictive and hypothetical depending on the form of verb in the condition commonly referred to as protasis. Factual and counterfactual in this case are broadly used to correspond [...]

Emphatic Words – some grammar before going back to school

Emphatic words must stand in emphatic positions
Emphatic words must stand in emphatic positions; i.e., for the most part, at the beginning or the end of the sentence.
The proper place to put a word that one requires to make more prominent sense is at the beginning or at the end of the sentence. Words that are [...]

Do not confuse metaphors

Metaphors are figures of speech that from grammatical innovations have been widely used when referring to things that they do not literally denote. They are employed however to suggest a kind of similarity between the used item and the real meaning of the object. Many people in the event of learning correct writing skills find [...]

When using the Relative Pronoun, use “who” or” which,” if the meaning is “and he” or “and it,” “for he” or “for it.”

When using the Relative Pronoun, use “who” or” which,” if the meaning is “and he” or “and it,” “for he” or “for it.” In other cases use “that,” if euphony allows exceptions
Relative pronouns eliminate the clumsiness with which one would conduct their conversation in other circumstances. For example, in explaining an episode of events, one [...]

Do not use “and which” for “which”

Redundancy can make for quite a disagreeable language. Using “and which” is one of those marks of the novice’s speech that gives them such a problem. The phrase seems plausible when included in long statements where the writer is less likely to notice the absurdity. By including “and” in the phrase, one makes room for [...]

Use Particulars For General Terms: Avoid Abstract Nouns

A good piece of writing is easy to identify and you can know this by how interesting the ideas expressed are, good organization of work, proper word choice that give specific meaning to ideas, rather than being generalized, and fluent sentences that make reading and understanding easy. You can use general terms and particular terms [...]

Words should be as near as possible to the words with which they are grammatically connected

Many English writers do not make proper distinctions when it comes to using adverbs. The adverb should always come in between a subject and a verb; for example she quickly ate. An adverb will always modify another part of a word like an adjective and a verb. It can also modify a clause or a [...]

Use metaphors instead of literal statements

Metaphors are figures of speech that include the use of two nouns to give comparisons or differences together. It can be at the same time a kind of expression of one understanding about a certain concept in terms of another concept having some similarity or correlation. Metaphors are learned and used instead of using literal [...]

Report a speech in the First Person where necessary to avoid ambiguity

You may be asking yourself when we use reported speech. Sometimes a person may say a sentence like this, “I’m going to the movie tonight”. Now if you want to report that, what the first person said, to someone else, how would you go about it? For this type of sentences, we use a [...]

Use the Third Person where the exact words of the speaker are not intended to be given

When reporting a speech and you do not know the exact words used by the speaker or that the words are not important or are uninteresting, you may report it in the third person. For example, Tim is asking Sir Roberts that Bacon may be appointed director, the dialogue will be in the first person, [...]