trounce, or, singular verb

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WORD OF THE DAY:

trounce

–verb (used with object)

1. to beat severely; thrash.
2. to punish.
3. to defeat decisively.

Police trounced the agitators very badly.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: For most writers, a typewriter or a word processor are indispensable.

Correct: For most writers, a typewriter or a word processor is indispensable.

GRAMMAR: When the subject consists of two single count nouns is linked by "or", the verb is singular.

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In a hospital everything have to be very clean/ ignoramus/ everything (singular verb)

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WORD OF THE DAY:

ignoramus

–noun, plural -mus·es.
an extremely ignorant person.

You have already remarked that I am an ignoramus in mathematical subjects, so there is nothing I could contribute.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: In a hospital everything have to be very clean.

Correct: In a hospital everything has to be very clean.

GRAMMAR: "Everything" takes a singular verb.

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aggrandize, uncountable noun, nature

WORD OF THE DAY:

aggrandize

–verb (used with object)

1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
3. to make (something) appear greater.

The electronic media take every efort to aggrandize any issue be it a petty offence or political twists and turns.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: We must try harder to stop these people from destroying the nature.

Correct: We must try harder to stop these people from destroying nature.

GRAMMAR: Some uncountable nouns [here nature]are never used with the.

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megalomania, inform, to

WORD OF THE DAY:

megalomania - meg·a·lo·ma·ni·a

–noun

Psychiatry. a symptom of mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, wealth, etc.
an obsession with doing extravagant or grand things.

Doctors are saying that Rahul is suffering from megalomania.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: She informed to her immediate boss that she needed a larger office.

Correct: She informed her immediate boss that she needed a larger office.

GRAMMAR: In indirect/ reported speech: after the word "inform", "to" is not used before the hearer.

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complacent, discuss

WORD OF THE DAY:

com·pla·cent
–adjective

pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied

The voters are too complacent to change the government.


GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: Cabinet ministers discussed about the recent developments taking place in Nandigram.

Correct: Cabinet ministers discussed the recent developments taking place in Nandigram.

GRAMMAR: The verb "discuss" do not take a preposition "about".

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vagrant, inform

WORD OF THE DAY:

vagrant - (noun) One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.
Synonyms: drifter, vagabond, floater

When things started disappearing from their backyard, they began to suspect the vagrant who had recently been roaming the streets.


GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT :

Incorrect: He informed to his boss that he needed a larger office.

Correct: He informed his boss that he needed a larger office.

GRAMMAR: After ask, assure, convince, persuade, promise, remind and tell, DO NOT use to before the 'hearer'.

likes, to, infinitive, prudent, adjective

WORD OF THE DAY:

pru·dent
–adjective
wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
careful in providing for the future; provident: a prudent decision.

Mr Davis is a prudent teacher.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: Rahul doesn't likes electronic gadgets like mobiles.

Correct: Rahul doesn't like electronic gadgets like mobiles.

GRAMMAR: After don't, didn't, does not, the main verb is always a bare infinitive (like, receive, cook, etc)

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connoisseur, relative clause, your, possessive determiner, determiner

WORD OF THE DAY:

connoisseur - con·nois·seur

–noun

a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.
a discerning judge of the best in any field: a connoisseur of horses.

He admires as a lover, not as a connoisseur.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: Thank you for all your help that you have given me with my studies.

Correct: Thank you for all the help that you have given me with my studies.

GRAMMAR: We often use a relative clause to define a previous noun: Have you seen the car (that)she drives.

In such cases, the previous noun cannot be used with a possessive determiner (e.g your). A possessive determiner defines a noun and we cannot define a noun which has already been defined.

Their house that they live in has five bedrooms. [incorrect]

The house that they live in has five bedrooms. [correct]

Determiner: A word that is frequently used at the beginning of a noun phrase.
Demonstrative [this, that, these, those]
Adjective [some,any, each, every]
Possessive [my, your, our, his, her, its, their]
Article [a, an, the]
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