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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