According to me, communal disharmony is the biggest threat to the national unity.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: According to me, communal disharmony is the biggest threat to the national unity.

Correct: In my opinion, communal disharmony is the biggest threat to the national unity.

GRAMMAR:

We can say ‘According to you/her/him/them’ but we cannot say ‘According to me/us’. We use ‘according to’ to report another person’s opinion or statement, not our own.

WORD OF THE DAY:

Abysmal
Adjective
Extremely or hopelessly bad or severe
Some of the teaching was abysmal.

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The building is about to be constructed next year.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: The building is about to be constructed next year.

Correct: The building is going to be constructed next year.

GRAMMAR:

If something is about to happen, it is going to happen immediately or very soon. To refer to something that is planned or expected to happen, we use going to.

e.g: I was about to go to bath when my friend came.

WORD OF THE DAY:

Resurgent

Adjective

Resurgent nationalist movement soon spreaded across the country.

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It is nothing else than fatigue.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: It is nothing else than fatigue.

Correct: It is nothing else but fatigue.

GRAMMAR: Than is never used with else. Always use but in place of than.

WORD OF THE DAY:

Aspersions

Noun

To say or write about someone that attack their character, work etc

He has no wish to cast aspersions on his opponent.


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If you will switch on the generator, it makes a loud noise.

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: If you will switch on the generator, it makes a loud noise.

Correct: If you switch on the generator, it makes a loud noise.

Correct: If you switch on the generator, it will make a loud noise.

GRAMMAR: Whenever ‘if’ means ‘every time’ or ‘whenever’, we normally use the present simple tense in both parts of the sentence (the if-clause and the main clause). However, in the main clause, it is usually possible to use ‘will’ instead of the present simple.

In this type of conditional sentence, ‘will’ is never used in the if-clause.

WORD OF THE DAY:

Piecemeal
Adjective, Adverb

Piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually

The menace of global terrorism needs to be solved using piecemeal approach.


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