Grammar Usage: Adjectives And Prepositions Part III

WORD OF THE DAY:

CAPRICIOUS (adjective)

Changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly;

Having unpredictable, volatile and erratic mood.

Examples: 

The weather has been very capricious now a days.

She is very cruel and capricious woman who could beguile and terrify anyone.

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WRONG TO CORRECT USAGE:

WRONG: The forum is very interesting in problems caused by pollution.

CORRECT: The forum is very interested in problems caused by pollution.

WRONG: It was such a bored programme that I fell asleep.

CORRECT: It was such a boring programme that I fell asleep.

GRAMMAR: The two participle forms (-ed and -ing forms) of a verb are often used as adjectives. The -ed form usually describes how someone feels. The -ing form describes the person or thing that causes the feeling.

More on this:

1. An 'adjective' is a word that tells what a person, thing, place, etc. is like.

(e.g. 'a tall woman', 'a blue pen')

2. A preposition is a word that comes at the beginning of a phrase which tells us when, where, why, how, etc.

(e.g. I will come to the party 'at' seven o'clock in the evening.)

3. A Preposition is always followed by a noun or a gerund (-ing form).

(e.g. She's excited about the event.)

 

4. Prepositions are also used as linking words.

(e.g. We were given information about the remote areas.) 

 

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