GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:
Incorrect: Some parents are too strict to their children.
Correct: Some parents are too strict with their children.
GRAMMAR: A parent or teacher is strict with a child (NOT to).
WORD OF THE DAY:
obnoxious
adjective
1. highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
2. annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff or attracting undue attention to oneself: an obnoxious little brat.
obnoxiously [adverb], obnoxiousness [noun]
Ex: Rahul was sacked from the company because of his obnoxious behaviour.
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Do they have some children?
GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:
Incorrect: Do they have some children?
Correct: Do they have any children?
GRAMMAR: In questions, we normally use any or an any-word (i.e. anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere, anyhow).
However, when you expect (or hope to receive) a 'yes' answer, we use some or a some-word. For this reason, we often use some, someone, etc, in offers and requests:
'Would you like some milk?' 'Could you give me some milk, please?'
WORD OF THE DAY:
stagger
intransitive verb
1. to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
2. to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight.
3. to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate: After staggering momentarily, he recognized that he had to make a decision.
4. to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady: This load would stagger an elephant.
5. to shock; render helpless with amazement or the like; astonish: The vastness of outer space staggers the mind.
6. to cause to waver or falter: The news staggered her belief in the triumph of justice.
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Incorrect: Do they have some children?
Correct: Do they have any children?
GRAMMAR: In questions, we normally use any or an any-word (i.e. anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere, anyhow).
However, when you expect (or hope to receive) a 'yes' answer, we use some or a some-word. For this reason, we often use some, someone, etc, in offers and requests:
'Would you like some milk?' 'Could you give me some milk, please?'
WORD OF THE DAY:
stagger
intransitive verb
1. to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
2. to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight.
3. to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate: After staggering momentarily, he recognized that he had to make a decision.
4. to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady: This load would stagger an elephant.
5. to shock; render helpless with amazement or the like; astonish: The vastness of outer space staggers the mind.
6. to cause to waver or falter: The news staggered her belief in the triumph of justice.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
We watched the news on the television.
GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:
Incorrect: We watched the news on the television.
Correct: We watched the news on television.
GRAMMAR: We usually say the radio, but television (without 'the').
WORD OF THE DAY:
clamber
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
clamberer [noun]
1. to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
–noun
2. an act or instance of clambering.
Ex: Hard-Core ice climbers clamber over frozen falls.
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Incorrect: We watched the news on the television.
Correct: We watched the news on television.
GRAMMAR: We usually say the radio, but television (without 'the').
WORD OF THE DAY:
clamber
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
clamberer [noun]
1. to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
–noun
2. an act or instance of clambering.
Ex: Hard-Core ice climbers clamber over frozen falls.
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