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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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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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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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Friday, November 6, 2009
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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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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