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Affirmative and Negative Agreement

  Affirmative and Negative Agreement In daily-life language use, there is a lot of work that is done by one person and repeated the same action by another person. In this case, we need to use particular words or formula to express the words in most appropriate and precise way. So, we use different words and rules to avoid unnecessary repetition of words which is known as  Affirmative and Negative Agreement . Affirmative Agreement: When mentioning that one person or thing does something and again that another does the same, we use the word  so  or  too.  By using  conjunction   and , followed by a simple statement using  so  or  too we can  avoid unnecessary repetition of  words  from the affirmative  sentences . The array of this statement will rely on whether  so  or  too  is used. 1.  In the main clause, if a form of the  verb  be  is used then the same  tense  ...
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Verb Tenses

  Verb Tenses The  present tense  is used to express anything that is happening now or occurring in the present moment. The present also communicates actions that are ongoing, constant, or habitual. For example: I'm working on an essay for my English class. Brevity is the soul of wit. John loves music. I run four miles every morning. Use the  past tense  to indicate past events, prior conditions, or completed processes. For example: I voted last week. Ancient Romans believed basil was poisonous. The fortress crumbled to ruin during the last century. The  future tense  indicates actions or events that will happen in the future. For example: I will write my paper this weekend. Aspect  allows you to be more precise in your selection of verbs. Aspect falls into two categories: continuous and perfect. To indicate the continuous aspect, add a form of the verb "to be" and a present participle to your main verb. The perfect aspect is created with a form o...
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SUBJECT, VERB, COMPLEMENT AND MODIFIER

  SUBJECT, VERB, COMPLEMENT AND MODIFIER Subject Definition: The subject of a sentence is the noun, pronoun or noun phrase that precedes and governs the main verb. The subject is the part of the sentence that performs an action or which is associated with the action. Note:  Every sentence in English must have a Subject Example          : Coffee  is delicious. Milk  contains calcium. The subject may be a noun phrase. A noun phrase is  a group of words ending with a noun. (it CANNOT begin with a preposition). In some sentences there is not a true subject. However it  and there can often act as pseudo-subjects and should be considered as subjects. To determine the subject of a sentence, first isolate the verb, and then make a question by placing “who?” or “what?” before it. Having identified the Subject, we can see that the remainder of the sentence tells us what the Subject does or did. We refer to this string...
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