CORRECTION OF SENTENCES

NOUN
S
In Nouns the common error occurs in its usage as a singular or a plural and its
agreement with a verb.
Ex : 1. Measles are a dangerous disease.
2. Mumps are common among children.
3. Measles have broken out in our area .
4. Mathematics are his favourite subject.
5. Physics have been taught by two lecturers.
PRONOUNS
In Pronouns the humble way of expression is always He , you and I. The agreement of
verb
with Pronouns is also improtant.
Ex : 1. One should respect his own
country .
2. I and he are friends .
3. I and James went home .
4. Both he and you must attend the function.
5. Ravi invited me and you to dinner.
ADJECTIVES
Right placing and usage of adjective is important. Sometimes the meaning of a
sentence changes if adjectives are not handled properly.
Ex : 1. He is junior than me .
2. He is superior than her .
3. My sister is elder than me .
4. I prefer coffee than tea .
5. George is elder than Saleem

 THE FOLLOWING VERBS should not be used in any CONTINUOUS TENSE:

Those are: SMILE, TASTE, LOVE, LIKE, UNDERSTAND, THANK, FEEL, SEE, LOOK, LAUGH
etc…

 Some nouns are used only as singular. They have no plural forms like:
Eg : Luggage, Furniture, Information, News, Paper, Poetry, Machinery, bread,
soap, advice, scenery, etc., should not be added ‘s’ or ‘ies’
Eg : We received no informations  information
Where is my luggages  Luggage

 Some nouns are in plural form but they are used as a singulars like:

Economics, Civics, Physics, Mathematics, mumps and billiards and gymnastics.

Eg : Physics are my favourite subjects  is
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  Some nouns are used as plural forms. They have no singular forms like:

shoes, spectacles, shorts, socks, scissors, thanks, Assets, Liabilities, savings etc.
Eg : His spectacles is new  are
My friend brought shoe yesterday  shoes

 Some words like : dozen, score, hundred, thousand etc., don’t take ‘s’ when they are
used with things
Eg : Ravi brought five dozens oranges  dozen

 Some plurals of compound nouns are formed by adding ‘s’ to the main word.
Eg : Son-in-law  Sons-in-law
Mother-in-law Mothers-in-law

 Don’t add brother or sister to the word cousin

Eg : Rani is my cousin sister  (Sister removed)
Omkar is my cousin brother  (Brother removed)

 Running is not used with age

Eg : Ravi is running eighteen  Ravi is eighteen / eighteen years old

 Male and female are used as adjectives but not nouns, but we can use as singular noun
Eg : Male  Man Female  Woman
Males  Men Females  women
 There are 20 females in the class  women
 200 Males attended the meeting  men

 When two nouns are in the appositive‘s should be added to the second noun
Eg : It is my friend’s Vinod’s car  friend

 The first persons (I, We) come last, the second person (you) placed before the third
person (He,She,It).
Eg : I and Vinod went to the exhibition  Vinod and I went to exhibition
Giri invited me and you to dinner  Giri and you and me invited to the dinner

 Double comparative and double superlative should not be used. We can use only one
comparative or superlative degree
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 Eg : Sarath is more taller than Bhasker
Sarath is taller than Bhasker
Mt. Everest is the most highest peak in the world
Mt. Everest is the highest peak in the world.

 The superlative degree is not used when two persons or two things are compared.
Eg : NTR is the cleverest of the two brothers.  Cleverer.

 “Elder” and “Eldest” are used to family members. “Older” and “Oldest” are used to
persons and things and denote age.
Eg : Her older brother is an engineer  Elder
Ravi is elder than Kiran  Older

 When two nouns refer to different persons “The” is used before both nouns
Eg : The secretary and the correspondent is in the office  are

 If they refer to the same person “The” is used before the first noun only.
Eg : The secretary and correspondent are in the office  is

 “To is used after superior, inferior, senior, junior. Eg : He is not senior than you  to

 Here the comparison is between the population of two cities, hence “that of is to be
used”
Eg : The population of Chennai is greater than Hyderabad
The population of Chennai is greater than that of Hyderabad.

 Further refers to something additional and farther refers to distance

Eg : Let us not walk any further
Let us not walk any farther

 Latest denotes time and last denotes position or order

Eg : The umpire was the latest person to leave the ground
The umpire was the last person to leave the ground

 Less to quantity and fewer to number

Eg : They do not sell fewer than ten bags of rice
They do not sell less than ten bags of rice.
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 Article is not used before “man” used in wider sense
Eg : The man is a mortal
Man is a mortal

 Lay means to place (lay – laid – laid)

Eg : She lies here books on the table
She lays her books on the table

 Lie means to be in a resting position (lie – lay – lain)

Eg : Let them lay there
Let them lie there

 Hanged means death punishment (hang – hanged – hanged)

Eg : The criminal was hung two days ago
The criminal was hanged two days ago

 Hung means show publicity (hang – hung – hung)

 Her paintings were hanged in the room
Her paintings were hung in the room

 “ing” form is used after certain verbs and phrase like : avoid, imagine, enjoy, finish,
miss, practice, can’t bear, can’t help etc.
Eg : I avoid to speak to her ; I avoid speaking to her
 We can’t help to listen to them ; We can’t help listening to them

 To infinitive is used after certain verbs : allow, order, command, request, wish, want,
permit, encourage, forbid, etc.
Eg : They ordered me wait ;  They ordered me to wait

 Agree with a person, agree to a thing

Eg : I agree with your proposal; I agree to your proposal
 They agree to him; They agree with him

 Angry with a person, angry at a thing

 Raju angry at his brother; Raju is angry with his brother
 I am angry with her behavior ; I am angry at her behavior

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 We can use make a speech, give a lecture
 She gave a speech ; She made a speech
 The chief guest made an interesting lecture
The chief guest gave an interesting lecture

CONDITIONAL CLAUSE:

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2. IF YOU WORK HARD, YOU WILL GET FIRST RANK
3. IF YOU WORK HARD, YOU WILL GET FIRST RANK

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