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100 Golden Rules of English Grammar To Speak & Write English Correctly
100 Golden Rules of English Grammar To Speak & Write English Correctly
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1. Two or more Singular Subjects
connected by and usually take a Verb
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inthe Plural.
For example,
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Incorrect- Hari and Ram is here.
For example,
For example,
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Incorrect- Neither he nor I were there.
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Correct- Neither he nor I was there.
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different numbers, the Verb mustbe Plural,
and the Plural Subject must be placed next to
the Verb.
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For example,
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For example,
For example,
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Correct- The Council has chosen the President.
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Correct- The military were called out.
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but plural in meaning, take a PluralVerb.
For example
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Incorrect- Mathematics are a branch of study in every
school.
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For example,
En
For example,
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Incorrect- I, who is your friend, will guard your interests.
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Correct- I, who am your friend will guard your interests.
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B. USES OF PARTICIPLES AND INFINITIVES
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11. Ask, advise, allow, command, force,
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For example,
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For example,
Correct- She was permitted to go with him.
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Correct- I know how to write a letter.
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13. After let, bid, behold, watch, see,
feel, make etc. we use Bare
Infinitiveand not To-infinitive.
Sa
For example,
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Incorrect- I heard him to speak on several subjects.
For example,
En
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For example
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Incorrect- He had better read than to write.
Sa
Correct- He had better read than write.
For example,
En
For example,
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killed, the followers ran away. Correct- The
leader having been killed, the followers ran
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away.
Sa
20. Participles like considering, judging,
referring, concerning, regarding,viewing,
broadly speaking etc. do not take any
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Subject of Reference.
For example,
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C. USES OF VERBS
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same for both the subjects.
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Incorrect- I am seventeen years old and my sister fourteen.
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Correct- I am seventeen years old and my sister is
fourteen.
auxiliaries. '
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ch
Sa
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26. A Past Tense in main clause may be
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infinitive).
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Incorrect- I hoped to immediately reply to your letter:
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29. An infinitive should be in the present
tense unless it represents' an actionprior to
that of the governing Verb.
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Incorrect- I should have liked to have gone-there.
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Possessive case.
En
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Preposition must be the Gerund.
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Incorrect- They were punished for come
late.
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Correct- They were punished for, coming late.
Incorrect- I shall wait for you till you will finish your work.
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Correct- I shall wait for you, till you finish your work.
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35. Modal Auxiliaries are not used
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together. But two Auxiliaries can
beconnected by a Conjunction.
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For example,
For example,
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D. USES OF ADJECTIVES
For example,
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38. Numeral Adjectives are used for
Countable Noun only and they show
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howmany persons or things are meant or in
what order a person or thing stands,
Sa
For example,
For example,
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Correct- He insisted on further improvement.
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42. Each is used in speaking of two or
more things, every is used only
inspeaking of more than two.
Sa
For example,
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Incorrect- Every of the two boys will get a prize.
interrogative sentences.
gl
For example,.
En
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are compared,the Comparative in-er is not
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used. 'More' is used for this purpose.
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Correct- He is more wise than brave.
class.
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Incorrect- The population of Bombay is greater than Delhi.
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Correct- The population of Bombay is
greater than that of Delhi.
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49. Double comparatives and
superlatives should not be used.
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1. Incorrect- He is the most cleverest
boy in the class.
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same Noun should be in the samedegree
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of comparison.
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Correct- He is the wisest and most honest worker in the
office.
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53. 'Elder' and 'eldest' should be used for
persons only, strictly speaking, theyare used
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E. USES OF ADVERBS
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55. Too means more than required and
it is used with Unpleasant Adjective.So,
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we cannot use too glad, too happy, too
pleasant, too healthy.
Sa
For example,
For example,
gl
For example,
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Incorrect- His failure is too much painful for me.
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Correct- His failure is much too painful for me.
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pain.
Correct- His wife's rude behavior gives him too much pain.
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58. Quite and all are not used together.
W
For example,
right
gl
En
For example,
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60. Enough, when used as an Adverb,
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is preceded by a positive
degreeAdjective or Adverb.
Sa
For example,
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63. 'Hard' means 'diligently',
strenuously', 'Hardly' means 'scarcely at
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all'.These two Adverbial forms of 'hard'
must not be confused.
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1. Incorrect- He tried hardly to win the race.
degree.
For example,
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Incorrect- It is a hardly job.
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Correct- It is a hard job.
Sa
66. Ago is always used with Past
Indefinite Tense. So, if ago is used in
asentence, that sentence must be in
the Past Indefinite Tense.
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For example,
W
For example,
For example,
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Roses blossomed early this spring.
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69. The sentence which starts with seldom,
never. hardly. rarely or scarcelytakes an
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inverse structure, Le., Verb + Subject -
Structure. For example,
For example,
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F. USES OF CONJUNCTIONS
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negative sense, 'neither' 'nor• should be
used in place of 'both'.
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incorrect- Both Ravi as well as Raja were present there.
Sa
Correct- Both Ravi and Raja were present there.
Incorrect- He not only lost his ticket, but also his luggage.
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Correct- He lost not only his ticket but also his luggage.
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76. 'Hardly' and 'scarcely' should be
followed by 'when' or 'before', but notby
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'than' or 'that'.
Incorrect- Hardly did I reach the station, than the train left
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it.
Correct- Hardly did I reach the station when the train left it.
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G. USES OF PREPOSITION
78. Objective case (of Noun or•
Pronoun) is used after Preposition. For
example,
Incorrect- I do not depend on he.
Correct- I do not depend on him.
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words must be made clear if these
twowords are connected by and or or.
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For example,
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Incorrect- She is conscious and engaged in her work.
For example,
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For example,
For example,
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Incorrect- Bring a T.V. set at home.
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Correct- Bring a T.V. se$ home.
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83. After Transitive Verbs, like dis¬cuss,
describe, reach, order, tell, demand, attack,
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resemble, ridicule, etc. we directly use the
object and no Preposition is used after the
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Verb.
For example:
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For example,
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1. Incorrect- He did not reply me.
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Correct- He did not reply to me.
Sa
Correct- He did not write a letter.
H. USES OF PRONOUNS
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85. When a Pronoun is used as the
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Subjects
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Incorrect- Himself did it.
Sa
Correct- He himself did it.
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Correct- The two brothers loved each other.
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Sa
91. A Noun or Pronoun governing a
Gerund should be put in the
possessive case.
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Incorrect- Please excuse me being late.
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Correct- The collector and District Magistrate is
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not negligent in his duty.
95. When two or more singular nouns
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joined by 'or' or 'nor', 'either ...
or','neither .. nor', the Pronoun used for
them should be in the singular.
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Incorrect- Neither Ravi nor Raju has done their homework.
together,the
Pronoun of second person singular (you)
is
between.
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Correct- We, you and they must work together.
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98. The Relative Pronoun who is in subjective case,
whereas whom is in objective case. Therefore, for
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who there must be a Finite Verb in the sentence. Or
otherwise, when whom (Object) is used in the
sentence and there is more Finite Verb's than the
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number of Subjects in the sentence, thenwhom
should be changed into who (Subject).
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For example,
For example,
For example,
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Incorrect- Let he go there.
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Correct- Let him go there.
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