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Nominative Case

There are tens of meanings of the word case in English language. When talking solely about grammar, the word case still has two or three different variants which exist singularly and contribute their fair share in the grammatical meaning of a sentenc...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Genitive Case

The English grammar is full of terms and words that we are rarely familiar about but still use them in our everyday language and speaking. Talking about grammatical cases is giving meaning to such a thing. We may use the correct grammatical cases in ...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Grammatical Object

We know what objects are? Don’t we? Object itself is a common noun and refers to something that can be seen and touched. Even a beginner level learner of English language knows and understands the term object. But did you know there is another mean...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Objective Case

In English grammar, a noun or any part of speech exist in one case or another. A case is referred to as mode of the part of speech.Today we will discuss about the objective case.Objective CaseA noun or pronoun is said to be in objective case if it ex...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Phrasal verbs with back

1. Back up Back up someone – to give support to someone. Examples – ·         We had to back her up till her room as she was very tired. ·         If Tim hadn’...

added by ramyashankar
4 years ago

5 Educational Websites for Foreign Students to Make Fast Progress in Studies

It’s possible to find a lot of helpful educational services that function online. They offer various learning options and kinds of help. If you find good educational websites for foreign students, you can solve your greatest troubles. Top 5 useful ...

added by acronimous
4 years ago

Subjunctive Mood

The mood of a sentence is described as the mood of the sentence. The grammatical mood in English language is very different from the moods that you feel like angry, sad or happy etc.Today we will discuss about one specific mood of the sentence that i...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Indirect Object

A sentence in English language is made up of a subject, a verb and sometimes an object. We all are familiar with what a subject and a verb is, but what is the object. The subject of a sentence is the noun who does the action and the verb is the word ...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Infinitive Verb

Till now I have written and posted about various forms that a verb can take in sentences of English language. Today I came across another form or type of verb that exist in English language and so I am writing about it so if anyone of you is searchin...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Intensifier

There are many simple things that we use every day in our language and don’t even know that we are using them. It’s like we know their purpose and meaning but are unaware of what they are called. One such thing is an intensifier.You have been usi...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Grammatical Mood

English grammar is a diversified and varied branch of English language and one has to have complete command of it to understand and write well. You might or might not have come across the word mood or grammatical mood of a sentence. Know that this mo...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Interjections

Oh wow! You landed on this page! You must be looking for interjections.Among many other parts of speeches, interjection is also one of the commonly used English grammar term that we use in our everyday language. Though interjections are more commonly...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Indicative Mood

English language consists of various moods and forms. The grammatical moods in a language are very important to understand the tone and correct meaning of a sentence. One such mood is indicative mood.Today we will discuss about indicative mood of the...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

While vs. Whilst

While as a conjunction and adverbWhen used as conjunction/adverb, both the words mean during or at the same time as. They can also mean whereas (in the context of comparison). In the above sentence, we can replace ‘whereas’ with while or whilst a...

added by ramyashankar
4 years ago

Specially vs. Especially

Specially Specially is an adverb that is used to indicate something done for a specific or special purpose. ·         He specially went to the shop to get her favourite chocolates. ·    &...

added by ramyashankar
4 years ago

Direct Object

The language English is considered one of the easiest languages that exist. But when it comes to learning it and trying to understand it in a better way we come to know about so many things that one didn’t knew existed. We all know English grammar ...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Dangling Modifier

A modifier literally means something or someone that modifies or adjusts something. But when it comes to English language and more specifically English grammar, a modifier is a word or phrase that describes or tells something more about one special w...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Second Person

English grammar is not very complicated it just needs a little bit of concentration and understanding. When it comes to English literature, it is yet simpler. Have you heard about the terms first person, second person and third person?Yes, they are g...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Imperative Mood

English is a pervasive language. There are different ways and means to convey what you are thinking to the other person in this language. The use of moods does not only describe but also helps identify the promptness of a command or a request.Today w...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Third Person

Many a times you would have heard someone say about a book or a story that it was written in third person. What does this term third person really means?The term third person refers to the nature or the context of the text that is written. It gives t...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Gerund

We might call ourselves English gurus or grammar gurus but there still are things we don’t know about. There are terms and things in English grammar that are very minute and discrete that one has to pay utmost attention to understand them thoroughl...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

First Person

You would have heard a lot of times about the term first person. If you are an English literature student, you would know quite well what it means but if not, then it might be a mystery to you.The term first person gives off some meaning from the sim...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Object Complement

Complement is the word, phrase or clause that adds additional meaning to a word of a sentence. Just like the dictionary definition of the word complement i.e. to enhance something or give a better understanding if it, the complements of English gramm...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Conjunctions

There are many parts of a sentence that you would have learned in about in school. Some of them are common and easy to remember like nouns, verbs and adjectives etc. but there are some that we forget about. We still use them in our daily life speakin...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

Subject Complement

You would have come across the word complement a thousand times while reading, listening or writing English language. Or you could also have read or heard its synonym compliment and are well aware of both the terms. If not, refer to our article, comp...

added by angbeenc
4 years ago

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