QUANTITY STUFF:
Countable vs Non-Countable
Many Much
Few Less
Number Amount
Numerous Greater
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QUANTITY STUFF:
Countable vs Non-Countable
Many Much
Few Less
Number Amount
Numerous Greater
SEMI COLON IS OFTEN FOLLOWED BY A CONJUCTIVE ADVERB:
Wrong: Andrew and Lisa are inseparable, THEREFORE, we never see them apart
- THEREFORE needs a semi colon before it
Right: Andrew and Lisa are inseparable; THEREFORE, we never see them apart
Common Connecting Words:
Coordinating Conjunctions: FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO
Subordinators: ALTHOUGH, BECAUSE, BEFORE, AFTER, SINCE
WHO VS WHOM
- Use WHOM when referring to the object of the sentence:
Ex: This is the man whom I wanted to speak
- Change to question: “Who did I want to speak with?”
“I wanted to speak with HIM”
- Use WHO to refer to the subject of a verb
EX: I really hate the guy who stole my girlfriend
- Change to question: “Who stole my girlfriend?”
“HE stole my girlfriend”
WHICH Modifies THINGS
THAT CANNOT modify PEOPLE
WHO Modifies PEOPLE
WHOSE Can modify PEOPLE or THINGS
WHOM Modifies PEOPLE
WHERE Modifies a NOUN PLACE (area, city, state, region, etc)
WHEN Modifies a NOUN TIME/EVENT (1800s, last decade, etc)
Pronoun Case:
Subject Pronouns- can be the subject of sentences
Ex: I, you, she, he, it, we, they who
“they arrived late”
Object Pronouns- can be the object of verbs
Ex: me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom
“no one saw them or talked about them”
Possessive Pronouns- indicate ownership
Ex: my/mine, your/yours, his, her/hers, its, ours/our, whose
“Their presence went unnoticed”
Linking Verbs: WATCH OUT- They are Parallel markers!
Conditional I: If…condition in present tense……result in present/future tense
Examples:
If you invest your capital in bonds, it generates income.
If you invest your capital in bonds, it will generate income.
Conditional II: if….condition in past tense….result in would + verb
Example:
If you invested your capital in bonds, it would generate income
Conditional III: if….condition in had+V3…..result in would+have+V3
Example:
If you had invested your capital in bonds, it would have generated income.
Note that the order of the “condition” part and the “result” part can be reversed, but the structure must remain the same. For example, we could invert the order of the second conditional example, and it is still correct, as long as we maintain form:
Your capital would generate income, If you invested it in bonds.
This is why it’s important to think in terms of “condition (if) part” and “result part” – not in terms of “first” and “second” parts.