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Thursday, March 31, 2011

QUANTITY

QUANTITY STUFF:


Countable vs Non-Countable

Many Much

Few Less

Number Amount

Numerous Greater


Semicolon

SEMI COLON IS OFTEN FOLLOWED BY A CONJUCTIVE ADVERB:

  • “HOWEVER”
  • “THEREFORE”
  • “IN ADDITION”


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


Connecting words

Common Connecting Words:

Coordinating Conjunctions: FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO

Subordinators: ALTHOUGH, BECAUSE, BEFORE, AFTER, SINCE


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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”


Relative pronouns

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

Linking Verbs: WATCH OUT- They are Parallel markers!

  • To be
  • Are
  • Was
  • Were
  • Am
  • Been
  • Being
  • Become
  • Feel

Pronouns

SANAM Pronouns- Can be either Singular or Plural

Some
Any
None
All
More/Most

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Conjunctive adverbs

Conjunctive Adverb (CA) -> Semicolon is often followed by a CA. In this way, we can modify the equal relationship that a bare semicolon implies. CA list: however, therefore, nonetheless, nevertheless, in addition. These CA must be preceded by a semicolon and not by a COMMA.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Geometry

Two tangents can always be drawn to a circle from any point outside the circle, and these tangents are equal in length .




Verb -To be


Wednesday, March 9, 2011

SC-Conditional forms

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.