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Using Colon Correctly

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Using Colon

To use Colon, there are some terms and condition that must be fulfilled. They are:
1.      Colons are used before explanations.
Example
  • We decided to cancel the match: it was raining.
2.      A colon can be used when direct speech is introduced by a name or short phrase.
Example:

3.      Colons can also used when famous sayings are quoted.
  •  ‘Reading makes a full man, writing an exact man, speaking a ready man.’ Said Bacon.
  • Polonius: ‘What do you read, my lord?’
  • ‘Words, words, words.’ (Hamlet)

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Conjunctions and Their Usage

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Some Conjunctions and Their Usage
 There are many conjunctions in English. Now I will explain it one by one.

Than
The function of THAN is to follow an adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
Example:
  • Wisdom is better than riches.
  • He is wiser than I am.
  • I am smarter than you are.
Lest
Although it is rarely used, it can be categorized to conjunction. Lest can be used as a subordinating conjunction expressing a negative purpose. Lest has a similar meaning to ‘for fear that’. As I mentioned previously, lest is rarely used in English, even in modern English. It is important to know that the only auxiliary that can follow lest is should.
EXAMPLE
  • He fled lest he should be killed.
While
While is also one of conjunction. While has some meaning. While used to mean:
a) During the time that; as long as; as
  • While the sun is still rise, there is a hope.
  • While I was sleeping, my mother came in.

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Attributive Adjectives After Nouns

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Attributive adjectives after nouns

Hola! Today, Mr. Enjoy wants to talk about Attributive adjectives afternouns. In English, many adjectives can go in two main places in a sentence. They are in attributive position and predicative position. I will explain both of them.
1.     
In attributive position

An adjective comes before the noun it modifies. Look at examples below:
  • Nolan is a nice girl.
  • Jean married a rich businessman.
2.      In predicative position

An adjective goes after the verb. Look at examples below:
  • Nolan is nice.
  • He looked upset.
While attributive adjectives usually go before the nouns, a few can be used after nouns. This happens in some fixed phrases. Look at examples below:
  • Secretary General
  • Poet Laureate
  • Attorney General
  • Court martial
Some adjectives ending in -able/-ible can also be used after nouns.
  • It is the only solution possible.
  • Book all the tickets available.
After something, everything etc.
Adjectives come after words like something, everything, anything, nothing, somebody, anywhere etc.
  • I would like to go somewhere quiet. (NOT I would like to go quiet somewhere.)
  • I heard something interesting today. (NOT I heard interesting something today.)
In most expressions of measurement adjectives come after the measurement noun.
  • ten years older (NOT Older ten years) (NOT ten older years)
  • six feet deep
  • two miles long

Here is the formula:

VERB + OBJECT + ADJECTIVE

Adjectives can be placed after the object.
  • You make me happy.
  • Can you get the children ready for school?

Comparative And Superlative

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WHAT IS COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES?

Sentences with comparatives and superlatives sometimes appear in the English texts. It is important for you all to know these:
·         Forming the comparative and superlative sentences correctly.
·         Using the comparative and superlative correctly.
·         Using the irregular -er, -er structure.

Forming Comparatives and Superlatives Correctly
In the English test, especially TOEFL Test, there are sometimes comparative or superlative sentences that formed incorrectly. Therefore, you should be able to form the comparative and superlative to answer such questions correctly.

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What is Conjunction?

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Conjunction and Compounding


Hula… Today, Mr. Enjoy wants to tell you about Conjunction and Compounding. Let’s start the killing!

“Conjunction is a word that connects other words, phrases, or sentences”

The words includes and, but, or, because. A conjunction joins two words, phrases or sentences together. Here are the examples:

But, so, and, because, or

And here are some characteristics of Conjunctions:

·      Conjunction is an uninfluenced function word that serves to conjoin words, or phrases, clauses or sentences.
·      Conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, phrases, or clauses together.
·      Conjunction mostly derived from other parts of speech, particularly prepositions.
·      Conjunction is a small class of words.
·      Conjunction has function as non-movable structure words that join such units as parts of speech, phrases, clauses, or sentences.


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There are two types of conjunctions:
a)         Coordinate Conjunctions
b)         Subordinate Conjunctions

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