20 grammar rules with examples
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Explanation:
Be patient
Remember God
Be polite
Be humble
Be caring
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Adjective
Adverb
Indirect speech and Direct speech
Explanation:
1. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period/full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. see Punctuition
eg The fat cat sat on the mat.
The order of a basic positive sentence is Subject-Verb-Object. (Negative and question sentences may have a different order.)
eg John loves Mary.
3. Every sentence must have a subject and a verb. An object is optional. Note that an imperative sentence may have a verb only, but the subject is understood.
John teaches.
4. The subject and verb must agree in number, that is a singular subject needs a singular verb and a plural subject needs a plural verb.
John works in London 5. When two singular subjects are connected by or, use a singular verb. The same is true for either/or and neither/nor.
John or Mary is coming tonight.
6. Adjectives usually come before a noun (except when a verb separates the adjective from the noun).
I have a big dog.
7. When using two or more adjectives together, the usual order is opinion-adjective + fact-adjective + noun. (There are some additional rules for the order of fact adjectives.)
I saw a nice French table.
8. Treat collective nouns (eg committee, company, board of directors) as singular OR plural. In BrE a collective noun is usually treated as plural, needing a plural verb and pronoun. In AmE a collective noun is often treated as singular, needing a singular verb and pronoun.
9. The words its and it's are two different words with different meanings.
The dog has hurt its leg..
10. The words your and you're are two different words with different meanings.
Here is your coffee.