http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/english-grammar-blog.html The Grammar Blog keeps you informed of new pages added and old content revised at english-language-grammar-guide.com. Subscribe here. en-us english grammar Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:40:01 GMT Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:40:01 GMT english-language-grammar-guide.com http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/english-sentences.html To understand English sentences, it is not a good idea to use the vague 'complete sense' criterion. There is a better way, even in traditional grammar. We look also at how both traditional and modern grammar understand phrases, clauses and sentences. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:40:01 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/index.html If you are strong in English grammar, you have control of English language...even if it is not your first language. Grammar need not be difficult. If you are ready to learn step by step, help is free Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:42:41 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/what-is-a-phrase.html The traditional way of answering the question, what is a phrase, was by looking at the use of the group of words. This approach is still valuable for the student of grammar. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:36:38 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/english-phrases.html English phrases are NOT just any groups of words in English. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:27:12 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/sentences.html English words, such as sentences, subject, object, illustrate that it is not strangein English to have words with one spelling and pronunciation, but two meanings; two spellings, but one pronunciation; or one spelling, two different pronunciations. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:10:39 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/nouns.html This page will guide you to a understanding of all the issues related to nouns. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:43:54 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/subject-verb-agreement.html Subject-Verb Agreement is this: a finite verb has a good look at the subject (from top to bottom)! In that one look, it determines the person and number of the subject, and then responds fittingly with its own sweet form! Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:58:15 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/helping-verbs.html Helping Verbs or Auxiliary Verbs are a part of Finite Verbs, which contain both a main part and a helping part. They perform many useful functions. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:55:15 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/list-of-verbs.html This list of verbs is a useful checklist for identifying finite verb phrases and non-finites. This is not the usual list of regular and irregular verbs Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:33:17 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/what-is-a-verb.html What is a verb, but an important member of one of three families, which are active in speech and writing. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:23:59 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/verbs.html These dishes of verbs, you should try, but not all on one day; lest you get grammatical indigestion! Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:20:38 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/grammatical-case.html What is important in grammar is to learn the different forms and their associated functions. Grammatical Case is an especially important set of forms. Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:16:01 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/grammatical-gender.html Grammatical Gender applies only to nouns and pronouns in English. Modern usage has some exceptions to an otherwise simple system. There is also a problem area related to personal pronouns. Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:34:24 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/cbse-exam.html CBSE exam - Instead of being worried, it is more profitable to prepare smartly in the time left. Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:33:33 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/contact-me.html I am your guide for learning english grammar. Contact me if you want me to deal with some question or topic. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:53:33 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/writing-skill.html Writing skill improvement for CBSE students. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:14:21 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/english-grammar.html What English grammar means - explained in clear and easy-to-understand English. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:29:36 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/english-grammer.html Someday, somewhere, somebody (whose surname is Grammer) might name his or her son or daughter 'English'. Until then there'll be no English Grammer...so sad! Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:37:38 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/grammar-quiz.html Through this grammar quiz you can self-test your basic understanding of English parts of speech Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:32:44 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/site-map.html Site map or easy reference to english-language-grammar-guide.com Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:37:03 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/subject.html The Subject of a Sentence can be understood as something which has special grammatical properties besides being something spoken about in a sentence. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:37:37 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/sentence.html What is a sentence? How can we recognize one? What are its different types? Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:49:01 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/clause.html The Clause, finite and non-finite, independent and dependent. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:12:28 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/what-is-a-participle.html What is a Participle? Understanding this and related questions about the Participle will help you tap its power and avoid its pitfalls. Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:01:39 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/past-participle-2.html This page on the Past Participle explains its syntax and semantics. Sat, 15 Jan 2011 05:01:36 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/past-participle.html We usually memorize the past participle forms because there is no ONE way of forming them. This page shows you the different ways. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:23:46 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/present-participle.html You will get a deeper understanding of the Present Participle and its functions by the end of this lesson. Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:11:25 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/participles.html Here's your guide to understanding participles, their types, forms, functions, and some common pitfalls when you deal with them. Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:18:30 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/infinitives.html Infinitives, though born in the verb family, often behave like nouns when they go around socializing in the world of sentences. Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:29:34 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/gerund.html To recognize a Gerund its -ing ending is not sufficient. There are also other things that need to be considered. Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:57:49 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/nouns-and-pronouns.html This Forms and Functions table will serve as a quick reference resource for the study of nouns and pronouns. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:55:43 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/list-of-pronouns.html This list of pronouns briefly describes each type and lists examples for each type for your convenience. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:08:02 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/pronouns.html Pronouns are substitutes for nouns phrases. They are affected by Person, Number, Gender, and Case. Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:27:59 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/count-nouns.html This page will first deal with what Count nouns and Mass nouns are and then give you some examples of nouns that do not fall neatly into these two categories. Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:13:04 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/common-nouns.html What are common nouns? How important are they? What are their types? How can we recognize them? Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:25:23 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/what-is-a-noun.html To answer the question, what is a noun, people give various definitions. The point is to understand this common-sense concept. Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:27:30 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/collective-nouns.html Here's an easy-to-understand explanation of what collective nouns are, what confusion to avoid and why they are treated sometimes as singular and at other times as plural. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:59:49 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/sentence-structure.html This page on Sentence Structure illustrates how the different sentence parts, such as subject, finite verb, object, complements, and adverbials interact to form a sentence. Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:33:50 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/types-of-nouns.html To understand types of nouns better it is good to look at our experience of using names of different kinds in our daily life. Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:57:32 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/grammar-exercise-01.html Through his grammar exercise test your understanding of Subject-Verb Agreement Fundamentals. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:33:50 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/verbals.html Verbals is another name for Non-finite Verbs. Why do we call them so and what are their forms and functions? Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:54:59 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/parts-of-a-sentence.html Knowing the parts of a sentence, their functions and their inter-relationship makes it easier to make a correct sentence. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:33:23 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/y_key_4da82a38083015c4.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:54:58 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/principal-parts-of-verbs.html Principal parts of verbs are a minimum number of verb-forms that we need to remember, so that we can derive all other required verb-forms from them. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:01:35 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/transitive-verb.html The transitive verb and the intransitive verb are finite verbs. While the first possesses the property of transitivity, the second does not. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:35:14 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/singular-and-plural.html The Singular and Plural forms of nouns are important not only because of meaning but also because the verb in a sentence depends upon these forms of the noun. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:24:49 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/proper-nouns.html What are Proper nouns? How to capitalize them? Does Number and Case affect them? Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:44:16 GMT http://www.english-language-grammar-guide.com/parts_of_speech.html A simplified and lucid first understanding of Parts of Speech. These words are like building material for constructing a sentence. Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:42:32 GMT