Consider the following sentences. ‘Nice job. Who did this?’ ‘Myself and Jane. Do you think ‘myself’ is correctly used in the above sentence? Words like… Continue reading
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Using it as a preparatory subject
In older English, it was a common practice to use an infinitive clause as the subject of a sentence. To wait for people who would… Continue reading
Need as an auxiliary verb and an ordinary verb
Need is used both as a principal verb and as an auxiliary: When need is used as a principal verb, it means ‘require’. He needs… Continue reading
Classification of verbs
Transitive and intransitive verbs Verbs can be classified in several ways. First, some verbs require an object to complete their meaning. ‘She read…’ Read what?… Continue reading
Duplicate subjects
Duplicate subject is a common mistake made by ESL students. They sometimes use a pronoun as a duplicate subject in a clause that already has… Continue reading
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