Rule 35:When using a subject that is a non-count noun (such as furniture, equipment, etc.), the verb should be singular. Example:The furniture in the room was rearranged. To summarise, subject-verb agreement rules are important in writing to ensure that the sentence is grammatically c...
If the subject of a sentence/clause that uses the subjunctive mood is plural, the verb usually looks identical to how it would appear in any other sentence. However, things get more complicated if you have a first or third person singular subject (likeI,he,she, orit) or use the verbbe....
Well that means how much do you agree. You don’t need to agree or disagree. You need to think about it and think do you agree with all the sentence, is there something that you don’t agree with? Do you agree with most of it? So that’s how you analyse it. 2. Hooks Let’s...
Why can't write a sentence. but i studded a worded "at the most"on yesterday, the mean i know. 分享18赞 我在常州你在哪吧 keensmile 被动的使用 和不能使用的的地方(7)有些动词以其主动形式表示被动意义,特别是当主语是物时,常见的动词有sell,write,wash,open,lock等。英语不能用被动语态的若干...
As I was explaining yesterday, it’s really the proponents of the three-sentence pitch that have made many writers frightened of adding interesting or even necessary details to their pitches. I consider this a mistake, because if you’re pitching a novel, you need to demonstrate two things: ...
my vision. I’m less prone to resorting to clichés and I know that if I chortle with smug glee at a sentence that I’ve written then it’s really, really bad and should be cut immediately. The workshopping process has definitely pushed me out of my comfort zone – in a good way....
‘Nothing explains everything’ – a FB friend posted this interesting sentence on his status update. This reminds me of how different grammarians would respond to a sentence like that. Traditional grammarians would be keen to label each part of the sentence: what kind of sentence it is; ...
Writing Tip：Writing a sentence Grammar：there is Prepositions Function：Describing object locations Unit 3 - Basketball is Fun Writing Task：Write about your favorite sport Writing Form：Expository writing Writing Tip：Writing a paragraph Grammar：play+sports Gerund Function：Explaining what you enjoy Uni...
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases. The Importance of Sport What benefits do you get from doing sport? Write and tell us why taking part in sport is important for you. The best articles will. New Grammar Unit Parts of the Sentence This is different from, though related to, the Parts of ...
Starting withand, but,ororopens a sentence swiftly. Sometimes, however, two clauses are best joined more subtly. For that, there are semicolons, the subject of this week’s Tip. Semicolons can join independent clauses (either would be a sentence on its own) without using a conjunction,...