This is a breakdown of majority of Language Rules and Notes for English Home Language. It is formatted in a fun way making use of fun images and colours. The following topics are inside:
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- Active and Passive Voice
- Punctuation
- Verbs
- Figures of Speech
- Parts of Speech
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1.) First and Second pronouns must be consistent
“When one hears of such things, you are disheartened.”
“When one hears of such things, one is disheartened.”
2.) Misrelated Participle Pronoun
“Hurrying across the playground, my books fell in the mud.”
“As I was hurrying across the playground, my books fell in the mud.”
3.) Misplaced Adjective Phrase - HARDLY EVER GET
“I have a parrot in a cage that can talk”
“In a cage I have a parrot that can talk”
4.) Misplaced Adverbial Phrase: The phrase must stand near the verb it
modifies
“Sweep up the leaves which are now falling twice a week.”
“Twice a week sweep up the leaves which are now falling.”
5.) Prepositions must be followed by the object form of the pronoun
“Between you and I, she is not brilliant.”
“Between you and me, she is not brilliant.”
6.) Wrong position of qualifying words - HARDLY EVER GET
“She not only stole the money but also the wallet.”
“She stole not only the money but also the wallet.”
7.) False ellipsis
“They did not and could not have known”
“They did not know and could not have known”
8.) Ambiguity
“When Jane saw Mary, she blushed.”
“When Jane saw Mary, Mary/Jane blushed.”
9.) Wrong sequence of verb tenses - IMPORTANT FOR ESSAYS
“He said that he is coming to visit”
“He said that he was coming to visit.”
10.) Concord error - verb agrees in number with subject
(none/no-one = singular)
“None of these men are eligible for promotion.”
“None of these men is eligible for promotion.”
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