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Types of Sentences

A sentence is the tool of expression of a clear-cut thoughts or feelings of one. We can express our thought or feeling of our mind using a sentence, which may be in any form in structure. The expression will differ situation to situation. Based on the usage of sentences the structure of the sentence will differ. In general, the structure of the sentence in English language are of three types, such as: 1. SIMPLE SENTENCE 2. COMPLEX SENTENCE 3. COMPOUND OR MIXED SENTENCE All sentences are in the two forms that is one may ask any question and the other may tell the answer. So one sentence will always be a question or an answer. If a sentence is a question, it should have one INTERROGATIVE part in it. Interrogative utterances are expressed in the words, such as 1. WHAT 2 WHICH 3. WHO 4. WHOM 5. WHOSE 6. WHERE 7. WHEN 8. WHY 9. HOW 10. HOW MUCH 11. HOW MANY 12. HOW LONG 13. HOW FAR INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS: In the above list of Interrogative words W...

Interjections in English Grammar

Interjection is a mark or icon or symbol used in sentences to illustrate an unexpected reaction such as happiness, shock, or distress. This sign of interjection can be used with a single word in a sentence or can put after a sentence too to express that illustration of the unexpected reaction. Whenever a skilled actor acts in an emotional scene, he probably needs to give modulations in his dialogue delivery like raise his voice to express his intense anger lower his voice to express smooth romantic feelings. Simultaneously he will change his body gestures according to the voice raising and lowering. These changes while writing a sentence can be expressed only with the use of INTERJECTION ! Now we will see some examples:- 1. Wow! I won the championship. 2. What a great poet Shakespeare is! 3. Alas! I lost my cycle. 4. Oh! How tall is the building? This lesson completes PARTS OF SPEECH. From the next lesson we are going to learn about STRUCTURE OF SENTENCE...

Articles in Grammar

ARTICLE is a single word such as A, AN, THE are used in a sentence to indicate the quantity of the nouns, especially common nouns. In more, an article explains about the numerals of the general nouns. For example, when we use a general or common noun such as chair, computer, table, girl, woman etc., in a sentence, we should put ‘a’ before that common noun. A singular common noun should be signified using ‘a’ before it. In a sentence common noun is signified by A, AN, THE, SOME, FEW, ANY, and NONE. These three are the articles used in English language. In the above three A, AN, THE, A and AN are indefinite articles i.e. as an indefinite article A and AN are used to represent all common nouns in vague manner. THE is a definite represent a common noun specifically. USE OF “A”: Represents a singular noun. “A” is an articles word used to signify singular common nouns in a sentence. Examples: 1. There is A chair. 2. A car has been standing near my house since last mont...

Alternative Cancer Treatments

There are many kinds of alternative treatment methods to treat cancer all over the world.  The conventional alternative cancer treatment methods are of using therapies like chemotherapy, chemoembolization method, radiation therapy, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.  Even some methods of alternative cancer treatment techniques are costly.  They are useful in lessening the pain and discomfort of the patient.  In many cases, these alternative treatment methods give devastating and overwhelming side effects after it, but they are in no way important in reducing the symptoms of cancer. Chemotherapy is a conventional method of treating cancer using drugs.  These chemotherapeutic drugs will obliterate and demolish cancer cells by obstructing and slowing down the development and duplication of the cancer cells.  Some chemotherapeutic drugs are Accutane, Mesnex, and PROCRIT. Chemoembolization is another alternative t...

Conjunctional Idioms

CONJUNCTIONAL SETS: Conjunction is a word used in sentences a part of speech to joint two sentences. In simple, conjunction used to adjoin two simple sentences. There are single words conjunctions such as AND, AFTER, BUT, BECAUSE, BEFORE, FOR, IF, IT, LEST, OR, TILL, THAT, SINCE, STILL, UNLESS, UNTIL, WHETHER, WHEN, WHILE, they are used to connect two simple sentences, AND is the one conjunction which adjoins two words like nouns or two pronouns. Now we see two or more words conjunctions that are called conjunction idioms and conjunction duos. CONJUNCTIONAL SETS: Conjunctional sets are two words their duty in a sentence as a part of speech is to adjoin two simple sentences. Important conjunctional duos are as follows: 1. EITHER…OR 2. BOTH…AND 3. NEITHER…NOR 4. NO SOONER…THAN 5. THOUGH…YET 6. WHETHER…OR Now we will see each of these conjunctional duos with examples one by one: 1. EITHER…OR: This is a conjunction duo used in sentences to introduce two ...

Conjunction in English Grammar

Conjunction is a part of speech that combines two simple sentences. It may join two words in a sentence other than two verbs. For example 1. Raju came to school AND Ramu came to cinema. The two simple sentences Raju came to school, Ramu came to cinema are combined by a word AND ( conjunction ). Some simple single word conjunctions 1. AND 2. AFTER 3. BUT 4. BECAUSE 5. BEFORE 6. FOR 7. IF 8. IT 9. LEST 10. OR 11. TILL 12. THAT 13. SINCE 14. STILL 15. UNLESS 16. UNTIL 17. WHETHER 18. WHEN 19. WHILE We will see every single word conjunctions now with examples. 1. AND: A conjunction used to join two simple sentences or two nouns or two pronouns. Examples: i. Ravi AND Sasi are good friends. (joining two nouns). ii. We went to temple AND they went to a movie. (joining two simple sentences). 2. AFTER: This conjunction and also a preposition can be used in a sentence to denote an action happening at a time following to a recommended ti...

Preposition - Parts of Speech

What is a preposition mean? Preposition is a part of speech in a sentence which shows the connection between a noun or a verb or an adjective to a noun or a pronoun or an adjective in a sentence. A preposition may be a single word or a group of words. For example, The book is ON the table. The book is NOUN The table is another NOUN. ON is the pronoun shows the connection of the book to the table. So ON is a PREPOSITION . See more examples: 1. The thief is hiding BEHIND the wall. 2. I am working OUT exercises. 3. They were taking a trip IN a bus. 4. We see a bridge ACROSS the river. In the above sentences BEHIND, OUT, IN, and ACROSS are the prepositions showing the connection or relationship between two nouns or pronoun in those sentences. The proposition fastening and wrap the words into a meaningful one. See some common one-word prepositions using in the English language. 1. AT 2. ACROSS 3. ABOUT 4. AFTER 4. ALONG 5. AMONG 6. AROUND 7. ...