Improve Your Written English

We all find it easy when we are asked to talk in English but when it comes to writing it. We find ourselves pretty awful state, coz we fear for grammar and spellings we make while writing it. I just don't waan take that chance, so i planned to do some exercises by reading this book called Improve Your Written English by Marion Field.


I am just going to put up the precise content of this book. I don't think so it would bore you all. After each of novel post you'll find this Grammar post.
I guess everybody is familiar with parts of speech, so let's got to

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

We know there are number of pronouns. In that some are singular and some are plural,coz of this we tend to make a mistake by using wrong verb with singular pronoun.

For Ex: Each of you have been given a pencil.

Each of you has been given a pencil.
Okay now which is right? no idea then read this.

The second ex is correct. 'Each' is a singular pronoun and therefore 'has' should be used as it refers to one person. You'll understand now if you read this following

Ex: She( 1 person) has a pencil.( singular )

They ( several ppl ) havebeen given pencil.( plural).

Likewise everyone, nobody, anything, somebody also comes under singular pronouns only.
Mistakes are often made with pronoun 'everyone'. Everyone is a word which includes( his/ her ) separately.

There are also collective nouns which takes up singular form of verbs.

Ex: The Government isplanning a new divorce bill.
Government is a singular noun, coz there's only one govt.

The Governments of France and England are both democratic.

See ya in next post happy reading.