Hey Papgust,

You verbal flascards are quite good. they are laconic and easy to remember.
so them coming dude....waiting for more...

suman & the jock,

You feedback has really motivated me to post further. I'll start posting once i get back from work.

Thanks!

hey papgust keep posting man these are quite easy to follow and quite helpful. Thanks for the time out! BTW what does papgust mean just curious?

RumpelThickSkin wrote:hey papgust keep posting man these are quite easy to follow and quite helpful. Thanks for the time out! BTW what does papgust mean just curious?

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papgust wrote:

RumpelThickSkin wrote:hey papgust keep posting man these are quite easy to follow and quite helpful. Thanks for the time out! BTW what does papgust mean just curious?

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no worries

Relative Pronouns:

Such pronouns refer to something already mentioned in the sentence.

"Who", "Whom" --> People
"Which" --> Things
"That" --> People/Things
"Whose" --> Who or What something belongs to

Reciprocal Pronouns:

"Each other" --> Indicates 2 members of a group.

"One another" --> Indicates more than 2 members of a group.

When the subject is "THERE":

The verb agrees with the 'real' subject that follows it.


Examples:
There is no reason to doubt his sincerity -- The verb "is" refers to "reason"
There are thirty pupils in our class -- The verb "are" refers to "pupils"

Two or more Nouns:

When a subject consists of two or more nouns, it is treated the same as a PLURAL NOUN and takes a PLURAL VERB.

Example:
John and Mary have gone for a holiday.


EXCEPTIONS:
To name a few,

"Bread and Butter" --> SINGULAR
"Eggs and Bacon" --> SINGULAR

Following ADJECTIVES are seldom or never placed after the noun,

Afraid
Alight
Alone
Asleep
Awake
Aware


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Following ADJECTIVES are never placed immediately after the verb,

Nuclear
Atomic
Cubic
Digital
Medical
Phonetic
Chief
Entire
Initial
Main
Whole
Eventual
Occasional
Maximum
Minimum
Underlying

Hey Papgust,

could you please give me some examples here....

Papgust Says-Following ADJECTIVES are never placed after the verb:

Nuclear
Atomic
Cubic
Digital
Medical
Phonetic
Chief
Entire
Initial
Main
Whole
Eventual
Occasional
Maximum
Minimum
Underlying
Little confused about this....
Thanks in advance.....

The Jock wrote: Papgust Says-Following ADJECTIVES are never placed immediately after the verb:

Little confused about this....
Thanks in advance.....

Really sorry for the typo. I've edited my post.

"Fairly" Vs "Rather":

Fairly:

- Used only before positive-tone adverbs and adjectives. Denote something that is considered desirable or is viewed with approval

Examples:
The lecture was fairly interesting and was fairly attended. -- RIGHT!
The lecture was fairly boring and was fairly badly attended. -- WRONG! Never use 'fairly' in a negative sense.

Rather:

- Used for things either desirable or undesirable.

Example:
The lecture was rather boring and was rather badly attended. -- RIGHT!

Differences:

- 'Rather' can be used before comparatives whereas 'fairly' cannot be used.
I'm feeling rather better today

- 'Rather' is used as an adverb of degree before verbs that express a feeling or an attitude of mind, whereas 'fairly' cannot be used in such a way.
I rather wish I had taken your advice.

Possessive cases (- 's) is used only with the names of living things.

Examples:
The president's bodyguard -- RIGHT!
The table's leg -- WRONG! Rather it should be "The leg of the table"

Comparative Adjectives such as "Inferior", "Superior", "Prior", "Anterior", "Posterior", "Senior", "Junior" - are followed by the preposition "to" and NOT "than".