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BELAGAN, CRISTINA A.
IGNORANCE OF GRAMMAR RULES MAKES
ONE AN INSTANT COMEDIAN/COMEDIENNE.
D
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A LIKE
G 1. The old man does not likes to
N
O
be helped by his neighbour
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T
I
C
T
E
S
T
DOUBLE PRESENT
TENSE
RULE:
DO/DOES/DID+BASE
FORM OF THE VERB
2. The reporter was able to
give the audience useful
INFORMATION
informations.
THE USE OF PLURAL
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
RULE: UNCOUNTABLE
NOUNS DO NOT TAKE RULE: UNCOUNTABLE
THE ARTICLE A OR AN. NOUNS DO NOT HAVE
PLURAL FORMS.
VERB
THE USE OF
OBJECTIVE RULE: ONLY
PRONOUNS NOMINATIVE
AS PRONOUNS SUCH
SUBJECTS AS HE/SHE/THEY/WE
ARE USED AS
SUBJECTS IN
SENTENCES.
(THAT)
COMPOUND SUBJECT
SINGULAR INDEFINITE
PRONOUN
(HIS/HER)
THE USE OF PLURAL
PERSONAL PRONOUNS TO
PLURAL PERSONAL REFER TO SINGULAR
PRONOUN INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
WENT
10. We go to
London when I
was fourteen
years old.
THE INCORRECT USE OF VERB TENSES
SINGULAR PLURAL
SUBJECT SUBJECT
INCORRECT SUBJECT-VERB
AGREEMENT
BETTER
12. Edgar’s speech is more better
than your speech.
EXAMPLES: MORE FASTER
MOST FASTEST
DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
13. My friend’s house
is farther than me.
MINE
ILLOGICAL/UNBALANCED
COMPARISON
(MINE/MY HOUSE)
(CORRECT)
RULE: ABSOLUTE
MODIFIERS HAVE NO EXAMPLES OF ABSOLUTE
COMPARATIVE AND MODIFIERS:
SUPERLATIVE FORMS; ADJECTIVES:PERFECT/STRAIGHT/
THEREFORE, THEY MAIN/FIRST
SHOULD NOT BE ADVERBS:TOMORROW/
USED IN YESTERDAY/NOW...
COMPARISONS.