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  • In tag question

    Example:  You want a bike, don’t you? We are using dummy ‘do’ in this tag question because there is no auxiliary verb in this sentence. So we are adding an auxiliary as well as ‘not’ because the tag question usually has to be opposite to the actual sentence (if the question is positive, the tag…

  • Have:

    In UK/ England, the same rule works with the verb ‘have’ also. So when we say I have a dream. -Have I a dream? (Question) Or, Do I have a dream? (Question) -I have not a dream/ I haven’t a dream/ I don’t have a dream. (Negative) So there are only two exceptions to the…

  • Be:

    Example: You are rich (are=be verb).To make it negative, we can say-You are not rich/ You aren’t rich. But we can’t say say-You don’t are rich. Similarly to make a question, we can say-Are you rich? But we can’t say, -Do you are rich? So instead of adding an auxiliary ‘do’ with the verb ‘be’, we…

  • Do-insertion or Do-support

    In English grammar, ‘do-insertion’ or ‘do-support’ refers to the use of the auxiliary verb ‘do’, including its reflected forms ‘does’ and ‘did’. There are some common uses of do-insertion which are described below. To ask a question: We consider a sentence, “You want money”.Here, ‘you’ is the subject, ‘want’ is the verb and ‘money’ is…

  • Possessive Case

    Possessive cases indicate a relationship of possession or belongingness between two nouns or a noun and a pronoun. Example: Robin’s house is near the river. (Two nouns related in the basis of possession.) His brother lives in the city. (A pronoun and a noun) My family does not approve this. Shaun’s wife has passed away. Note: The…

  • Objective Case

    When a noun or a pronoun works as an object in the sentence, an objective case appears. Example: Robert does not eat burgers. He loves pizza. Robert told me that. Alex follows Robert.

  • Subjective Case (Nominative Case)

    When a noun or a pronoun works as a subject in the sentence, a subjective case appears. Example: Louis works in the management. He works very hard for the company. I love to watch movies in my free time. Reading is a very good habit.

  • Case: Definition

    Cases indicate the grammatical functions of nouns and pronouns according to their relation with rest of the words in a sentence.

  • More Rules of Subject-Verb Agreement:

    Rule 7: None is a singular subject when it is used alone. When it is used with a prepositional phrase starting with of, the subject can be both plural and singular. None + of the + singular noun + singular verb None + of the + plural noun + plural verb Example: None of the money has been…

  • Rules of Subject-Verb Agreement:

    Rule 1: Singular subjects need singular verbs, while plural subjects require plural verbs. ‘Be’ verbs change the most according to the number and person of the subject.  Other verbs do not change much on the basis of the subjects except the verbs of the simple present tense. If the subjects are a third person singular number, the…

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