Help with English grammar?
If you intend a career in TESL you will need to own a general grammar such as Thomson and Martinet's 'Practical English Grammar' (this is what British teachers regularly use, there are other similar texts available). You should buy yourself such a general grammar and slowly read it through (remembering that there is no such thing as a definitive English grammar, so your text will be correct only 90% of the time). If you ever want something more advanced, you could look around for a copy of Quirk's "A Grammar of Contemporary English". You will learn much more with a book than you eve could from a website, Grammar needs careful study and slow thinking about. (Many websites are also very unreliable). If you ever decide that grammar fascinates you a short course in Latin (three months or so, or even a good teach-yourself book) will get you thinking about grammar in ways unimaginable to people who went through the standard modern educational system. You don't need to master Latin to any extent (maybe up to being able to read gravestones and inscriptions) - but it will show you how grammar works. (You certainly don't need Applied Linguistics to be a successful TESL teacher. A smattering of a second language - any second language - is far more useful than most Applied Linguistics concepts).
Help with english grammar?
Here is the opinion from Dictionary.com: "Some critics have tried to discern a semantic distinction between toward and towards, but the difference is entirely dialectal. Toward is more common in American English; towards is the predominant form in British English."
Please Help With English Grammar!?
Are these short sentences correct? -Some animals change their behaviour before an earthquake, for example: fish jump out of water on to dry land, mice appear dazed before quakes allowing them to be caught easily, snakes come out of hibernation and cattle and horses become restless. -Chinese have made use of animals to help them predict future earthquakes. They evacuated an entire city and saved countless lives. -Animals behaviour can be explained scientifically because it is a fact that some animals are very sensitive to sound, temperature, touch, light and even magnetic fields. Therefore, they may be able to detect the seismic activity that comes before an earthquake. Thanks so much in advance!! Have a great day!! Julia (An English learner) :) :)
A little help with English grammar! Thank you!?
Change to:: Hi Mr'Mrs _____! Have you received my last e-mail sent about 5 days ago? I was wondering whether you were fine or not. Could you kindly respond as soon as you can? Thanks so much!
Urgent help in English Grammar please : please may you help in rewriting these words?
I don't understand what the words in parentheses (<-- these things -->) mean, so I'm ignoring them :-) "1- do you have renew your library card ?(renewed)" Do you have to renew your library card? "to have to" is an idiom that means "must": Another way to say the same thing is, "Must you renew your library card?" "5-it's possible she will catch a cold (might )" It's okay, but I think this is better: "It's possible that she might catch a cold." The statement is not factual, but rather is saying what may or may not happen. So it's better to use "might," which can be used to show possibility, instead of "will," which says that it's a fact. "6- it's probable that he will win the game (may )" Again, it's okay. However, because the statement is not a fact but a probability (which is stronger than a possibility), it's better to use "may." And remember to capitalize the first word of all sentences! "10- this's the room where i used to sleep (in )" "This is" is never contracted in English. It's always written out as two words. The sentence is correct. Just for your information, another way to say it is: "This is the room in which I used to sleep." "12-i was attracted by the cat's soft hair (whose)" Correct! You could also say: "I was attracted by the cat whose hair is soft." This probably isn't important, but most cats have fur, not hair. I don't know much about cats, but with dogs, if it grows longer, it's hair; if it stays the same length, it's fur. "13- A man has gone to prison . he shot two policemen. (The man )" Each sentence by itself is correct. However, both are talking about one particular man (even if we don't know his name), "the man" makes more sense. You could also say: "The man who shot two policemen has gone to prison." It's one particular man -- the one who shot two policemen. EDIT: Maybe "a man" is also correct. I *feel* that "the man" is better, but I can't explain why. I'm sorry! "14-Alexandria is the birth place of Sayed Darweesh . (where)" "Birthplace" is one word. Otherwise, it's fine! Don't put a space between the last letter of the sentence and the period. Almost all punctuation marks have no space before them. Overall, it looks pretty good. Tell your brother to keep up the good work!
I have some English grammar questions... can anyone help me please?!?
Choose the correct interrogative pronoun to complete the sentence and identify its use. _____ caught that ten-pound sea bass? A. Who; subject B.Whom; direct object C. Whom; object of a preposition D. Whose; possessive 2. Choose the correct interrogative pronoun to complete the sentence and identify its use. With _____ did you go fishing today? A. who; subject B.whom; object of a preposition C. whom; direct object D. whose; possessive 3. Choose the correct interrogative pronoun to complete the sentence and identify its use. _____ fishing rod is still lying on the dock? A. Who's; subject (in a contraction with a verb) B. Whom; object of a preposition C. Whom; direct object D. Whose; possessive