120 Rules Of English Grammar

120 Rules of Grammer RULE81: Use of proper Prepositions : It is important to use exact prepositions after the words. Examples :- 🔸 He is superior to and older than me. 🔹 This book is different from and better than that book. 🔸 Nobody seems to have responsibility for the budget. 🔹 What’s the r…

Rules of Grammer RULE80 : Error of Parallelism : The rule of Parallelism explains that sentence elements that are alike in function should also be alike in construction. These elements should be in the same grammatical form so that they are parallel. Here are some examples of parallel elemen…

Rules of Grammer RULE79 : Use of “Until” and “Unless”: CONCEPT :- Until – Time Oriented Unless – Action Oriented Examples :- 🔸 Wait for me until sunset. [referring Time] 🔷 Unless the government reduces the tax, the tax-payer base will not increase. [referring …

120 Rules of Grammer RULE78 : Use of the conjunction “Lest”: Lest means otherwise. The conjunction “lest” is always followed either by the verb “should” or no helping verb at all. Examples :- 🔸 Work hard, lest you would fail. ❌ 🔹 Work hard, lest you fail. ✅ 🔸 Work hard, lest you should …

120 Rules of Grammer RULE77 : The conjunction “Both” is always followed by “and” and not “as well as”. Examples :- 🔸 Both Ram as well as Shyam are good at English. ❌ 🔹 Both Ram and Shyam are good at English. ✅ #NOTE : The word “good” is always followed by the preposition “at”. Examples :- …

120 Rules of Grammer RULE76 : Use of the Prepositions “in, on, and at” :- ‘In’ refers to town, cities, and countries in a wider sense. [ In Delhi, in Dubai, in Saudi Arabia ] ‘At’ is used for speaking of comparatively smaller place. [ at Rohini in Delhi, at Laxminagar ] CONCEPT :- Prepos…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE75 : When we talk about Imperative Sentences and that also when we talk about proposals, in that case we always use “shall we” in question tag statement. Examples :- 🔸 Let us go for a walk, don’t we? ❌ 🔹 Let us go for a walk, shall we? ✅ 🔸 Let us go out to dinner, sh…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE74 : When a collective noun is used in the main statement and depicting all its units are working together on the same thing or all are behaving similarly, we consider everything to be singular. However, if all the units are working on different things, we consider everyt…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE73 : When we use “Each or Every” in a sentence, a singular noun or pronoun is followed which is further followed by a singular verb. But in the case of question tag, noun (or, pronoun) following “Each or Every” is considered plural and thus we use plural verb in question…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE72 : It is important to note that question tag statement must be in same tense as the main statement. Examples :- 🔸 I am doing the work which you gave me, don’t I? ❌ 🔹 I am doing the work which you gave me, aren’t I? ✅ The first statement is incorrect ❌ as the main s…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE71 : Certain words like “Seldom, barely, hardly, scarcely, never” often define a negative meaning to the statement, thus these should be followed by a positive question tag. Examples :- 🔸 He seldom comes to my house, does he? [ Positive question tag for a negative stat…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE70 : Some typical errors related to the above rule. Examples :- 🔸 I am working very hard for my students, amn’t I? ❌ 🔹 I am working very hard for my students, aren’t I? ✅ 🔸I am getting better at this, aren't I? ✅ The first sentence is incorrect ❌, because there…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE69 : Rule of Question tags : A small question is added at the end of a statement. This is called Question Tag. A question tag for a positive statement is always negative and vice-versa. Examples :- 🔷 He has worked very hard on this project, hasn’t he? [ Negative ques…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE68 : Antecedent Rule The noun or pronoun that comes just before a Relative pronoun is called an Antecedent. Examples :- 🔸 Ram met him who they say has helped us. [“him” in this case is an Antecedent] 🔹 He saw her whom everyone admires. [“her” in this case is an…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE67 : Whenever “male” or “female” is used before a noun, it means that we are describing its characteristics. Examples :- 🟠 Female watch [means the watches specified for females] 🟡 Female doctor [means the doctors specified for females] 🟣 Male shoes [means the sho…

120 Rules of Grammer RULE66 : Certain nouns whose plurals should be known :- Singular Plural Dormouse Dormice Man Men Foot Feet Mouse Mice Goose …