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Correction of Sentences

Correction is a part and parcel of English Grammar. Without it all of our learning go to dog. So as a learner we should take care of  writing correct sentences.Different kinds of rules will settle  here for the learners. We hope that it will increase the knowledge of the learners and they will be able to write correct sentences. 1. Omission of Nouns: (a) Do you know my younger brother ? (Generally the learners put off  the brother 'words) (2) Give me some blotting paper .(Hence the learners put off bold word) (c) He lives in the boarding house . (The learners generally put off the word -house) (d) I had tea at his house yesterday. (Here generally have had is wrongly written.) (e) I have an urgent piece of business. (generally piece of wrongly omitted) (f) I have a pen , a pencil and other things. (Generally things remain omit wrongly.) (g) I shall go to your house today. (generally  house omits wrongly)  (h) I wrote him a letter yesterday / I wrote to him yesterday . (Normally

Infinitives 'to'

When  a verb takes "to" before it. then we called it infinitive. Infinites are of two kinds: 1. Simple or Noun infinitive 2. Gerundial or  Qualifying  Infinitive Simple or Noun Infinitive is used as : i. Subject of a verb: To err is human. ii. Object of a verb: She likes to swim. I taught him to read. iii. Object of a preposition: He is about to die. He is about to go. iv. Complement to verb: He seems to be an honest man.He appears to be a rich man. v. Objective Complement: We take him to be a fool. Gerundial Infinitive is  used to: i. Modify an adjective:    The old man  is too weak to walk. I am  glad to receive  your  letter. He  is ready to go. ii. Modify a verb:    The children went to play. We eat to live. iii. Modify a noun:     It is a chair to sit on. This is a house to let. iv. Modify an adverb:     We went to the field  to see the game. I walked fast to avail the bus. v. Qualify a sentence:     To speak  the truth, he  is an  honest  man. To be