English Grammar and Composition Learning

Superlative to Comparative: Structure: Subject + Verb + Comparative adjective + than + any other/ most other + rest all other part. Salma is the best of all the singers. = Salma is better than any other singers. Rina is the tallest of all the girls. = Rina is taller than all other girls.   [NB: ‘all’ থাকলে পরিবরতিত হয় না। ]   Seema is not the most intelligent girl. = Seema is less intelligent than any other girl. [Note : Negative ‘ Not ’ থাকলে ¨ ‘ less ’ হয় ] Superlative to positive   Structure : No other/ Very few + next part of adjective + Verb + as + Positive + as                     + Subject (+ next part) .          Sentence এ           One of the   থাকলে     Very few   হয় ।         Others case...

There are three main uses of apostrophe ('): 1. Contracted words: Apostrophe marks dropped letters. mustn't-must not / what's-what is 2.Possession: Daniel's money / Nora's son The car's color / Bicycle's tire 3. Plurals of "non-words": I only get A's and B's. Number 7's are the best. Hyphen Hyphens are used to connect two independent words, so they function as one unit. Some compound words are hyphenated, some are one word, and some remain two words. The best idea is to consult a dictionary -- compound words don't always follow consistent rules: • Water-repellent • Waterproof • Water table 1. A comma separates things in series. (list of items) I ate pizza, a burger, and ice cream. I like reading, listening to music, taking long walks, and visiting my friends. This is one of the most common uses of a comma. Notice that a comma is included before the conjunction 'and' which comes b...

•Capitalize the First Word of a Sentence He is a very respectable boy. H ow can you jump so high? C aptain of the ship is having lunch with us. •For titles of books, magazines, journals, plays capitalize first and last words and all the words except for the articles, prepositions, conjunctions with less than 5 letters.(a, the, for...) Gone with the Wind The Boston Globe I Am America Pride and Prejudice •Proper nouns, including the names of racial and ethnic groups; countries, nationalities, their languages, religious, etc. are capitalized. Robin Williams English Orthodox Romanticism Mr. Perkins Proper Adjectives Italian-style pasta a British accent •Capitalize the names of specific places, regions, parks, mountains, streets... Sun Valley Road Elm Street the West Coast Wyoming Mount Everest •Names of the weeks, months, holidays Friday, July, Veterans Day... Note: Centuries and decades are not capitalized. the twenty-first century, the ei...