Error Correction Flashcards by Siri Rajesh

Always used as plural without any change in them

People
 police
 poultry 
gentry 
peasantry

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Always used as plural

scissors 
binocular 
spectacles 
Pilers
pillars
 trousers jeans oats outskirts premises quarters stairs spirits surroundings thanks

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Some nouns are used both the ways without any change in them

Sheep and many sheep
A deer and many deer
a fish and many fish also many fishes meaning group or species of fishes
Spacecraft and many spacecraft
Aircraft and many aircraft

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Always used as singular

Milk furniture bread food ice salt water grass hair wheat rubbish coffee chauk paper sugar dust chocolate soap

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All abstract nouns are always used as singular

applause homework advice wealth happiness research Mani evidence hospitality music pollution trash waste statistics AIDS disease measures information knowledge refuge rubbish

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Some nouns are used both as singular and plural depending on the situation

Association audience board commission company council through department government jury party public staff family commity

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All words with suffix ware is considered to be singular

Software hardware silverware streetwear China maja brassware class where middleware embedded ware

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Pronounce each and 1 make the subject singular

Example each of the chief minister of the state was present in the meeting

One of the boys is to be blamed

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Somebody nobody are singular but every and none can be used both as singular and plural

Conjunction and makes subject plural when combining two or more nouns or pronounce

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If conjunction or combines the nouns are pronounced in the number of last noun or pronoun indecisive

Two bikes or a car is enough to carry a school
The coach or the players are responsible for the defeat
She they or I am supposed to look after the people here

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Sometimes the subject is non finite verb which is always singular

Smoking is injurious to health

To err is human to forgive is divine

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Always and says

Present form of the verb

Meet and will are present form of the verbs

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Past form of is am and are

Was and were

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Present form of had

Has and have

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Past form of does and do

Did

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Past forms of will shall can and may

Would should could and might

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Has is used when

The past time is connected or related with the present time or somehow

Example
the prime minister has observed many changes in the rural areas when he last visited the countryside

In this the time is given

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Simple past is used when

Only past time is just mentioned or indicated its not connected with the present time

The report was tabled in the parliament yesterday

Here till yesterday given but it’s not concerned with what is being done today

You simple present

when habitually done or repeated action

An apple a day keeps doctor away

Use present continuous

Is it longer or continued action

look they are talking and wearing away their home

Main function of participle is

To combine two sentence

We should see is the subject or close to the participle

Example
Being a great king Akbar was respected by the people

About nouns

They were supposed to be in the same form either all infinitive ( to go) or all participle ( going) or all noun (green)

Few nouns and adjectives

Mother motherhood maternity
Poor poverty
Patriot patriotism
Hero heroism
Bankrupt or bankruptcy
Vacant vacancy
Deligent daligence
Garrulous garrulity

When we mean any

We use a or an

A good leader leads the country to prosperity

When we mean a particular one

We use the Have you seen the movie playing at Satyam

Which article used with man nature or god

No articles are used

Special cases of an

An MP An NRI An hour An heir

Special cases of vowels

a university a one eyed man a one rupee note are correct although the start with the novel but produce a consonant sound " yu wa"

Some is used with

Positive sentences There is some good news for you Some books are lying on the table

Any is used with

Negative sentences and questions Are there any letter in the letterbox There is not any water left in the bottle

Much and many

Big quantity uncountable or or big number countable There is not much water left in the pond There are not many followers of Gandhiji these days Many parliamentarians were absent on the first day of session How much money do you want,?

A little and a few

A little is for very small quantity uncountable A few is for small number countable Only a little rice is left Only a few people came in the party

Little and few | Without a

Little hardly any or not any uncountable Few hardly any or not any countable There is a little sense in crying over the split milk If you know what happens after death

More and less

Mode is used for comparative of much and many Less is comparative of little But more and less are used with them I don't have much money today or enough money today I want more money than what I have I want more money than you have An idle talk is much less important than work We need to have something to compare with

Several and enough

Several is small number but definite than some for a few Enough is sufficient number and quantity Don't worry there are several policemen to guard the place Don't give me more I have eaten enough

Earlier later

An earlier date or later date used for time

Former latter

Out of two names of things mentioned the first is former and second is later

Farther further

Farther and further indicate longer distances both the words can be used for distance What will be his further strategy I have come from a father place than you do

Older and elder

Elder indicates seniority relation older senior in age Daraar 2 brothers elder to me The second one is two years older than me But person not in relation cannot be compared by using elder. Only the ages can be compared the prime minister of the country is much older than the president

MPT | the order of adverb

Manner place time Manager= slowly studily Place = here there up down Time = before they go now today

It its it's

It is used to fill the gap It's is short form of it is Its refers to it belongs to some person or animal Examples I knew it I know it's late The dog wags its tail on seeing its master

there their

There - does the same function as 'it' does it fills the gap Their - means belonging to them or process by them Examples There was the king Give the money back to them

For all good things

You he and I have You and I He and I

For all bad things

I you and he are I and you I and he