Grammarguide-2023
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'No, please' is always wrong. 'Yes, please' and 'No, thank you' are the polite
replies when accepting and declining an offer. 108. Told and asked • Incorrect: I asked my servant to bring water. • Correct: I told my servant to bring water. • Incorrect: I told the teacher to excuse me. • Correct: I asked the teacher to excuse me. Use 'I told him to...' only towards a person to whom you have a right to give an order. Use 'I asked him to...' towards a person of whom you can or want to make a request only. 109. Too and very • Incorrect: The story is too interesting. • Correct: The story is very interesting. Too means 'more than it ought to be'. It has a negative meaning. It is usually followed by to or for. Too should not be used in the general sense of very which has a positive meaning. • He is too fat. • It is too hot to go out. 110. Transitive verbs • Incorrect: Here is my cup; please fill. • Correct: Here is my cup; please fill it. Grammar Guide Page 52 • Incorrect: I enjoyed when I went to Paris. • Correct: I enjoyed myself when I went to Paris. All transitive verbs (e.g. fill, break, take and bring) must have an expressed object. Some transitive verbs (e.g. give and lend) must have two objects. • Incorrect: I asked for my book, but he didn't give me. • Correct: I asked for my book, but he didn't give it to me. (Here the pronouns it and me are the objects of the verb give.) 111. Two words or one The following are written as one word: Nowadays, somehow, anyhow, everybody, into, moreover, cannot, together, today, sometimes, everyone, afterwards, everywhere, nobody, meanwhile, newspaper, outside, already, anything, anyone The following are written as two words: All right, at once, some time, at least, no one, on to Download 0.58 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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