Pronouns are words that function as replacements for nouns especially to avoid repetition of the nouns already mentioned in a sentence or paragraph conte...
Indefinite Pronouns - What Kind of Verb Goes with It
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Indefinite Pronouns
Olulekan Victor
Indefinite pronouns form a group under the types of pronouns.
What is the pronoun?
This is a word that can be used instead of a noun especially in order to prevent repetition of the noun.
Take for instance:
John was traveling yesterday with John's...
Borrow and Lend - Difference
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Lend vs Borrow
Olulekan Victor
A lot of students misuse these two lexical verbs by using "borrow" in a right context for "lend" and "lend" instead of "borrow".
To make it clear, it is for a giver to lend while it is for a receiver to borrow.
When you as a giver is sending something...
Who, Whom, Whose, Which and That Differences And Their Agreement Status With Verb
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Which and That Differences And Their Agreement Status With Verb,
Who,
Whom,
Whose
Olulekan Victor
The three words are relative pronouns than help in adding more information a specific noun.
They can also be regarded as relative clause indicator as each of them can be utilised to showcase a relative clause that is giving an additional description...
Orderliness of Adjectives/ Order of Adjectives in English Sentence
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Adjectives,
English,
Order of Adjectives
Olulekan Victor
Adjective as a word that gives additional information about a noun or pronoun in a sentence can also serve as modifier modifying the noun or pronoun that follows it. In some cases there will be many adjectives appearing before a particular noun or pronoun...
Transitive And Intransitive Verbs Explained
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English,
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Olulekan Victor
Both transitive verb and its intransitive counterpart can be explicated under classification or categorization of verbs. Structurally, a complete and unabated sentence does feature subject as an action performer, predicate (also known as verb) which...
"People Who Live In Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones" Idiomatically Means What?
This is an idiom taken from warning. It is an expression of warning that means that one should abstain from criticizing others in order to avoid being criticized too.
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The Idiomatic Meaning of "The Icing to the Cake" or " The Frosting to the Cake".
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Idiom,
The Icing To The Cake
Olulekan Victor
Idiomatic Meaning of "The Icing on the Cake/ the Frosting on the Cake".
Introduction
"The icing on the cake" or "the frosting on the cake" is an idiom that is captivated from food. Ice and cake are togetherly used to bring out the idiom.
"The icing...
Concord Revisited: Subject Accompanied By Fake Subject- Predicate Agreement
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Concord,
Fake Subject in English
Olulekan Victor
In some cases, two nouns or noun phrases forming a subject of a verb usually precipitate confusion especially for English language learners.
Consider:
"The groom, with his friends has gotten ready to take group photography".
The sentence above has two...
Idiomatic Meaning of "Made Good".
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Idiom,
Made Good
Olulekan Victor
"Made Good" is an idiom that means to make it happens. Therefore, making something good as an idiom simply implies that particular thing has been made happen.
Examples:
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Despite all the troubles...