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bhacho Thursday, September 29, 2011 06:06 PM

[QUOTE=taim231;291049]plz change the vice.
1... The earth revolve around the sun.

2....They are coming back from school.

3....Why are the students coming back early from school[/QUOTE]

1. the sun is revolved around by the earth.
2. the action of coming back from school is being done by them.
3. why the action of coming back early from school is being done by them?

mano123 Friday, September 30, 2011 09:47 AM

it,s realy a good step for learning in short time, thanks
 
proceed
to come, to conduct , to go forward

Precede
To go before in time rank, place or time (monday precedes tuesday)

Right
just law ful. true . well planned or adjusted
Rite
Observence: a religious ceremony:form. Marriages rites in our church are carried out in tha same way

Weather
general atmospharic condition

Wether
a castrated ram

faizasoomro Thursday, December 01, 2011 12:13 PM

[QUOTE=dr.atifrana;110691][CENTER][B][U][SIZE=3]EXAMINATION 1980[/SIZE][/U][/B][/CENTER]


[B]4. a) Below are five sentences each containing a common grammatical error. Make the necessary corrections:[/B]

i) Where was a very different atmosphere in the town this morning than there was yesterday.
ii) Every one must decide for his/her self what to do about it.
iii) I shouldn’t be surprised ,if he would not turn up tomorrow.
iv) Neither Farooq or Akbar are going to the wedding lunch on Saturday.
v) I compared his essay to Mushtaq’s ,and found it almost identical.

[B]OR[/B]

[B]b) Correct the spelling of the following ten words:[/B]

i) occurance ii) esctacy
iii) drunkeness iv) irrisistible
v) supercede vi) embarrasing
vii) dissapoint viii) occasional
ix) indespensible x) preserverance.

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[B][U]Answers[/U][/B]

[B]Correct spellings are as below[/B]

i) Occurrence ii) ecstasy
iii) Drunkenness IV) irresistible
v) Supersede vi) embarrassing
vii) Disappoint viii) occasional
ix) Indispensable x) perseverance



iv) Neither Farooq nor Akbar are going to the wedding lunch on Saturday.

[B]Correct:[/B] Neither Farooq nor Akbar is going to the wedding lunch on Saturday

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[COLOR=blue][B]All CSS qualifiers, seniors, friends, and people who have good grip in english grammar are requested to correct the rest of the incorrect sentences. After the mess is cleared up, I will post incorrect sentences in subsequent papers.[/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue][B]Thanks [/B][/COLOR][/QUOTE]



iv) Neither Farooq nor Akbar are going to the wedding lunch on Saturday.
ii) Every one must decide for his/her self what to do about it.
iii) I shouldn’t be surprised ,if he would not turn up tomorrow.
v) I compared his essay to Mushtaq’s ,and found it almost identical.

[QUOTE=bhacho;358039]1. the sun is revolved around by the earth.
2. the action of coming back from school is being done by them.
3. why the action of coming back early from school is being done by them?[/QUOTE]

can u explain the 3rd sentence which u have written in passive plz?

Bilal Hassan Tuesday, December 13, 2011 06:04 PM

[QUOTE=Raz;110701]What if we write like: "that of Mushataq" instead of Mushtaq's and "these" instead of "them"


What if we write:

There was a very different atmosphere in the town this morning than that of yesterday's.

OR

Atmosphere was very different this morning than that of yesterday's.


These are not corrections. Please opine one these examples.[/QUOTE]
sir you are spot on..

zaheer.sahito Friday, December 23, 2011 05:33 PM

[QUOTE=Kamran;110698]Every one must decide for himself what to do about it.




I shalln't be surprised,if he doesn't turn up tomorrow.



I compared his essay with Mushtaq's and found them to be almost identical.




Neither Farooq nor Akbar is going to the wedding lunch on Saturday



Where was a very different atnosphere in the town this morning than yesterday.

Regds[/QUOTE]

Sentence # 5:'Different' doesn't take 'than' in BrE though it is possible in North American Verbal only. Secondly 'Where' in the last sentence seems to have been wrongly used since it does not give out a perfect sense as the sentence does not end at a question. Thus, the correct sentence should be as under:
"There was a very different atmosphere in the town this morning from 'as' was yesterday "
Remember that using 'that of yesterday' has now been equalled to using apostrophe s but it is not necessarily important in the above structure.
Sentence# 2: There is no any contraction in English such as 'Shalln't' instead we could write 'shan't' as a contraction of 'shall not'. And, we can not put a comma before 'if'. Interesting thing is that if we do not change 'shouldn't, the sentence will remain grammatically correct.

sunnyali Friday, January 06, 2012 09:26 PM

@raza:doubt in b ..plz confirm that is it right..
 
b) He said, "Should I bring you tea". OR He said to me, "Should I bring tea".y we use should ..?y not will?

zuhaib ahmed Thursday, March 15, 2012 01:33 AM

[QUOTE=Kamran;110698]
I compared his essay with Mushtaq's and found [B]them [/B]to be almost identical.
[/QUOTE]

Sir, Is it not better to use [B]That[/B] instead of them on account of there is one Essay?

@Raz, These, Them or That?

Last Island Thursday, March 15, 2012 01:40 AM

[QUOTE=zuhaib ahmed;413595]Sir, Is it not better to use [B]That[/B] instead of them on account of there is one Essay?

@Raz, These, Them or That?[/QUOTE]

Them. Those two essays are identical.
If you want to use "that" or "it" instead, it goes like this: "I compared his essay with Mushtaq's and found it almost identical to the one written by Mushtaq.

zuhaib ahmed Thursday, March 15, 2012 01:56 AM

[QUOTE=Last Island;413597]Them. Those two essays are identical.
If you want to use "that" or "it" instead, it goes like this: "I compared his essay with Mushtaq's and found it almost identical to the one written by Mushtaq.[/QUOTE]

Yes, It is. But it seems incorrect to use [B]them.[/B]

I compared [B]his essay[/B] with Mushtaq's and found [B]them[/B] [B](THAT)[/B] to be almost identical.

I may be wrong.

Last Island Thursday, March 15, 2012 02:04 AM

It is correct to use them.


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