Lessons

Read the following sentence: Singing is his hobby. Here singing is a verb ending in -ing. At the same time it is the subject of… Continue reading

Participles are used in absolute phrases with a noun or pronoun going before them. God willing, we shall meet again. The weather being rough, they… Continue reading

The following is the most usual form of short answers to questions beginning with an auxiliary verb: Yes + pronoun + auxiliary No + pronoun… Continue reading

The subject of a sentence should have a verb. The following sentence, for example, is incorrect because the subject is left without a verb. Incorrect:… Continue reading

When the real subject is a gerund or an infinitive or a clause, it is used as a provisional subject to begin the sentence. Different… Continue reading