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Uses of Must and Ought (to)

December 15, 2010 -

Must remains unchanged whatever be the tense or the number and person of the subject. It can refer to the present or future. It can… Continue reading

Contractions

December 6, 2010 -

The forms like I’ve, don’t etc. are called contractions. There are two kinds: Auxiliary verb + not can’t (= cannot) wouldn’t (= would not) shouldn’t… Continue reading

What are reflexive pronouns?

November 30, 2010 -

Reflexive pronouns are words like myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, oneself, ourselves and themselves. Uses A very common use of reflexive pronouns is to talk… Continue reading

Contracted and uncontracted negative questions have different word order. Uncontracted negative questions are usually used in a formal style. Aren’t you coming? (Contracted – auxiliary… Continue reading

Punctuation: Colon

November 20, 2010 -

The colon (:) marks a bigger pause than that is expressed by the semicolon. It is sometimes used with a dash after it. We cancelled… Continue reading