Mistakes in the use of nounsAdjectives are words used to modify nouns. It is therefore wrong to omit nouns after adjectives.Incorrect: He lives with his elder.Correct: He lives with his elder brother.Incorrect: Please give me some blotting.Correct: Please give me some blotting p[r]
Bui Le Vinh Towards sustainability of land use in a highly vulnerable and degraded tropical soil landscape of northern Vietnam – bridging scales Auf dem Weg zu einer nachhaltigen Landnutzung in einer sehr anfälligen und degradierten tropischen Bodenlandschaft des nördlichen Vietnam – Skalen Überbrüc[r]
Common mistakes in the use of personal pronounsThe pronouns that are used as subjects are: I, he, she, we, they, you and it.The pronouns that are used as objects of verbs or prepositions are: me, him, her, us, them, you and it.Note that you and it does not change.She is m[r]
Common mistakes in the use of some conjunctionsScarcely and hardlyThese words are followed by when or before, not than.Hardly had I entered the room when a strange creature ran out. OR Scarcely had I entered the roomwhen a strange creature ran out. (NOT Hardly had I entered the[r]
Errors in the use of relative pronounsCorrect the following sentences1. Jack, that is my friend, is a good boy.2. Last year we visited Shimla that is perhaps the best hill station in India.3. This is the house whom I purchased from Peter.4. We bought some grapes from whos[r]
Common mistakes in the use of prepositionsAlthough prepositions are small words, they are very important ones. In this lesson, we will explain some commonmistakes in the use of prepositions.Incorrect: Although he is clever, he lacks of experien[r]
A selfstudy reference and practice book for intermediate and more advanced learners of English. Covering all areas of language which students at this level find difficult, this substantially revised and updated book retains the clarity, simplicity and accessibility of the first edition, adding to it[r]
Mistakes in the use of articlesESL students make several mistakes while writing English. Interestingly, most of these mistakes are not all thatserious and can be avoided easily. Here is a quick overview of common mistakes in the use of articles[r]
shown to increase the height of villa in the intestineof rat (Uauy, Stringel, Thomas & Quan 1990) andAtlantic salmon, Salmo salar (Burrells, Williams,Southgate & Wadsworth 2001). As a result, the mucosal surface area of the intestine is increased andtherefore nut[r]
I. Introduction 1. Sitcom and its worldwide popularity For several decades, people coming home from work or school have been tempted by their televisions to watch sitcoms, or situation comedies. Sitcoms have been the source of relaxation and entertainment since the 1950s. Today sitcoms are very popu[r]
golden apple snail (Pomacea canaculata) meal for fishmeal.No significant differences in survival and growth weredetected among treatments in both experiments. Theauthors concluded that poultry by-product meal andgolden apple snail meal are potential candidates for fishmeal replacement[r]
Most Vietnamese address officials with respectful kinship terms, such as "older brother" (anh) or"grandfather" (ong), or in rare cases as "comrade" (dong chi). Events in the late 1990s, notablyseveral uprisings in rural areas in 1997, have demonstrated that the people's r[r]
ORText 5 — ProseIf you choose this text you may not write a critical essay on Prose in Section 2.Read the extract below and then attempt the following questions.Kidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonIn this extract, which is from Chapter 23 of the novel, David Balfour and Alan BreckStewar[r]