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01/12/2020

SPEAKING AND WRITING CORRECT GRAMMAR
You are welcome to the English Language grammar class.
Today, we are considering two usually confused words. They are: Secrete/secret
1. Secrete/secret: - Secrete is a verb which means- to produce and release liquids. For example
Glands in the animal’s skin secrete tiny proteins.
2. Secret: It is something that is confidential. That is, something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others. For example, He finds it extremely difficult to keep the secret from the woman he loves.
Please do not use secrete where you mean secret.

Thank you for giving me your attention today. Bye, till next time.

23/11/2020

SPEAKING AND WRITING CORRECT GRAMMAR
You are welcome to the English Language grammar class.
Today, we are considering the difference between two phrases: In other words /in order to
“In other words” means to understand clearly without any doubt. On the other hand, "In order to" is referring to an action that must be done.

Examples:
1. I want to marry your daughter. In other words, I love her so much.
2. The widow had to work full time in order to provide for her children.
3. In order to see the manager, I had to wait for five hours.
4. They're letting me go. In other words, I have been sacked.

It is important to note both the uses and the spellings of the two phrases.
Many people write in other to instead of in order to and in order words instead of in other words.

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21/11/2020

SPEAKING AND WRITING CORRECT GRAMMAR
You are welcome to the English Language grammar class.
Today, we are considering two phrasal verbs. They are: “Round off” and “Round up”.

While both are phrasal verbs with idiomatic rather than plain meanings, they don’t have the same meaning. Round up means to arrest, while round off means to conclude or end a programme.

Examples:
1. A party was organised to round off the seminar week.
2. We rounded off the meeting with a cocktail party.
3. The hoodlums were rounded up by the police.
4. The house staff rounded up the members of the gang last night.

Please note that you don’t round up a meeting or speech, you round it off.

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15/11/2020

SPEAKING AND WRITING CORRECT GRAMMAR
You are welcome to the English Language grammar class.
Let’s consider these words which are usually confused: Practice/Practise/Advice/ Advise
In British English, Practice is a noun and Practise is a verb. The same goes for Advice and advise.
Examples:
1.She didn’t take to the advice I gave her.
2.He was advised not to take too much sugar.
3. I have Choir practice today.
4. The more you practise the better you become.

However, this distinction is not maintained in American English, which uses practice both as noun and verb.
Please note that advice is a non-count noun. Thus, there is nothing like advices. Rather, to pluralise advice, you can talk about pieces of advice. On the other hand, practice is countable noun.

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09/11/2020

SPEAKING AND WRITING CORRECT GRAMMAR
You are welcome to the English Language grammar class.
Today, we are considering irregular verbs whose past forms are challenging to the learner of English Language.
Please note that the list cannot be exhausted during the online class. However, the most problematic shall be considered.
Let’s commence by defining what a verb is. A verb is a part of speech that tells about the action or state of the subject. It is the main part of a sentence because every sentence should have a verb. In English, verbs change to show past, present or future tenses.
Please take note of the following:
1. The verbs been and being are participles but usually mixed up. Been is past perfect(participle) of the verb ‘to be’, while being is present continuous(progressive).
• The student has been disciplined.
• The student is being disciplined.

Please note that the word being can also function as a noun or Gerund (A gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding "-ing.")
• I am a human being.
• I live in fear of not being understood by people
I believe we benefited from this lesson. Goodbye and see you next lesson.

02/11/2020

SPEAKING AND WRITING CORRECT GRAMMAR
You are welcome to today’s English Language grammar class.
Now, let’s consider the qualifiers Each and All
Each is a way of seeing the members of a group as individuals, while every is a way of seeing a group as a series of members. Note that Every and Each can only be used with singular countable nouns and are placed before the noun. In many cases, they are interchangeable.
Examples
-Each child received a present.
-Every child received a present.
However, All refers to the total number of people or things of a group.
The noun that All qualifies can be singular, plural or uncountable. These nouns can also be replaced by pronouns.
Examples:
All sharks are dangerous.
He drank all the juice.
The maid boiled all the meat in the freezer.
I believe we now understand the differences in the uses of these 3 modifiers.
Goodbye and see you next lesson.

27/10/2020

SPEAKING AND WRITING CORRECT GRAMMAR
You are welcome to the weekly English Language grammar class.
Today, we are considering the use of the qualifiers Every, Each and All which are among the most commonly confused words in English grammar. In English Language, these words can also be called determiners. Each and every have very similar meanings, but there are important differences in meaning and usage.
The difference between All, Every, and Each.
All means the total number of people or things considered as a group.
Every means all members of a group considered individually.
Each means all members of a group considered individually though we think of them more one by one.
Wrong Uses of Every
• We don’t use every on its own, without a noun or without one:
Correct: There were five rooms. Every room was decorated in a different style.
Wrong: There were five rooms. Every was decorated in a different style
• Don’t use every with a plural noun:
Wrong- Every prisoners must be ready to abide by every rules.
We will stop here today.
Thanks. See you next week. Goodbye.

24/10/2020

SPEAKING AND WRITING CORRECT GRAMMAR
You are welcome to the weekly English Language grammar class. To understand the objective of this online class, kindly read through our first and second lessons on my page.
Today, we are considering the use of the words ‘Its’ and ‘It’s’ which are among the most commonly confused words in English grammar. Please note that the word ‘its’ is a possessive pronoun but ‘it’s’ is a contraction of it is or it has.
Let’s define two important terms connected with these incorrectly used words.
1. A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun phrase to show ownership/possession. They are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs.
2. A contraction is a word made by shortening and combining two words. Words like can't (can + not), don't (do + not), and I've (I + have) are all contractions. People use contractions in both spoken and written English.
Now, let’s consider some examples.
Wrong: I don’t believe its finally Friday.
Right: I don’t believe it’s (it is) finally Friday.
Wrong: The cat was licking it’s tail.
Right: The cat was licking its tail.

Thanks for listening. See you next week. Goodbye.