English Vocabulary from
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- What a fun! (wrong)
- What fun! (correct)
- Explanation : As a mass noun, fun does need an indefinite article.
- We had picnic. (wrong)
- We had a picnic. (correct)
- Explanation : As countable noun, picnic needs an article before it.
- Every people know this. (wrong)
- Every man or person knows this. (correct)
- Everyone knows this. (correct)
- Explanation : People is a collective noun and refers to human beings in general. It cannot be quantified by every.
- He held the book in the both hands. (wrong)
- He held the book in both hands/both his hands. (correct)
- Explanation : Both is all inclusive and therefore definite. It does not need a definite article.
- An idle man should do some or other work. (wrong)
- An idle man should do some work or another. (correct)
- Explanation : Some work or another is a fixed expression and cannot be changed.
- Shakespeare is greater than any other poets. (wrong)
- Shakespeare is greater than any other poet. (correct)
- Explanation : Any, when used with a countable noun, means 'a single' and cannot co-occur with a plural noun in a noun phrase.
- He is in class ninth. (wrong)
- He is in class nine/the ninth class (correct)
- Explanation : When used to qualify a noun, an ordinal number (e.g. ninth) precedes it and a cardinal number (e.g. nine) follows it.
- This article costs rupees ten. (wrong)
- This article costs ten rupees. (correct)
- Explanation : Though a cardinal number, ten cannot follow rupee because we are talking about the whole amount, and not the last rupee (i.e. the tenth rupee)
- He came a 2nd time. (wrong)
- He came a second time. (correct)
- Explanation : The rules given below will help in understanding when to write numbers in words and when in figures:
- a. Write the numbers of kings and queens in roman characters thus ----Elizabeth II.
- b. Write Ordinal numbers to 'twelfth' in words, except in dates.
- c. Write dates thus, July 7 or 7th July, and not the 7th of July or the seventh of July.
- d. Write cardinal numbers up to ten in words, except when telling the time, e.g. 11 p.m.
- e. Write cardinal and ordinal numbers above ten and ten in either words or figures as seems in each case the more convenient.
- King George the tenth. (wrong)
- King George X. (correct)
- Explanation : Same above rules
- Raipur is hot than Simla. (wrong)
- Raipur is hotter than Simla. (correct)
- Explanation : In comparison, use the comparative degree of the adjective in use.
Shared by Bhargav Gupta Yechuri
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