|
These days, one is supposed to write and speak in a political correct manner. Gender neutral writing and speaking has resulted in usage of Gender neutral Nouns like Chair Person ( instead of chairman) and cop ( instead of policeman) and Gender neutral pronouns like he/she and They.
This article discusses the Gender neutral Pronouns.
Generally, the Singulars are formed using masculine pronouns as follows. ( This is common in Hindi too)
If a student wants , he can pay his fee in installments.
When I see someone in distress, I help him out.
We are not implying here that a student can only be a male or that the speaker only helps males , but rather a generality is indicated by using masculine pronoun. This is just a generic he , that concerns both males and females.
Coming to gender neutrality, there are 2 ways that people often resort to.
1. He or She - Very commonly used in India.
A he or she can be used to form a gender neutral tone. The above examples becomes gender neutral
If a student wants, he or she can pay his or her fee in installments.
When I see someone in distress, I help him or her out.
Problem with using he/she is that in long sentence you will end up using many he/she, his/her, him/her etc.
2. They as a gender neutral singular.
They / Them/ Their are all gender neutral Plurals. They are used many times to form gender neutral Singulars as follows
If a student wants, they can pay their fee in installments.
When I see someone in distress, I help them out.
|
|
Classic Bookish Explanation for Simple Present Tense
Conventionally this tense is taught to be used when talking of Schedule, Habits or General truths. I have seen many Indian institutes take a more "Translational" approach, encouraging the use of "terminating keys" to identify this tense. ( Hindi Sentences ending with Ta, Tai, Tee).
The Singular Agents take first form of Verb + /s sound. And the Plural agents take first form of Verb. I and You are considered Plurals.
Both of these approaches don't work. These methods work for written English, but not for Spoken. That's where the tongue training comes in.
When To use the Simple Present Tense
Use it when you want to talk of
- Usual Events. Things that keep happening regularly.
- Keywords like usually, generally, mostly, often, every day, every hour, Every summer should be your clue to using this tense.
- Think of a trend. When you want to talk of something that looks like a trend- something that has happened earlier, is happening and you think will continue happening.
- Finally when ever you want to convey a sense of USUAL, use it .
|
|
Primer : Fluency Building |
|
This article gives you some information about the way our speech organs build fluency in a language. This absolute primer also gives you some insight into the scientific way of Fluency building that we follow. Spoken English as we often say ; is entirely different than Written English and so are the rules for improving Spoken English.
इसे हिंदी मैं पड़ने के लिया यहाँ क्लिक करे
1. No Brainer
The major organs that are involved in the fluency building are the speech organs. Once the speech organs start to understand the rules of the language, your brain ceases to intervene. Throughout the course, you will strive to acclimatize your tongue to adhere to the rules of grammar. Spoken English is all about being Spontaneous and generating speech on demand.
2. Languages are made for your Speech organs.
All the Rules of grammar are made to be easy on your Speech organs. If you wonder why a rule exists, it does simply because it's easy on your tongue.
Example
A) Plural of wife becomes wives because it's very difficult to say wifes. ( F and V are pronounced the same way by your speech organs)
B) An Apple because its difficult to say a apple. ( Two schwa sounds together)
Every rule in English ( or any other language for that matter) can be explained and learnt
|
|
|
Fluency Building 1 : Verbs |
|
This is the very first exercise in English Fluency building. This articles describes the rules of forming the various forms of Verb. Conventionally the forms of verbs are crammed without knowing the linguistic basics. This article describes why the forms of verbs are formed the way they are
By reading through, you should be able to understand that there is a particular set of motions that the tongue must perform to create the IInd and IIIrd forms of verb. This motion is similar for most of the verbs.
हिंदी मैं पड़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करे
1. The basics of Verb Forms
English has 3 principal forms of verb. The 2 more verb forms are derived from the infinite Part.
Infinite : Work
Preterit : Worked
Past Participle : Worked
Out of infinite, two more verb forms are derived - Works and Working. In order to be fluent, you must know all the 5 forms.
|
|
In the most commonly used contractions - the word 'ain't' is the most confusing one. It's not documented with the textbooks, yet commonly heard on TV.
Before we look at ain't , let's review the common contractions.
hasn't, Haven't, hadn't
Aren't, isn't
Don't, Doesn't, Didn't
There is no contraction for am not. It simply reduces to aren't.
" I am the owner. Am I not ? = I am the owner. Aren't I ? "
Ain't is a slang
Ain't is a slang that can be used as a contraction for anything. Elite class doesn't use it as it's a slang. Never use it in good social standing.
|
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 Next > End >>
|
|
Page 1 of 2 |