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Few words!

Stepping stone towards

Manuscript should be clear disclosure of information

‘Quality, style and subject matter

Now is the time to make good use..I used to write,” now it is the time to  make good use. Now is the time to make good use.

Justification permeats the entire proposal. (Permeat means pervade, spread).

 

I am not good in using “above all”

 

Above all—(taking everything together).

It should encompass the aim of the research, yet be brief, precise and limited in number.

 

Some will require that you pursue a null rather than alternate hypothesis.

 

Always think of your objective and null hypothesis in mind.

 

Now this sentence is confusing me..

 

“Your discovery may be more important than if you had accomplished  your original intent. ( Source Davis M,scientific papers and pub)

Smple present subjunctive!

Most commonlly used in formal commands and reuests.

 

She demands that I visit everyday. They request that you be here on Monday.

Students demand that instructor improve his communication skills.

Students request that director change the instructor.

APHA board memeber demand that instructor improve English language.

 

Past tense of subjunctive:

 

I wish the rain would continue.

I wish you were here.

I wish I had rememebred it.

If i were Dean, I would ask instructor to improve his English.

If  I were instructor, I would give students clear instructions.

If she had been here, he would have been glad to see you.

If you had been here, my dad would have been happy to see you.

If you were here, my Dad would give you expensive jwelllary.

Main Clause Subordinated clause
 

  1. They requested that
  2. It is mandatory that….
  3. The demand that…will creat delay

 

 She arrivers earlyhe be present in the classroom.he provide identification

 

 

 She wish that she had worked out harder when she was young.

She wish that she had taken healthy food when she was young .

He wish that he had studied hard when he was young.

I wish that I had leant dance when I was in school.

I wish that I had played baseball when I was in school.

My mom wished that you would come for cofee tomorrow.

I wish our instrcutor had good command over Englsih.

I wish our instructor had given us clear instructions.

 

 

 

Infinitive vs gerund!

I used to pronounce gerund as girl ‘g’.

Noun with ing form is gerund. I do not like skipping class I do not like dining in that restaurant.

I love taking picture. I like doing origami.

 

I do not like to skip classes. I do not like to dine in that restaurant.

Stative verbs!

One grammar error I have been doing a lot..that is use  of stative verbs..

In my recent blogs, I wrote I am seeing… which is completely wrong. My one of friends called me  yesterday and pointed out the mistake. Thanks to her. She even suggested to work on stative verbs.

Is it ok to say, I am imagining the situation.. No. You can not have “ing” before  imagine.

 

These are so simple rules, small things, but can make beg difference (negatively), Thanks to my friend my noting it down. Now I told my near and dears that if they point out any mistake in my emails, blogs, postings, please make me aware of those mistakes.

Would!

Conjugation with the auxiliary would,…

 

 

1)   Perhaps it would be good idea to call her directly on her cell number.

2)   Would you please give me some advice?

 

 

2)The auxiliary would can also express a future in the past, and is used in reporting statements and questions which pertained to the future at the time they were made

 

This grammar rule is new for me. I struggled with composition of sentences, however now I understood how to use this grammar rule in my conversation.

 

She asked whether we would help her in cleaning house.

 

Professor promised  that she would offer me guidance in independent study.

 

3) The auxiliary would can also be used in wishes pertaining to the future, and in the main clauses of sentences containing false or improbable conditions. These two uses of the auxiliary would will be discussed in the next chapter.

 

I wish they would help us.

 

It should be noted that adverb and adverb phrases such as tomorrow, yesterday and next year can be used only with reference to present time. When used with reference to past or future time, as in reported speech, these adverbs and adverb phrases must be changed.

 

For instance, tomorrow must be changed to an expression such as the next day or the following day; and next year must be changed to an expression such as the next year or the following year. Other examples are given in the table below.

 

 

She says she will call me tomorrow.

She said that she would call me following day.

The author has made three assumptions and used them as strong points….

 

FIRST AND FOREMOST/FIRST OF ALL..

First of all, the author states that, First and foremost author mentions that, First, author states that, To begin with, the arguer unfairly assumes…The author fails to consider various other reasons ,…it is illogical to attribute it to the evaluation system.. At first glance, reasoning seems to be convincing and logical.

The second assumption is that..The second shortcoming of the arguments is that, Next assumption  includes,

Has not put in any effort in taking the survey

Finally, the author assumes that

The argument does not stand a chance..

In this argument author concludes that..to support his suggestion… To make it logically acceptable, the arguer would have to provide more information

 

writing GRE/GMAT argument!

Please shoot me email..

Map out.. I am trying to map out new program.

writing argument..

 

One of the argument’s  deficiencies involve

another of the argument’s deficiency is

Yet another of editorial’s shortcoming has to do with

doesn’t necessarily mean

End of each para: For this reason, this argument ….

In order to evaluate author’s conclusion, we need to show evidences

 

 

dences

 

 

 

First of all

Morever

Furthermore

to sum up

The author suggests thats

The author also implies that

The author also mentions that

 

 

 

at an all day training…

 

an before all…

 

example:

 

I am busy at an all day training.

 

 

Transition words reddened!

Despite ( in spite of) all the gains that have been made in the area of breast cancer research, African American women suffer disproportionately (to emphasize) from the effects of the disease. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among African American women, exceeded only by lung cancer.

Improvements in cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates among populations are undoubtedly(to emphasize)  the outcome of quality research. Therefore (to prove), there is a need to identify and discuss issues regarding breast cancer among African American women and to determine whether (condition) these issues should be a part of the nation’s breast cancer research agenda.

This commentary summarizes the results of the Summit Meeting Evaluating Research on Breast Cancer in African American Women, which was held September 8–11, 2000, in Washington, DC. Listed are priority areas and some of the questions that fueled this 2-day discussion among 130 participants, including health advocates, cancer survivors, and experts representing various areas of cancer research.

THE NATIONAL CANCER Institute, the agency with primary responsibility for conducting research on the prevention, detection, treatment, and control of cancer, has sponsored intensive research that has led to many important discoveries about all aspects of breast cancer.1 However  (to compare), the advances being made in the area of breast cancer research have not benefited all populations equally.2

The disparity in the rate of breast cancer survival between African American and White women is a decades-old problem.3 Each year, the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including the National Center for Health Statistics, collaborate to produce a “report card” to explain the nation’s progress in preventing and controlling cancer in the United States.4,5 The initial report card, issued in 1998, reported the nation’s first continuing decline in cancer mortality since (to show time or sequenmce) national record keeping was instituted in the 1930s.4 The 1998 report also noted, however(to compare),  , the disproportionate breast cancer incidence and mortality rates of African American women compared with White women. The incidence of breast cancer in African American women was continuously(to emphasize) increasing, with no decrease in mortality trends.4 African American women also tended to present with a later stage at diagnosis.4 The 2001 report card documents similarly (sequence)disturbing trends for some ethnic minorities and also indicates that African American women have the highest breast cancer death rates.5 African American women have not been—and clearly are not yet—winning the battle against breast cancer.

The United States has worked diligently(to emphasize)  it worked very hard  to recognize and to address what the Institute of Medicine terms the “unequal burden of cancer.”2 We now (show time ) munderstand, more than ever before, how breast cancer cells become cancerous, how the disease metastasizes, why some types of cancer are more aggressive than others, and why some women suffer more and are less likely to survive.1 Research has led to more breast cancer detection and diagnosis techniques, better supportive care, and improved treatment and survival outcomes for patients.1 Despite (in spite of) all the gains that have been made in clinical, basic, and behavioral research, African American women lag behind, continuing to be disproportionately affected by this disease.

 

Grammar rules:

 

1. prefer ‘as’ to like.

Like As I told you earlier, the lecture has been cancelled.

It looks like as if it’s going to snow this afternoon.

Sam kept looking out the window like as though he had someone waiting for him.

2. ‘such as’ is better than like even if their is to say something about similarities.

3. when to use ‘that ‘ and when to omit it?

When a time element intervenes between the verb and the clause:

When the verb of the clause is long delayed:

When a second that can clear up who said or did what:

 

4. ” for” can be used as conjunction in stead of ‘because’.

I want to meet my friend, for I long to see her.

 

5. nor

she hasn’t given any clear instruction, nor has she provided any specific material. All I can say is confusing saga!

 

 

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