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Grammar Rules
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Ben (User)
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Rule 1
Never put an adverb between a verb and its direct object.
It is wrong to say:
He opened slowly the door.
The sentence may be correctly written as follows:
Slowly he opened the door.
He slowly opened the door.
He opened the door slowly.
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Last Edit: 2007/10/20 16:17 By leremy.
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When we are use to speak in non-English language this is bound to happen. If we translate it back to dialects, everything sounds fine! Well, this is an area that most dialects speaker will face. But correction need to be implemented when we are writing.
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Patience is bitter but it\'s fruit is sweet - Aristotle
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Ben (User)
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Rule 2
Direct objects can change places with indirect objects.
Example
1. I gave a book to Mary.
2. I gave Mary a book.
Note that in sentence 2, the preposition to
is omitted.
The indirect object never has a preposition when it's before a direct object.
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Rule 3
Adverbs of frequency often go between the subject and the verb.
Example
I usually get up at 6:45 a.m.
We often go to the park in the evening.
Typical mistakes
I get up usually at 6:45 a.m.
We go often to the park in the evening.
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Chinese especially think in Chinese and direct translate it into English.
Adverbs of time is to be put either in front or at the end.
For example:
Everyday, i drink milk. OR
I drink milk everyday.
Typical mistake(direct translated by Chinese)
I everyday drink milk.
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Rule 4
Adverbs of frequency are always after the verb to be.
Examples
He is usually happy.
They are often seen together.
It is rarely cold in the afternoon.
Typical mistakes
He usually is happy.
They often are seen together.
It rarely is cold in the afternoon.
Appended below are some common adverbs of frequency:
usually, often, normally, always, rarely, seldom, occasionally, constantly, sometimes and
frequently.
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Rule 5
Adverbs of frequency should always go between the main verb and its auxiliary verb or between two auxiliaries.
Examples
He has never been to China.
I should never have said so much.
Typical Mistakes
He never has been to China.
I never should have said so much.
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Rule 6
OPSHACOM will help you to remember the word order of adjectives
OP = Opinion
SH = Shape
A = Age
C = Colour
O = Origin
M = Material
Example
He bought a lovely little new yellow Chinese silk dress for her daughter.
Typical Mistakes
He wore leather old shoes.
He drives a British new car.
We play in a green large field.
Please take off your old smelly shirt.
Do you know how to correct them?
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Rule 7
Adjectives of the same type should be separated by and.
1.Mary wore a red and white dress.
2. She gave me some lovely new roses.
Note that in sentence 2, and is not required because the adjectives are not the same type.
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Rule 8
When there are more than two adjectives of the same type, put and before the last adjective.
Example
1. The hat is green, red, blue and yellow.
2. She has a white, red and yellow dress.
3. She has a new white, red and yellow dress.
Note that there is no comma after new because it is a different type of adjective from the other adjectives.
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