Error in Writing English Investigation into Errors Committed by the Secondary Students (grade VIII) in Writing English as a Foreign Language MD. NAZIM MAHMUD Freelance Researcher‚ E-mail: n_m_mud@yahoo.com Cell No.: 01712 263855 1 Error in Writing English Abstract In a foreign language situation “errors” explain the learner‟s inability to use appropriate grammatical structures‚ semantic categories and other linguistic units. This paper deals with “errors” in foreign language writing
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Noun Pronoun A noun is a person‚ place‚ thing or idea. Person girl boy teacher Place school home store Thing pencil jacket dog Idea courage love boredom Verb A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence. It may take the place of a person‚ place‚ thing or idea. I it you we Adjective she they he me A verb can tell the action someone or something is doing. A verb can also express state of being. Action run jump sit ask think talk
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“Facebook Multiples Genders but Offers Users the Same Three Tired Pronouns. “They Say/ I Say.” Ed. Gerald Graff‚ et al. New York: Norton‚ 2015. 721-724. Print. In the essay “Facebook Multiplies Genders but Offers Users the Same Three Tired Pronouns”‚ Dennis Baron talks about the issues regarding Facebook’s gender identification features. The point of this article is to talk about the fact that Facebook has
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the end). In the first four lines‚ only a third person plural pronoun ‘they’ is found within this few lines. This feature suggests that‚ perhaps‚ the speaker was not involved in the war. He acted as an outsider to describe the war. Word choices including ’fight’‚ ’soldiers’‚ ’die’ and ’battlefield’‚ have a reference to war. Then‚ from the fifth line to the eighth line‚ it begins to have the use of first person singular pronouns. A use of ’I’ and ’you’‚ which refer to the speaker and his friend
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COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS: NOTES: 1. Reflexive pronouns act as the object of the verb‚ but they reflect the action back to the subject. These pronouns will always be the same person or thing as the subject. Ex. She blamed herself for the mishap. He hurt himself yesterday. 2. Intensive pronouns simply add force or emphasis to a noun or pronoun that is already in the sentence. Ex. You yourself wrote those words. I prepared the meal myself. EXERCISES: Tell whether the underlined
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I. ENGLISH LANGUAGE HISTORY The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. These tribes‚ the Angles‚ the Saxons and the Jutes‚ crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany. At that time the inhabitants of Britain spoke a Celtic language. But most of the Celtic speakers were pushed west and north by the invaders - mainly into what is now Wales‚ Scotland and Ireland. The Angles came
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his ability. Subsequently both leaders had a lot to gain‚ or lose‚ from the party conference. Therefore I chose to study these speeches in order to judge political rhetoric and grammatical features used. I will look at things such as repetition‚ pronouns‚ metaphors and rhetorical questions as well as comparing the study to other language and power theories. Alan Finlayson of East Anglia University‚ theorized on the language used in political speeches and the use of rhetoric is a strong constant
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language. This allows the reader to think perspicuously. One thing that stood out in Charles Simic’s “Butcher Shop” was his usage of similes‚ imagery‚ and shift of pronouns. Stanzas one and three exemplify the general theme of darkness‚ while stanza two creates a gruesome image; finally‚ the last stanza alters in the usage of pronouns. Written in free verse form‚ his four‚ four line stanzas are introduced by an average‚ simple title which hold explicative meanings throughout the poem. It is exemplified
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1) The title of this poem is unusual in that it is much longer than the average length of a title in poetry. The title also isn’t stylised in any way (though it could be argued that that deliberate decision is stylising the title) and doesn’t contain any form of punctuation. It also not only sets the scene (“To the doctor who treated the raped baby”) but also elaborated on the nature of its subject (“… and who felt such despair”) . Titles are the first thing that the reader sees‚ as such it is important
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