This is a blog about topics studied in a Grammar Specialization.
Confusin verbs: Lay and lie
Both lay and lie means to put something in a flat position, but lay is used to itself and lie is a transitive verb that needs and object.
- Lay
- Lie
Trouble with phrasal verbs - Fill out and fill up
Fill up is used to complete some recipient untill it's full. Fill out is used to complete a form, fill out the blank spaces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhMCbLjsiLA
I think this is one of the most confusing and hard to explain. I used to explain with the person matter example.. If you're talking about something where a single person matters, then you use each, but if you're talking about a group where a single person doesn't matter, then you use every.
Confusing adjectives - ill and sick
Ill is used to long duration or very complicated deseases. Sick is used to daily deseases.
You can use verbs as objects when they are in the gerund form. In this music he uses the dancing word to refer to the act of dance.
Quantifiers for count and non Count - The safe choic
Sometimes it's hard to be sure if you must use a count or a non count quantifier. So there is a list of safe options that can be used to both cases.
Comma with adjectives
There is a simple way to add sentence adjectives, wich is using a comma to include de adjective in the sentence.
For example, if I want to sell something I brought last week, I could write:
"That stuff, with I brought last week, is already available."
Reduced adjectives
You may ommit the adverb and the verb to be with an adjective to make it reduced.
Using when
The when is used in adjective clause to change the noun according to a time lapse.
Using where
The where is used in adjective clause to change the noun according to a place.
Using preposition - that
That is not a preposition, but it is used to indicate an adjective of something.
For example: The song that I heard last week.
