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07 Feb, 16:30

🔷️ Past Tenses 🔷️

🔸️ Simple Past: Used for actions that started and finished in the past.
Subject + Verb (past tense)
Example: She walked to the store yesterday.

🔸️ Past Continuous: Describes an ongoing action in the past.
Subject + Was/Were + Verb (base form) + -ing
Example: They were playing games when I arrived.

🔸️ Past Perfect: Expresses an action that happened before another past action.
Subject + Had + Past Participle
Example: He had already eaten when I arrived.

🔸️ Past Perfect Continuous: Indicates a continuous action that was happening before another past action.
Subject + Had been + Verb (base form) + -ing
Example: She had been studying for hours before the exam.

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01 Feb, 13:47

🔶️ Either...or 🔶️
This correlative conjunction is used to present two alternatives. It indicates a choice between two options, suggesting that one of the mentioned options will happen, but not both.

🔷️ Common mistakes 🔷️
🔸️ Incorrect use for non-exclusive choices
Example: You can either have tea or coffee for breakfast.
This is incorrect because having both tea and coffee is not mutually exclusive.
While the sentence might be commonly understood and used, it's considered an example of incorrect use for non-exclusive choices because it implies a strict either/or scenario, excluding the possibility of having both tea and coffee for breakfast. In reality, people might choose to have both, making the statement not universally accurate.

🔸️ Incorrect parallel structure
Example: Either she likes hiking or enjoys to read.
The structure is not parallel. It should be "either she likes hiking or she enjoys reading."

🔸️ Incorrect placement of either
Example: She either will visit the museum or the park.
Either should be placed before the first alternative. The correct form is "She will either visit the museum or the park."

🔸️ Incorrect negative placement
Example: She can either not sing or dance.
When using negatives, not should be placed before either. The correct form is "She cannot either sing or dance."

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30 Jan, 19:28

🔶️ Neither... nor 🔶️
This correlative conjunction is used to connect two negative alternatives. Neither and nor work together, so both parts of the construction should be negative.
Form: Neither [first option] nor [second option].

🔶️ Common mistakes 🔶️
🔹️Subject-Verb Agreement
The verb form should match the closer alternative. If the closer alternative is singular, use a singular verb, and if it's plural, use a plural verb.
Incorrect: Neither the students nor the teacher were happy.
Correct: Neither the students nor the teacher was happy.

🔹️Parallel Structure
Incorrect: She likes neither swimming nor to hike.
Correct: She likes neither swimming nor hiking.

🔹️Mixing Affirmative and Negative Phrases
Incorrect: Neither he nor his friends didn't attend the party.
Correct: Neither he nor his friends attended the party.

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28 Jan, 13:55

🔶️ Future Tenses 🔶️

🔸️Simple Future: Used for general predictions or statements about the future.
Subject + will + base form of the verb
🔹️Example: She will visit her grandmother next weekend.

🔸️Future Continuous: Used to express an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future.
Subject + will be + present participle (verb + ing)
🔹️Example: At 3 PM tomorrow, I will be studying for my exam.

🔸️Future Perfect: Used to indicate that an action will be completed before a specific point in the future.
Subject + will have + past participle
🔹️Example: I will have finished my homework by the time you arrive.

🔸️Future Perfect Continuous: Used to show the duration of an action up to a certain point in the future.
Subject + will have been + present participle
🔹️Example: By the end of the month, I will have been working at this company for five years.

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23 Jan, 15:01

Understanding whether words like 'majority,' 'people,' 'society,' or 'police' are singular or plural can be confusing. Some words can function in both forms, making it even more confusing! In the following, I have listed some of the common words that we frequently encounter.

🔸️ Majority (singular): The majority of voters is in favor of the new policy.

🔹️ People (plural): The people have spoken, demanding change.

🔸️ Society (singular): Society shapes our values and beliefs.

🔹️Police
(When referring to the entire organization or force, it is treated as singular/When referring to individual members, it is treated as plural)
The police is investigating the case./The police are patrolling the area.

🔸️ Staff
(When referring to the entire group as a single entity, it is singular/When emphasizing the individuals within the group, you can use it in a plural form)
The staff is responsible for organizing the event./The staff are attending various workshops.

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16 Jan, 15:31

بنظرتون چرا این جمله غلطه؟🤔
She bought three beautiful red Italian old round large vases.

🔷️ توی زبان انگلیسی برای ترتیب نوشتن صفت ها یک قانون کلی وجود داره که به صورت زیر هست:
quantity, quality, size, age, shape, color, proper adjective (often nationality or other proper descriptors), and then the noun.

رعایت کردن این ترتیب باعث میشه متن هامون برای افراد نیتیو عجیب یا awkward به نظر نیاد.
ورژن درست جمله بالا به این صورت هست:
She bought three beautiful large old round red Italian vases.

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Grammar Guy

28 Dec, 13:55

🔹️ Cleft sentences emphasize a particular part of a sentence by dividing it into two clauses, often using it is/was or what constructions.

🔹️ Structure:
It-Cleft: It is/was + a noun phrase + that/who clause.
Example: It was the concert that she really enjoyed.

Wh-Cleft: What + a noun phrase + is/was + a complement clause.
Example: What I need is some time alone.

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28 Dec, 13:55

🔷️ Cleft sentence
این جملات به نویسنده کمک میکنن که روی قسمتی از جمله تاکید کنن یا موضوع مهمی رو هایلایت کنن. برای نوشتن SOP هم کاربرد زیادی میتونن داشته باشن. ساختار این جملات رو پایینتر توضیح میدم. 👇

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Grammar Guy

26 Dec, 13:51

As we already discussed, in the subjunctive mood we try to express hypothetical or unreal situations, wishes, suggestions, or demands.

Let's see some usage examples:

🔸️ Wishes: I wish she were here.
Using were instead of was in the past tense

🔹️Demands/Suggestions: It's crucial that he be on time.
Using be instead of is in the present tense

🔸️Conditions Contrary to Reality: If I were you, I would study harder.
Using were instead of was in hypothetical conditions

🔷️ Irregular Verbs in Subjunctive:
Certain verbs have irregular forms in the subjunctive mood, like be (used for all subjects), have, do, etc.

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Grammar Guy

23 Dec, 13:45

🔷️ Modal Verbs🔷️

🔸️Common Modal Verbs: Words like can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, and would are modal verbs.

🔸️Functions:
Expressing Ability: I can swim.
Indicating Permission: You may leave early.
Denoting Obligation: We must finish the project.

🔸️Lack of Conjugation: Modal verbs generally don't change their form according to the subject.
For instance, in the following sentence (She can swim) the verb can remains the same whether the subject is She, He, I, or They.

🔸️Use with Base Form of Verb: Modal verbs are followed by the base form of a verb (infinitive without to).

🔸️Negation and Question Formation: Most modal verbs change forms to create negatives and questions.
For example:
She can't swim. (negative)
However, may and might do not change forms:
She may not know (negative)
and
May I come in? (question).

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19 Dec, 13:56

🔷️ Articles & Prepositions 🔷️
Key rules to remember in your writing

🔸️ For Dates:

- Use on before specific calendar dates.
Example: The meeting is on the 15th of May.

- Use on before weekdays.
Example: The seminar is on Friday.

🔹️ For Routines:

- No article is used for routines or habits.
Example: I go for a run every Monday.

🔸️ For Places:

- Use at for specific points.
Example: I'll meet you at the café.

- Use in before larger areas.
Example: There's a park in the city.

- Use the for specific places.
Example: We visited the Eiffel Tower.

- No article for general places.
Example: Paris is known for its beauty.

🔹️ For Times:

- Use at for specific times.
Example: The meeting starts at 9 AM/ noon/ midnight.

- Use in for general time periods.
Example: I prefer working in the evening.

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16 Dec, 13:32

"If I had eaten earlier, I wlouldn't be hungry now"

در این جمله درسته که دقیقا ساختار "would have" رو در result نداریم، ولی بخاطر معنیش (بیان یک وضعیت غیر واقعی و فرضی) بیشتر با شرطی نوع سه همخوانی داره و جزو این دسته بندی قرار میگیره.

🔸️ هرچند خیلی از افراد هم این نوع جملات رو جزو دسته Mixed conditional در نظر میگیرن، چون از نظر ساختاری با شرطی نوع دو هم مطابقت داره.

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16 Dec, 13:32

دیروز دوستمون آقا امیر توی کامنتا سوال خیلی جالبی پرسیده بودن. اول اینکه مرسی از توجهتون.
حالا میریم سراغ جواب سوال: 👇

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Grammar Guy

15 Dec, 13:30

D) This sentence correctly uses the second conditional structure. It discusses a hypothetical or unlikely situation in the present or future.

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