“Science has proved that reading books activates brain cells and hundreds of people are book addicts and the Internet can not replace books as there is no continuity in reading something on Internet. At the same time, reading on the Internet requires electricity, which is a problem in Pakistan, and books have a longer life, […]
A pronoun allows the writer to make a reference to something without using the name each time. Pronouns replace one or more nouns in a sentence. For example, instead of using the nouns Amy, bookcase, apples, or my friends and I, you could use the pronouns she, it, they, and we. Using one word too […]
A sentence fragment is a group of words beginning with a capital letter and ending with a period but missing at least one of the following elements: a subject, a verb, or a complete thought. Though a sentence fragment is written as a sentence, it is only part of one. One way to check for […]
The main clause of a sentence, like all other clauses, consists of a subject and a verb. However, a main clause also is a complete thought. A main clause is also known as an independent clause or a simple sentence. Generally, though, the term main clause refers to the independent clause within a sentence that contains other […]
A gerund is a word that ends in –ing and is acting as a noun. All gerunds end in –ing, but not all –ing words are gerunds; only the ones that are acting as nouns. If pronouns are placed before gerunds, the pronouns must be in the possessive form. Correct: My going to the mall left Stacie […]
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