JasleenKaur

i didn't heard about Grammar Girl. But i found something interesting in this thread from Grammar Girl. Thank you!

In English we have four ways to make conditional (if) sentences.

Example: 

0 Conditional – is used for scientific facts or general truths. ‘If’ can be substituted for ‘when’.

 ‘If you boil water to 100°C, it boils.’

‘When you boil water to 100°C, it boils.’

1st Conditional – is used with ‘will/can + base verb’ for a probable future result.

 ‘If you study hard, your English will improve.’

'If I get enough sleep, I will feel better.’

2nd Conditional – uses the ‘simple past’ with ‘modal + base verb’ for imagined, impossible or unreal future situations.

 ‘If I won the lottery, I would buy a plane.’

'If you met Johnny Depp, what would you ask him?’

3rd Conditional – uses the ‘past perfect’ with ‘modal + have + past participle’. It is usually used to express a past regret about something which did not happen in the past.

 ‘If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a plane.’

‘If I had been taller, I could have played in the NBA.’

On 12/25/2015, 6:30:37, Mechanic1c said:

In the first example you could say "Is one marked out as middle class if he or she opts for a pair of Hunters?"
Alternatively—and this could work for both examples—you could choose to just use "he" and treat it as neuter, which has been my solution. That's a method that's been used all over the place for a long time and it works just fine. I think that's the solution.

Example: "If someone can't sing, should he be in the choir?"

Yup, i agree with your comment. 

A semicolon can replace a period if the writer wishes to narrow the gap between two closely linked sentences.

Example:

Call me tomorrow; you can give me an answer then.
We have paid our dues; we expect all the privileges listed in the contract.

This approach is inclusive of both males and females and works perfectly well in a single sentence, but it can become cumbersome and unwieldy if you have to keep repeating ‘his or her’ or ‘he or she’ in the same piece of writing. 

Is he or she marked out as middle class if he or she opts for a pair of Hunters? 

This can be a good solution, but it won’t always work (as with the second example, which can only refer to a singular therapist): 

If you’re allergic to oils or perfumes, remind your therapists before they lay hands on you.

I have an issue with color of the new theme. And Attributes are not arranged in the manners. 

Teaching methods frequently involve rote learning and copying, which fail to engage and challenge children fully. Yet a few colorful pictures on the walls or some simple, attractive home-made pictorial learning aids can transform a classroom - without costing much.

To improve listening skills, you should watch English Movies, News and Songs with subtitles. And try to speak and sing song.

On 7/26/2015, 3:23:21, AExAVF said:

I have recently began to make use of italics in book titles, e.g. The Terrorist Next Door, The Mossad whenever I make posts such as these.  Prior to learning about italics, I used to type these titles in quotation marks, which is technically wrong.  When you quote somebody, the quotations will automatically be in italics.  Here's some additional information about the use of italics:

 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/italics.htm   

Thank you for sharing information regarding usage of italics and its priority. Have a Good Day!

Yup, i agree with your comment. But hyphen is also used in so many languages like Spanish language use hyphen for separation of words and other used for adding and in English it is used for complete words when some words broken during complete lines.  

1 hour ago, NATASHA said:

I will take another look because I do feel bad that I cannot communicate properly and it is frustrating writing everything down and getting confusion back. Wouldn't it be nice to know how to speak any language by the touch of a button!

Nice, i am also using translator for communicate with some friends they are from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Russia. But i don't feel bad i really like that translator helps me to talk independently. 

49 minutes ago, NATASHA said:

There is nothing worse than having a conversation with someone and they shorten their words according to text lingo. Lol, btw.....you know what I mean. I had a conversation with someone the other day and the entire sentence was shortened by these text words and I find it really sad that the language cant just flow!

Yep, it is really bad when someone using short words for chat even the person is not interested in writing short words instead of full words. 

When learning languages, i always prefer listening then speaking. Because, i believe if any person can understand well they can easily speak. However  his/her speaking is not perfect but they can speak well.

19 hours ago, Miya said:

Really? I don't think so. A lot of people have interest in language, but because other people are messing around, they can't enroll in the classes. I really think that's a shame. 

Yup, I also have some nasty interest to learn something. It doesn't matter just learn things to do more. However the way is something else that peoples like or don't.

It is tonal language.

Sanskrit is perfect for writing script. 

15 hours ago, Miya said:

It is a pretty.. unusual reason, but hey, if it gets them interested in the language, then that's a good thing. I think any interest in a language (for whatever reason) is better than no interest. If they have no interest, they're just wasting everyone's time.

Yup, but rarely someone interested to learn something for good. Thank you!

On 10/28/2015, 4:29:42, foolsgold said:

I've read a lot of books in my lifetime and these two really stood out for me. Both tells of the time during WWII. While I was reading the book it made me reflect on how I am taking the little thing in life for granted. I also realized that no matter the decades/time that have passed since then, I feel like the situation remains the same for the world and we're all just looking to the side, ignoring it.

- Night by Elie Wiesel

- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Thank you for sharing books that changed your life. Night by Elie Wiesel is that available in Kindle edition ? 

On 5/18/2014, 7:54:55, Miya said:

Actually learning a language to earn money (or even to understand porn) doesn't bother me as much as those people in my class who are learning Japanese just for the credits or for an easy grade. They are taking up spots in the class. There are people who are genuinely interested in learning a language but they can't get into the class because these people are taking up their spots.

 

Some people in my class can speak Japanese fluently (they are natives or have lived in Japan) yet they are still enrolled in my class. Why? For the easy A and easy credits. They are setting a bar that's higher than what non-natives are capable of. It's unfair to us learners and unfair to those who cannot take the class.

Yes, i agree with your comment but one thing i had to tell you, if you are going to learn different languages for understanding pornography. It might be offensive and stupidity for me. 

9 hours ago, Mameha said:

Thank you all for the advices! I imagine that it's hard, almost impossible to have a translator for an entire phrase but i see that something that goes near exists...always better than google translate 

Bing and Google both are providing translate options for their users around the world. 

On 10/30/2014, 12:05:17, Chris4Davi said:

TOEFL is what our universities here in Jamaica use to test non-native speakers. I have heard a few complaints in regards to it being challenging but the majority think it's a walk over. I guess once you know the basic compounds of the English-language then TOEFL will be ideal for you.

Thank you for sharing your experience regarding TOEFL. 

22 hours ago, Miya said:

Can you give a little more information on your program?

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On 10/27/2015, 5:58:22, 111kg said:

 

So, this is my life now. I am a banana.

Nice, You feel like Banana. 

Sometimes, its easier to learn neighbor countries language in case of Asia like Pakistani, Bengali etc. But sometimes it is not an easy for Russians to speak neighbor countries language like Arabia, Greek and Turkish.