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For Editing

CAPITALIZATION RULES

EXERCISE

SIMPLE SENTENCE A sentence is a group of words that (a) contains at least one subject and one verb and (b) expresses a complete thought.

There are four possibilities of simple sentence

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENTS 1.Subjects and verbs agree in number. Ex: My sister is married. (singular) My sisters are married. (plural) My brother and I are single. (plural) 2. When a sentence begins with the word “there”, the to be follows the number of the noun after. Ex: There is a student in the hall. There are three students in the hall

3.Prepositional phrases may come after a subject, but they are not part of the subject. Ex: One of my sisters is a singer. The color of her eyes changes when she is angry. Six kinds of rice are available in the grocery store.

Some words are always singular. One of my brothers is a musician. Neither of my parents is living. Much of my time is spent in the library. Each of my brothers wants his own car. Either of my sisters is able to baby-sit for you tonight. Nothing ever happens in my life. Is anyone home?

A few words are always plural Both of my parents are teachers. Several of the teachers speak my language. Many of my friends work in the library.

A few words can be either singular or plural. In these cases, you must refer to the noun in the prepositional phrase. Some of the money was missing. (singular) Some of the students were missing. (plural) All of my time is spent in the library. (singular) All of my brothers are singers. (plural) Most of the ice was melted. (singular) Most of the ice cubes were melted. (plural) A lot of the work was too easy. (singular) A lot of the people were angry. (plural) None of the fruit is fresh. (singular) None of the apples are fresh. (plural)

FRAGMENTS In English, you must ALWAYS have at least one subject and one verb in every sentence. If you leave out either the subject or the verb, your sentence is incomplete. We call an incomplete sentence a fragment. Ex: 1.Is not easy to get an A in Professor Wilson's class. 2.People in New York always in a hurry.

To improve your grammar, please read and do the exercises in the copies given. If you meet some difficulties, ask me next meeting. Thank You.