Womens Day 120 Golden Rules - 40

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RULE01:
Difference between “Each” and “Every”
They are always followed by a singular verb.
Example:-
(I)Each student is very talented.
(II)Every student is very intelligent.

RULE02:
“Both” and “not” cannot be used together.
In such case, we can use “Neither…nor”
Example:-
Both Ram and Shyam are not going to visit this
place.
Neither Ram nor Shyam is going to visit this

place.

RULE03:
Usage of Relative Pronouns – who, whom, which
and that.
“Who” and “whom” are mainly used for people.
“Which” is used for animals in general or things
“That” can be used for people, animals or
things
Examples:-
The witnesses whom I interviewed gave
conflicting evidence. [Used for people]
The witnesses gave conflicting evidence. I

interviewed them.

RULE03:
Usage of Relative Pronouns – who, whom, which
and that.
“Who” and “whom” are mainly used for people.
“Which” is used for animals in general or things
“That” can be used for people, animals or
things
Examples:-
The people who just boarded the plane are in a
rock band. [Used for people]
The people just boarded the plane. They are in a

rock band.

RULE04:
There are three types of conditional sentences:
TYPE CONDITION
I possible condition
If + present tense, will………
Examples:-
If I study, I will pass the exam. [Type I]

RULE04:
TYPE CONDITION
II probable condition
If + past tense, would ……..
Examples:-
If I studied, I would pass the exam. [Type II]

RULE04:
TYPE CONDITION
III improbable condition
If + had + past participle, would have……..
Examples:-
If I had studied, I would have passed the

exam. [Type III]

RULE05:
The general rule for usage of the phrase "one of
the" is:
“One of the + PLURAL NOUN + SINGULAR
VERB”
Example:-
There are many monkeys on the tree. One of the
monkeys is big.

RULE06:
If there is a combination of
“Number + Unit + Noun” or, “Number + Unit +
Adjective” in a sentence,
Example:-
He saw a ten inch snake.
She has two five rupee notes.

RULE07:
Expressions of time, money, speed, weight,
height and distance,
take a Singular verb..
Examples:-
Ten miles needs to be covered completely on
foot.

RULE 08:
Certain cases of comparisons:
Examples:-
Gold is more precious than all other metals.
Gold is more precious than any other metals.

RULE09:
Prepositions of Time: “Since” and “For”.
Examples:
She has been here for 8 months.
[for ---- a period of time]
I've only known her since the beginning of last

week.
[since ----- starting point of time]

RULE10:
When two actions occurred in past,
the first action - Past Perfect Tense
and the second action which happened - Simple

Past Tense.
Examples:
He finished the work after we had met him.
We had reached the station before the train left.

RULE11:
We use a Possessive Adjective before a Gerund.
my, our, his, her, their, your + Verb.ing
Example:-
I hope you don’t mind me borrowing your car.
I hope you don’t mind my borrowing your car.

RULE12:
Law of Inversion: Inversion means putting the
verb before the subject.
A.V + Sub + M.V

Does she come
Did you reach
Example:-
Never have I seen such a beautiful place.
No sooner had I reached the station the train

left.

RULE13:
Whenever we use normal places like
school, college, church, bed, table, hospital, market,
prison, jail, court, temple, mosque, university etc. for
primary purpose,
the article “The” is not used before them.
Example:-
Children go to school every day.
John visits church all Sundays.
The accused was sent to prison.

RULE14:
Whenever adverbs like “No sooner”, “Hardly”,
“Scarcely”, etc. are used in the beginning of a sentence
A.V + Sub + M.V
Examples:-
Hardly had she begun to speak when she was
interrupted.

RULE15:
Use of Reflexive Pronoun as the Object of a
sentence.
Examples:-
He enjoyed himself at the party.
Enjoy
Hurt
Avail
absent

RULE16:
There are certain words which are never
followed by Reflexive pronoun: hide, keep, stop,
turn, shave, bathe, etc.
Examples:-
He hid in the cave and thus saved his life.

RULE17:
Whenever the two subjects are connected by
“as well as, together with, along with, and not,
in addition to, like, unlike, with, rather than,
except, no less than, nothing but, more than
one”,
the verb agrees with the first Subject.

Examples:-
John, as well as his friends, wants to drop the
course.
His friends along with John want to drop the
course.

RULE18:
Difference between Noun and Verb for similar
sounding words, like
a)Advice – Noun
b)Advise – Verb
Example:-
I advise you to practise a lot since practice
makes a man perfect.
People give a lot of advice.

RULE19:
There are cases of pronouns
Example:-
1.My parents scold me more than he.
2.My parents scold me more than him.
3. She is taller than me.
4. She is taller than I.

RULE20:
Who vs. Whom?
“Who” is used as a subjective pronoun, and
“Whom” is used as an objective pronoun.
Example:-
Mrs. Dixit consulted an astrologer whom she met
in Sonpur. (She met him)
Jyoti is the girl who got the job. (She got the job)

RULE21:
Certain words like “separation, excuse,
mention, favour, pardon, leave, report,
sight, etc.” do not take Possessive case
before them.
His, her, my, your, their – possessive
Example:-
Your separation pains me a lot…….
Separation from you pains me a lot and I
become sad.

RULE22:
We use “each other” and “one another”
. “Each other” - for two people while
“one another” - for more than two people
Example:-
All citizens should love one another.
The brothers in the family love each other.

RULE23: The use of “Seldom or never”:
“Seldom” is an Adverb - the law of inversion
“Seldom or never” or “Seldom, if ever”,
but we cannot use “Seldom or ever”.
Example:-
Seldom or never he comes to my house.
Seldom or never does he come to my house.
Seldom if ever he comes to my house.

Seldom, if ever does he come to my house.

RULE: 24
Use “The very” with Superlative degree
“the very + superlative”.
Example:
The very tallest boy in the class.
The very easiest solution.

RULE 25: The use of “Enough”
“Enough” plays the role of both Adverb and
Adjective.
Enough patience
Kind enough
Example:-
He has enough sugar. [Used as an Adjective]
She is smart enough. [Used as an Adverb]

RULE26: The use of Adverb “as”:
“as” can be used as an adverb with these given
words – “treat, define, regard, describe,
respect ,depict, portray, view, know, etc.”
Examples:-
Biology is defined the science of living beings.
Biology is defined as the science of living

beings.

RULE27: The use of Conjunction “although”:
“Although”, meaning “in spite of something”, is a
subordinating conjunction.
Examples:-
Although she is rich, but she thinks twice before
spending a penny.
Although she is rich, yet she thinks twice before

spending a penny

RULE28:
There are certain verbs which do not exist in “-
ing” form.
Examples:- I am owning a car.
I own a car.
I am loving it.
I love it.

RULE29:
There are certain words which are always used
in Perfect Tense: “ever, never, yet, already,
now, just now, until, now, always,
occasionally, often, lately, recently, so far,
upto now, upto the present”
Examples:-.
He went there already.
I did not go there yet.
He had gone there already.

I had not gone there yet.

RULE30: Subject-Verb Agreement with
Collective Nouns:
 Audience
 Army
 Jury
Example:-
The audience are watching the movie.
The audience is watching the movie.

RULE31:
There are certain words which are always
followed by the preposition “to”.
prefer, preferable
Any word suffixed with “-ior” will always be
followed by the preposition “to”.
Example:-
For babies, mother’s milk is superior to bottle-
milk.
I am known by him.
I am known to him.

RULE32: The use of phrase “as… as” and “so…
as”:
“so… as”: only negative comparison
Example:-
He is as good as Ram.
He is not as good as Ram.
He is not so good as Ram.
He is so good as Ram.

RULE33:
While comparing, the word
“times” - NO comparative degree.
Example:-
Examples:- This book is three times larger than
that book.
It is twice cheaper than that.

RULE34:
Some common errors of NARRATION:
Indirect Speech is always a statement.
Structure of a statement
‘subject+ verb
Examples:-
He asked me where are you going. (verb+sub)
He asked me where I was going. (sub+verb)

RULE35:
Two subjects connected by
"or," "nor," "neither/nor," "either/or," or "not
only/but also",
Examples:-
Either the bears or the lion has escaped from
the zoo.
Neither the lion nor the bears have escaped
from the zoo.
Not only the teachers but also the Principal is
happy.

RULE36: Comparison between two qualities of
the same noun.
we always use the word “more”
Example:-
This pen is redder than white
This shirt is more white than red.

RULE37:
“more than one” or “many a”- followed by a
singular noun and a singular verb.
Example:-
More than one student are absent today.
Many a student are absent today
More than one student is absent today.

Many a student is absent today

RULE38:
the word “doubt” or “doubtful” in a sentence,
we use the connector - “if” or “whether”
Example:-
Examples:-
I have no doubt whether it will rain or not.
There is a doubt that he goes there or not.
I have no doubt that it will rain or not.

There is a doubt whether he goes there or not.

RULE39: NARRATION, Sequence of Tenses:
The tense of the verb does not change even if the
Reporting verb is in past tense for the following
cases: (1)Universal truth:
Example: He told me that honey is sweet.
(2)Historical Facts:
Ex: The teacher said that Kalidas is the
Shakespeare of India.
(3)Proverbs:
Ex: Rohit said, “Where there is a will there is a
way.”
(4)Habitual Facts:
Ex: He said, “I snooze my alarm every day.”

RULE40:
Use of little, the little and a little: We use these
quantifiers with uncountable nouns according to
their following meanings:
Example:-
I cannot make tea since there is little milk.
A little knowledge is dangerous.
He utilized the little water that was available.

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120 Golden rules

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(I)Each student is very talented.

(II)Every student is very intelligent.

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Neither Ram nor Shyam is going to visit this

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The witnesses gave conflicting evidence. I

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The people just boarded the plane. They are in a

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If I had studied, I would have passed the

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She has two five rupee notes.

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Gold is more precious than all other metals.

Gold is more precious than any other metals.

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I've only known her since the beginning of last

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and the second action which happened - Simple

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my, our, his, her, their, your + Verb.ing

I hope you don’t mind me borrowing your car.

I hope you don’t mind my borrowing your car.

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A.V + Sub + M.V

No sooner had I reached the station the train

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A.V + Sub + M.V

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the verb agrees with the first Subject.

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2.My parents scold me more than him.

3. She is taller than me.

4. She is taller than I.

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His, her, my, your, their – possessive

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Seldom if ever he comes to my house.

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“the very + superlative”.

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Biology is defined as the science of living

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Although she is rich, yet she thinks twice before