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<\/a><\/p>\nEnglish Grammar Tips for Kerala PSC<\/strong><\/h3>\nRule 1: I and Me are not interchangeable.<\/h4>\n
I and me are used in different grammatical constructs. They are not interchangeable.\u00a0 I is used in situations were it serves as the subject of a sentence. Me is a pronoun that acts as the object of a sentence. For example, the sentence \u2018Ram and I went for a walk\u2019 is correct. We cannot use me instead of I in this sentence. This is because both Ram and I are the subjects of the sentence. Me is used when someone else is performing the action. For examples, Ram took me for a walk. Here, Ram is the subject and me is the object.<\/p>\n
Rule 2: Do not confuse \u2018You\u2019re\u2019 and \u2018Your\u2019<\/h4>\n
Although You\u2019re and Your sounds the same, they have two different meaning. Your is a possessive determiner that talks about something owned by you. For example,<\/p>\n
Your lunch is getting cold.<\/p>\n
Your friends are amazing.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re is a contraction of you are. For example,<\/p>\n
You\u2019re (You are) going to Chennai.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re (You are) known for your writing skills.<\/p>\n
Rule 3: Question tags<\/h4>\n
Question tags are those short questions added to the end of a statements. They are used to turn a statement into a yes or no question. The rule for forming a question tag is a simple one: if the main verb of the sentence is positive, the question tag should take its negative form. If the main verb of the sentence is negative (has \u201cnot\u201d in it), then the question tag should take its positive form. A question tag should always conform to the main verb of the sentence. For example,<\/p>\n
She forgot her lunch, didn\u2019t she?<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t forget her lunch, did she?<\/p>\n
If the main verb of the sentence is \u201cI am,\u201d the question tag that corresponds is \u201caren\u2019t I.\u201d For example,<\/p>\n
I am going to have to change my schedule, aren\u2019t I?<\/p>\n
Rule 4: Rules for articles.<\/h4>\n
No articles should be used in a general way when the names of meals such as Breakfast \/ Lunch \/ Dinner \/ supper are mentioned. After di-transitive verbs like Elect\/ Make \/ Appoint, no articles should be used Except they are used as mono transitive verbs. For example,<\/p>\n
I had the<\/strong> breakfast at 9 o\u2019clock in the morning. (wrong)<\/p>\nI had breakfast at 9 o\u2019 clock. (right)<\/p>\n
We appointed him a <\/strong>Director (wrong)<\/p>\nWe appointed him Director. (right)<\/p>\n
Rule 5: Rules for nouns<\/h4>\n
For the uncountable words, like luggage\/ baggage\/ furniture\/ poetry, articles \u2018A\/An\u2019 should be not be used before them. The words, such as News \/ Maths \/ Ethics \/ Politics, look like plural nouns but give singular meaning. Some nouns have the same form whether it is singular or plural e.g. Sheep \/ Deer\/Fish \/ Apparatus. Few nouns are always used in the plural form only e.g. Cattle \/ People \/ Police.<\/p>\n
I had breakfast at 9 o\u2019 clock. (right)<\/p>\n
We appointed him a <\/strong>Director (wrong)<\/p>\n We appointed him Director. (right)<\/p>\n For the uncountable words, like luggage\/ baggage\/ furniture\/ poetry, articles \u2018A\/An\u2019 should be not be used before them. The words, such as News \/ Maths \/ Ethics \/ Politics, look like plural nouns but give singular meaning. Some nouns have the same form whether it is singular or plural e.g. Sheep \/ Deer\/Fish \/ Apparatus. Few nouns are always used in the plural form only e.g. Cattle \/ People \/ Police.<\/p>\nRule 5: Rules for nouns<\/h4>\n