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6 Advanced Grammar Rules To Improve Your English Speaking
English is known for its crazy grammar rules. Although they might seem intimidating at first, learning these rules is crucial for improving your English speaking, and communicating properly or fluently. The purpose of the grammar rules is to give the English language some sort of structure. Without it, communicating and getting your message across would be much more difficult. This is why grammar is so important!
Clauses
Every sentence in the English language is made up of at least one clause. A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb.
Independent Clauses
An independent clause is a clause that can stand on its own. In other words, it is a complete sentence.
Dependent Clauses
The other kind of clause is called a dependent clause. This clause still has a subject and a verb, but cannot stand on its own. It does not express a full idea and needs to rely on another clause in order to make sense.
Misplaced Modifiers
A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that adds extra information to a sentence. An example would be: “She ran away (main sentence), completely embarrassed (modifier).
Understanding When To Use “I”
One concept that causes trouble for even the most advanced English student is “I” versus “me.” “I” is a subject pronoun. This means it is always used when referring to a subject. For example: “I (subject) went to the pool.”
I'm German. Although I once used to live in the US as a youngster, most of my English Grammar I learned from reading and grammar books. Try 'Cambridge Advanced Grammar in use' and from Farlex 'Complete English Grammar Rules'
I wanted to suggest "Cambridge Advanced Grammar in use" too.
Murphy's "Intermediate grammar in use" could also be helpful.
And "English Collocations is use" (Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell).
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