conjunction

hi..meet again..

this week, i would like to emphasizes on conjunction.. It may look simple, but it is as well confusing.. Absorb the knowledge people.. ;)

In grammar, a conjunction (abbreviated conj or cnj) is a part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases or clauses together. This definition may overlap with that of other parts of speech, so what constitutes a "conjunction" should be defined for each language. In general, a conjunction is an invariable grammatical particle, and it may or may not stand between the items it conjoins.

The definition can also be extended to idiomatic phrases that behave as a unit with the same function as a single-word conjunction (as well as, provided that, etc.).

Coordinating conjunctions, also called coordinators, are conjunctions that join two or more items of equal syntactic importance, such as words, main clauses, or sentences. In English the mnemonic acronym FANBOYS can be used to remember the coordinators for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that work together to coordinate two items. English examples include both…and, [n]either…[n]or, and not [only]…but [also], whether... or.

hence, do apply conjunctions in our daily life. Tata~

adjective

hi!! many of my friends still confused on the usage of adverb and adjective..

here, i'll tell you a bit about adjective. Enjoy!! ;)

"he is taller than me.

I am shorter"

An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.

 An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.

there are several type of adjectives, which are:

A possessive adjective ("my," "your," "his," "her," "its," "our," "their") is similar or identical to a possessive pronoun; however, it is used as an adjective and modifies a noun or a noun phrase, as in the following sentences:

I can't complete my assignment because I don't have the textbook.

An interrogative adjective ("which" or "what") is like an interrogative pronoun, except that it modifies a noun or noun phrase rather than standing on its own (see also demonstrative adjectives and possessive adjectives):

Which plants should be watered twice a week?

The demonstrative adjectives "this," "these," "that," "those," and "what" are identical to the demonstrative pronouns, but are used as adjectives to modify nouns or noun phrases, as in the following sentences:

When the librarian tripped over that cord, she dropped a pile of books.

all right.. that's all for this week.. do apply it people. :]

"bahasa pasar" ??

hye.. we meet again this week..
I think, I'm interested in writing about the usage of informal language or we noticed as  "bahasa pasar" in conversation!
For me, it's good to be a "gambler" in a language learning! However, the combination of both our mother tongue and our native language is not good! :[

For instance, we'll see the lyrics of one of my favorite song,

"k a n t o i" by Zee Avi..

It's a good song, However, we cannot apply the lyric in our daily conversation or even in essay.

Semalam I call you, you tak answer

You kata you keluar pergi dinner

You kata you keluar dengan kawan you

but when i call Tommy he said it wasnt true..

So I drove my car pergi Damansara

Tommy kata maybe you tengok bola

Tapi bila i sampai you, you tak ada

Lagilah I jadi gila

So i call then call sampai you answer..

You kata sorry sayang tadi tak dengar..

My phone was sound silent I was at the gym..

tapi latar belakang suara perempuan lain..

Sudahlah sayang

I dont believe you

And i know ur words were never true..

Why am I with you I pun tak tau..

No wonder la my friends pun tak suke you..

So i guess thats the end of our story..

Akhir kata she accepted his apology

Tapi last last kita dapat tahu

she was cheating too..

With her ex-boyfriend's bestfriend..

Tommy..

not to forget, the usage of our native "Favorite" trademark,

"lah", "kan" and "last-last"..

we tend to use that word in our conversation, but PLEASE.. avoid it in writing an essay people! :)

That's all for this week.. tata~

Diagram of an essay

hi everyone..

As I am checking my younger sister's essay yesterday, I was thinking, do they really know how to construct an essay?. Using bombastic words only is not enough as the diagram is not complete. 

so, I'm going to explain a bit about the diagram of an essay.. happy learning people :)

1) Introduction

In introduction, we can simply write an essay from general to a specific. I mean, If the title of the essay is about “The Hazards of Movie going”, we can write about the definition about the cinema or we can state our hobby and then followed by The hazards of watching movies in the cinema.

2) Body paragraph

For body paragraph, we can start from the topic sentence which includes our main idea. Then, we should add at least 3 supporting ideas. This will ensure a better essay for a student.

3) Conclusion

For the conclusion, we should emphasize back the three main ideas starting from the

                                                                             main idea

                                                                             followed by,

                                                                main idea 

and last but not least the 

                                                                             main idea.


Hence, we can make a good and complete essay.

Don’t forget to add the Discourse Marker in order to maintain the chronological order! Good Luck fellow!! 

Argumentative Essay!

Meet again everyone!!

I’ve been called to write about our educational system in Malaysia. What do you think? Is it a

                                   success

                                                                        or a

                                                  failure?

Hence, Today,  I am telling you several reason why our educational system does not really successful.

incompetent teachers

•   Teachers don’t have a wide range of general knowledge.

•   The teachers often seemed uninterested in students and more interested in doing whatever suited them.

•   Notes oriented teaching method
•    Exam answer based on textbook

Harebrained schemes

  Ø Some schools have their own school’s socks, lab coats and tracksuits that are compulsory for all students.

Ø Parents were charged at prices much higher than those outside.

A less than well thought out syllabus

v  Rote learning-learn something by repeating it many time without understanding it.

v mainly based on facts

v No critical thinking implied

only one question I want to ask?

So, it us, The FUTURE TEACHER whom should think and decide.. Good Luck Future teachers.. :)

errors in advertisement!

Hi everyone!!  As I am surfing the internet, I accidently found a few pictures which has the grammatical mistakes. For me, it is not wrong to make mistake as it can enhances our vocabulary and English competencies.

Now, look closely at this pictures. Find the grammatical mistake which you think we, as a student can correct it.

As we look at this picture, the word “allow” must be in past tense, “allowed”! It is because the word “allow” is a command and had been saying by someone. Thus, it must be in the past tense form.

It is obvious that the spelling is wrong. It must be spell “lifejacket”.

When we read this, we can get the message of it’s instruction. However, it is grammatically wrong.

It can be written like this; “NO FOOTBALL!”

 For this situation, only the spelling is wrong which can be written as “opening” !

 The word “NO SMOKING” is right. However, the explanation is grammatically wrong. The word “smoking” describing the action of smoking. It is more suitable if the word “smoking” is change into the root word form, which is “smoke”!

Thus, I hope that my LITTLE information can gives a HUGE impact to your GRAMMAR! That all for this week. Ciao!

adverb

hi everyone..
For me, a verb is very important in a sentence.. Without verb, a sentence can't be constructed.. However, without adverb, a verb is not really complete.. So today, I'll tell u about adverb.. Happy learning people.. ;)

An adverb is a word used to tell more about a verb, and it almost always answers the questions how?, when?, where?, how often?, and in what way?. Words like slowly, loudly, carefully, quickly, orsadly are all adverbs. Adverbs usually, but not always, end in -ly.

An adverb can also modify (describe) an adjective or another adverb.

Examples:

Adverb modifying a verb: He writes well

Adverb modifying another adverb: He writes very well

Adverb modifying an adjective: He is very well

In the first two examples the word 'well' is an adverb. In the last example, it is an adjective. This is one example in which the same word can be both an adjective and an adverb but not in the same sentence.

As a rule, the same word can play different roles but not in the same sentence. It all depends on what the word is doing in the sentence. It could be a noun, an adjective, an adverb, a verb, etc. Example: take the word 'cool'. In the sentence, "he walks cool", the word 'cool' is an adverb. In the sentence, "cool the hot dish", the word 'cool' is a verb. In the sentence, "it is a cool evening", the word 'cool' is an adjective. In the first example, "he walks cool", the word 'cool' really means 'coolly' as in "play it cool" (do not get excited; be calm).

Understand? Do apply it okayy? ciou.. :)