English Lessons

[sbgm]

People said it's needed here. My english isn't perfect, I took these rules from my grammar book from school. Read and learn.


Lesson 1: One woman, many women
When an object simply is one it is spelled like this:

one girl | many girls​

When there is more than one object, you put an -s in the end.
Words with sh in the end, you have to add -es instead of -s. If you just end it with an -s, you make it hard to pronounce.
one wash | many washes
Words ended by an o is also ended by -es
one tomato | many tomatoes
Words with an y in the end is ended in pluralis by -ies. For example
one family | many families
You also add an -s to verbs
He, she or it, plays. I, you, we, you and they play. So when you are talking about he she or it, the verb will be ended by an -s. (If the person/object you are talking about doing the verb at the moment. If the person/boject does it tomorrow or yesterday, the -s mustn't be at the end of the verb)
He plays football | I play football | She looks at me | I look at her
Iregular words
Like all languages, some words are iregular. Here's some examples.
man - men | child - children | goose - geese | tooth - teeth | foot - feet | woman - women
Words always in pluralis
These words are always in pluralis:
advice | news | homework | business | furniture



Lesson 2: The god damn apostrophe!
Firstly, -'s is a common shortening for is. First we going to start with "if someone owns something". If someone/something (used with humans and animals) owns something, you put 's on the ending. Example:
The man's house | The women's men | The dog's bone
If a substantive ends with an s or an s-sound, you simply put -' in the end of the word. That's because it is hard to pronounce s's. This -s' is also used if many [objects] own something. Examples:
The kiss' feeling (the feeling of the kiss) | Alice' dog | The cow's (this is one cow) grass | The cows' (many cows) grass



Lesson 3: Who? Whom? Which? Whose? What?
I think you know the basics in using who and which and i (oops! I is always spelled with CAPITAL LETTERS) will explain it more to you. First comes an example and then an explanation surrounded by ()
Questions
What colour is that? (what... what kind... | Used with substantives)
Which of those bikes are yours? (Which is used if you have more than one object to choose from. For example: which of the two... are yours?)
Whose bike is that? (Whose is a form of owning. If it would follow the regular rules, it would be spelled who's, but who's is a shortening for who is)
Answers
This is the bike which I bought (Which is used on objects. That is used when which is very necessary for the sentence)
That's the guy whose bike is broken (The guy owns the bike)



Lesson 4: Doing things
Here it comes. Example + Explanation.
I usually view this site (View, in it's normal way)
I was viewing this site yesterday (Was viewing. You put -ing at the end of the word if you did something)
I am viewing this site (For example, I am viewing is used when you do something at the moment.)
My girlfriend worries too much about me (the verb ends with -s or in this case -ies, because it's an y at the end. Verb+ies is used when the girlfriend worries about you too much at any time. If she would worry about you right now, it would be is worrying)

Lesson 5: To be or not to be
I am going to list all the forms of be here.
I am | was | have been | had been | will be
You are | were | have been | had been | will be
He, she, it is | was | has been | had been | will be
We are | were | have been | had been | will be
You are | were | have been | had been | will be
They are | were | have been | had been | will be
There (singularis =1) is | was | has been | had been | will be
There (pluralis >1) are | were | have been | had been | will be


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Will continue editing this if i get comments/replies on it. Maybe add more lessons tomorrow. Please post your lessons here too so I can add them to the thread.
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[Docs]

Ireggular - Spelling

"used with humen and animals" - Spelling

ooops! - Technicality, usually spelt 'Oops'

sentcene - Spelling

"but i took these rules" - Failed to Capitalize

"book form school." - Wrong word/Spelling

"you hve to add" - Spelling

"an 'y' in" - Technicality

goddam - Spelling (haha)

"with an 's' or an 's'-sound" - 'an' does not preceed a vowel

"in the ending of the word, otherwise making it hard to pronounce." - Grammar errors

"Lesson 1. One woman, many women" - Format

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Futhermore, contractions should not be regularly used. List formats usually contain the ";", followed by a listing, as per example in text below;
1. Example 1.
2. Example 2.

Periods should end a sentence (or thought). Commas should be used to join two related thoughts, but not to join two unrelated ideas. Lesson titles should have the same formatting.

Quotes:
Double quotes ("") are used to indicate reference material, or speech. Single quotes are used to indicate speech within speech. Commas seperate sentence from quote, quote within quote. I need to tell you that Bobby heard Jim say to Suzie, "I like you.". Suzie said, "That is nice Jim, but I think you'd be better off with Jen, she said to me, 'I like Jim.'."

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From the edit:
relpies - Spelling
"worries about you too much anytime, or always." - Grammar Errors, incomprehensible.
is worring - Spelling
"choose from, like which" - Improper use of adverb.
in it's normal way - No requirement for "'"

 

[Docs]

We are both not perfect, but you have a good idea. Maybe people will take note and stop talking in gangsta.

 

[sbgm]

Thank you Docs!

"with an 's' or an 's'-sound"

how is the letter s pronounced? [si:] ? I thought it was pronounced like this: [es]

 

[Docs]

What did I highlight, the "s" or the "an"?

 

[sbgm]

We are both not perfect, but you have a good idea. Maybe people will take note and stop talking in gangsta.

yeah man! sounds gud 2 me if u-all didnt talkd gangsta, this site would be better! :S

 

[sbgm]

What did I highlight, the "s" or the "an"?

Yes, I know you highlighted an but s is not a vowel, right? If you say: a S then, S have to be pronounced with a consonant-sound. But isn't S pronuonced with a vowel-sound? Write how S is pronounced plz...

 

[Docs]

'aeiou' are vowels, with 'y' being the funny one.
I'll try to sound out 's'... [Eh-ssss].

with a 'Eh-ssss' or a 'Eh-ssss'-sound

 

[sbgm]

I see.

 

[wootapotky]

It's with "an" s. Not with a s. You use an when the next word sounds like it starts with a vowel.

 

[Docs]

How the hell does a 's' sound like a vowel? (better yet, what makes 'u' sound like a vowel), and how is that different from n, v, d and c?

So, you are trying to say that, "I am a sane person", should be, "I am an sane person"?

Say it outloud and tell me that again.

 

[wootapotky]

What are you talking about? Of course it's supposed to be I am a sane person. But if you are just saying "s" you say an s. not a s. Just like you say "a European" instead of "an European" even though European starts with a vowel. You even pronounced "s" with a vowel because you described it as Ehs. That makes an "e" sound.

 

[sbgm]

I am gonna change it to an s

 

[spider_007]

blind leading the blind.

how about this; write it the "spider" way. (in another words, any way you feel like it)

ta-ta:wave: :rockon:

 

[Teflon_Mcgee]

Okay Beeeeeatches. Looks like I've got to break it down old schoo'.
School House Rock in the hizzy

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done.
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I got "and", "but", and "or",
They'll get you pretty far.

"And":
That's an additive, like "this and that".
"But":
That's sort of the opposite,
"Not this but that".
And then there's "or":
O-R, when you have a choice like
"This or that".
"And", "but", and "or",
Get you pretty far.

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right.
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice.
Hey that's nice!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two.
He's poor but honest, sad but true,
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two cars to one
When you say something like this choice:
"Either now or later"
Or no choice:
"Neither now nor ever"
Hey that's clever!
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat,
Never mind, I wouldn't do that,
I'm fat enough now!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
He cut loose the sandbags,
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
Let's go up to the mountains,
Or down to the sea.
You should always say "thank you",
Or at least say "please".

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like:

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making 'em function.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.

Class dismissed. Now let's go impregnate some prom queens.

 

[whistler]

I need to tell you that Bobby heard Jim say to Suzie, "I like you.". Suzie said, "That is nice Jim, but I think you'd be better off with Jen, she said to me, 'I like Jim.'."

I need to tell you that Bobb heard Jim say to Suzie, "I like you.".

>>> 1 extra period

I'm lost on the second sentence. Maybe:

Suzie said, "Sally said yesterday, 'I like Jim, but not when he pounds me raw,' and then I agreed with Sally."


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While we're on it, a general annoyance of my own:

It's not 'If I was King, I would...'.

It's, if 'If I WERE King...'.

Sure, past tense has replaced the subjunctive; but the big boys still use the subjunctive when they speak hypothetically.


Sorry, that one drives me nuts.




later

 

[whistler]

blind leading the blind.

how about this; write it the "spider" way. (in another words, any way you feel like it)

ta-ta:wave: :rockon:

Touche!

It should be 'in other words', not 'in another words'.


OK, enough with the Grammar Police.

 

[sbgm]

Thank you guys, I've edited the first lesson a bit, and I have some requests of lessons...

1. I don't know how to use was/were
2. I don't know when to use whom
[Editing this post if I think of more I don't know in English ]

 

[oakraiderz2]

Thank you guys, I've edited the first lesson a bit, and I have some requests of lessons...

1. I don't know how to use was/were
2. I don't know when to use whom
[Editing this post if I think of more I don't know in English ]

I/he/she was...
We/you/they were...

Were is plural and was is singular. Yea, ill leave the eloboration to another genious.

 

[sbgm]

Thank you. I found another source too and made it lesson no5.