TLDR;
Alright champs, this is a summary of Nimisha Bansal's 120 Rules of Grammar series. She breaks down grammar rules in a way that's easy to grasp, promising to banish your English grammar fears.
- Each and every use cases
- Boath and and usage
- Who and Whom cases
- Which and That cases
- Golden rules of conditional sentences
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Okay, so, the first rule is about 'each' and 'every'. 'Each' is for when you're taking things one by one, like picking out individual students from a group. 'Every' is more about the whole group together. You can use 'each' for two people or more, but 'every' is strictly for more than two. Also, 'each' can be a pronoun or an adjective, but 'every' is just an adjective. You can't use 'each' with abstract nouns like 'love' or 'reason', but you can use 'every'. And remember, with 'each', 'every', 'either', 'neither', the verb and adjective are always singular. If a noun comes right after 'each', it's singular, but after 'of the', it's plural.
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Next up is 'both'. Always pair 'both' with 'and', never 'as well as'. Also, 'both' and 'not' don't go together; use 'neither' instead. If you're using a possessive adjective, it comes after 'both', like 'both my students', not 'my both students'.
Then there's 'who' and 'whom'. 'Who' is for the subject, the one doing the action, and 'whom' is for the object, the one receiving the action. Use 'who' and 'whom' for people and domestic animals. 'Which' is for non-domestic animals and non-living things. 'That' can be used for anything. If there's no noun or pronoun before 'who' or 'whom', use 'whoever' or 'whomever'.
Moving on to conditional sentences, if the condition is in simple present, the result will be in future simple. If the condition is in simple past, the result uses 'would' + verb. If the condition is in past perfect, the result uses 'would have' + past participle. But, if it's a universal truth, everything's in simple present.
Then, when you use "one of the," "each of the," the noun that follows is always plural. But, if you have "one of the" followed by a relative pronoun like 'who', 'which', or 'that', the verb is plural. If those relative pronouns aren't there, the verb is singular. But, if you throw in 'only', then the verb is always singular, no matter what.
When you've got a number, a unit, and a noun together, the unit is always singular. But, if you just have a number and a unit, the unit is plural if it's clear on its own, otherwise it's singular. When you're talking about indefinite quantities, link them with 'of', and put the units in ascending order. Also, for random units like 'glassful', the plural is formed by adding 's' at the end, like 'glassfuls'.
For 'since' and 'for', 'since' points to when something started, and 'for' tells you how long it's been going on. If you're using 'for' or 'since' to talk about time, the tense has to be perfect or perfect continuous. 'Since' is followed by simple past.
When two actions happened in the past, the one that happened earlier is in past perfect, and the one that happened later is in simple past.
With gerunds, use a possessive adjective before them.
For 'which' and 'that', 'which' is for non-domestic animals and non-living things, while 'that' can be used anywhere.
If you've got 'the same', 'none', 'all', 'any', 'the only', 'much', 'no', 'the little', 'the few', 'something', 'anything', 'nothing', or a superlative degree, use 'that'.
If there's no noun or pronoun before 'who' or 'whom', use 'whoever' or 'whomever'.
In conditional sentences, if the condition is in simple present, the result will be in future simple. If the condition is in simple past, the result uses 'would' + verb. If the condition is in past perfect, the result uses 'would have' + past participle. But, if it's a universal truth, everything's in simple present.
With "one of the," "each of the," the noun that follows is always plural. But, if you have "one of the" followed by a relative pronoun like 'who', 'which', or 'that', the verb is plural. If those relative pronouns aren't there, the verb is singular. But, if you throw in 'only', then the verb is always singular, no matter what.
When you've got a number, a unit, and a noun together, the unit is always singular. But, if you just have a number and a unit, the unit is plural if it's clear on its own, otherwise it's singular. When you're talking about indefinite quantities, link them with 'of', and put the units in ascending order. Also, for random units like 'glassful', the plural is formed by adding 's' at the end, like 'glassfuls'.
