Showing posts with label Grammar Queen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar Queen. Show all posts

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Grammar 3 - "Advice"

Advice

û Her advices are always good.
ü Her advice is always good.

‘Advice’ is, in most senses, uncountable, so cannot be plural or used with ‘an’.

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Grammar 2 - "Accompany"

Accompany

û I accompanied with my father to the concert.
ü I accompanied my father to the concert.
‘Accompany’ means to ‘go with’, so another ‘with’ is not needed.

Thursday, 13 March 2014

Grammar 1 - "According to"

According to

  1. û According to my opinion, we should go swimming.
ü In my opinion, we should go swimming.
According to’ is used with another person or source of information and is not used with ‘opinion’, eg.
ü According to Mary, the beach is closed.
ü According to the timetable, there is a bus at 10 a.m.
  1. û According to all these reasons, she decided to change jobs.
ü For all these reasons, she decided to change jobs.
‘According to’ is not used with ‘reason’.