According to him,
According to the the accounting standard,
pursuant to
In our opinion,
I like you as well.
I like the sweet too.
Discourse
Talking about
With reference to
Referring to
Regarding
As regards
As far as ... is concerned,
As for
Insofar as
Inasmuch as
Insomuch that
Firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally
In the first place
First of all
to begin with
for one thing, ... for another thing
another thing is
moreover
further
furthermore
in addition
additionally
similarly
as well as that
on top of that
besides
all the same
yet
and yet
still
on the other hand
however
nevertheless
in spite of
despite of
despite that
despite the fact that
notwithstanding
hence
thus
therefore
consequently
as a result
so
on the grounds of
by virtue of
in view of
for instance
for example
such as
including
in particular
apart from
except(ing)
with the exception of
save as disclosed above
etc
and so on
and so forth
on the whole
in general
as a rule
in most cases
in many cases
broadly speaking
to some extent
to certain extent
mostly
I mean
that is to say
in other words
at any rate
at any one time
anyway
anyhow
by the way
incidentally
I say
Frankly
Honestly
I think
I feel
I suppose
I mean
so to speak
sort of
more or less
really
After all
At last
no doubt
I'm afraid
actually
well, actually
in fact
as a matter of fact
to tell the truth
in fact
perfect
fantastic
excellent
best of the best
best
wonderful
unbelievable
amazing
incredible
professional
great
well done
outstanding
masterpiece
very good
pretty good
awfully good
rather good (more than usual)
above average
quite good
good
fairly good
amateur
fair
so so
poor
miserable
bad
worst
perfect
great
superb
distinguished
outstanding
gorgeous
splendid
strong
solid
convincing
rusty
lacklustre
embarassing
8 parts of speech
noun
pronoun-case include nominative, objective and possesssive
adjective
adverb
preposition
conjunction
interjection
verb-to infinitive, gerund, tense
Tense
4 main simple tenses
-Present
-Past
-Future
-Conditional
Simple
Perfect
Progressive/continuous
simple
compound=simple+perfect
simple progressive
compound progressive=simple+perfect+progressive
Total 16 Tenses
Time and attitude
Fuctions of verbs
Transitive and intransitive
Voice-active and passive
Tense
Mood
Indicative-He speaks
Infinitive-To see now is a foolish mistake.
Subjunctive-If I were you, I would have travelled around the world.
Present indicative plural even if the subject is singular
Past progressive indicative plural even if the subject is singular
Imperative-Stop smoking.
Form
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Person
first person
second person
third person
Number
singular
plural
Subject and objects
Copulative or actions
Auxiliary or main
Verbals
Particple=adjective
Gerund=noun
Infinitive=noun, adjective, adverb
An infinitive has tense and voice
Present active infinitive: To see
Present passive infinitive: To be seen
Perfect active infinitive: To have seen
Perfect passive infinitive: To have been seen
Splitting an infinitve
Participle also has tense and voice
Present participle: Seeing
Perfect active participle: Having seen
Perfect passive participle: Having been seen
Example:-
Seeing you, she turned pale.
Going home, he met her classmate.
I saw you coming down the street.
Spending at this rate, she will soon be broke.
Avoid Dangling participle or modifier
Wrong match of antecedent
Heart
take heart
in my heart
heartbeat
broken heart
heart breaking
heart attack
heart disease
open heart
smiling heart
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