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Is grammar the most important to learn English?

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Is grammar the most important to learn English?

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I wouldn't say that grammar is the most important thing. If you're learning English, you should try to develop your skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening evenly. Studying just one aspect of a language will make it monotonous and more difficult, because you're not getting the benefit of reinforcement from multiple directions.

However, if you're having trouble with the grammar of English, or if your native language has a basic word order very different from English, it probably is important to put special effort into studying grammar, not because it's more important, but because it's no less important than any other aspect of language learning.

Remember, you're limited by whatever aspect of the language you're worst at. You won't get an opportunity to demonstrate your good grammar if you don't have the vocabulary to use it on. Likewise, cramming vocabulary ahead of time won't do you much good, because a lot of subtle connotations and questions of usage are best learned in context. You'll find it easier to memorize vocabulary if you can pronounce the terms correctly, even if only in your head, but if your pronunciation is too good, it won't do you any good. In fact, I know from my own experience that having good pronunciation in a foreign language can be harmful, because it leads people to assume I understand more than I do.

Just try to develop your English skills in a balanced way. There's a lot of nitpicking involved in grammar. You're not expected to be perfect.

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This is a quick, basic grammar review for nouns, verbs, and the sometimes confusing usage of lay versus lie, and rise versus raise. This reference can be used for term papers, grammar class reviews, or simply for anyone confused or curious about the basics of English grammar.
Nouns
1. Noun identification
2. Count, Mass, and Collective Nouns
3. Plural and Possessive Nouns
Noun Identification
What is a noun? A noun is a person, place, thing, quality, animal, idea or activity.

For example:
Person - Maria
Place - Detroit
Thing - Desk
Quality - Width
Animal - Dog
Idea - Independence
Activity - Navigation

Spot the nouns in a sentence: Maria went into the city to purchase detergent.

Nouns: Person - Maria
Place - City
Thing - Detergent
The functions of nouns
Grammar vocabulary: Nominal means any word, or group of words, used as a noun. The nominal word used in the original noun example is Maria.
Types of Nouns
The names of specific things, places, and people, like Maria or Detroit, are Proper nouns.

General, colloquial names, like table or house are Common nouns. Common nouns can either be concrete, or abstract.

When an object is concrete i.e. you can see it and touch it, like a phone or a chair, it is a Concrete noun.

When it is a quality or idea, like freedom or justice, it is an Abstract noun.
Count Nouns
Count nouns are anything that can be counted. They are singular or plural. Plurals usually end with "s."

Singular - Car
Plural - Cars

Singular - Chair
Plural - Chairs

Singular - Dog
Plural - Dogs

Irregular Examples

Singular - Mouse
Plural - Mice

Singular - Child
Plural - Children

Most nouns ending in s, sh, o, or ch need an -es suffix to be plural

Singular - Bus
Plural - Buses

Singular - Dish
Plural - Dishes

Singular - Potato
Plural - Potatoes

Singular - Church
Plural - Churches

Nouns ending in a consonant followed by y become plural by changing the y to i and adding -es

Singular - Mystery
Plural - Mysteries

Mass Nouns are nouns that cannot be counted and they usually do not have a plural form

Examples: Freedom, sand, money

Collective nouns refer to groups of people and/or things. Unlike mass nouns, they can usually be counted, so they usually have plural forms.

Singular - Staff
Plural - Staffs

Singular - Herd
Plural - Herds
Plural Nouns
Plural nouns are the nouns that have been changed into their plural states by adding -s or -es. Remember your irregular nouns, such as mice and children! They too are plural nouns.
Possessive Nouns
Nouns can be possessive and express ownership, usually following the use of "of."

Example: The life of Maria

Most singular possessives are formed by adding an apostrophe and "s." If the noun is plural, the possessive form becomes "s" and apostrophe.

Exception: if the plural noun does not end with an "s," the possessive is formed by adding apostrophe and "s."
Pronouns
A pronoun takes the place of an unknown noun. The unknown noun is called the "antecedent."

Example: Maria wondered if she was late for work.

Maria is the antecedent of "she." Instead of saying: Maria wondered if Maria was late for work, "she" appears to take the place of "Maria."
The Nine forms of Pronouns:
Personal, possessive, indefinite, reflexive, reciprocal, intensive, interrogative, relative, and demonstrative.

The pronoun must always agree with antecedent, so if the antecedent is male, the pronoun must be male, if the antecedent is plural, the pronoun must be plural, etc.

Correct: When Maria bought the detergent, she used her credit card.
Incorrect: When Maria bought the detergent, they used his credit card.
Pronoun Cases
Nominative Cases: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who

The nominative, or subjective, case pronoun is the subject of the sentence.

Objective Cases: Me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom

These function as direct or indirect objects.

Examples:
We gave HER the bus money.
We gave IT to HER.
I don't know to WHOM I speak.
The bag is with HER.

Possessive Cases: My, mine, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs, your, yours, whose

The possessive case pronoun shows possession

Example:
That is MY bag.
That bag is MINE.
HER bus was late.
The bags are all HERS.

Personal Pronouns can refer to the person/people speaking (First person,) spoken to (second person,) or spoken ABOUT (third person.)

Example: I wanted to give them to her, but he wouldn't let me.

I - first person singular
Them - third person plural
Her - third person singular
He - third person singular
Me - first person singular
Possessive Pronouns
Like regular nouns, personal pronouns can also be possessive. Possessive Determiners are possessive forms of personal pronouns. Possessive Determiners must have a following noun.

Example: They have MY bags but they know they're MINE.

My - Determiner, dependent on "Bags"
Mine- stands in place of "My bags."
Indefinite Pronouns
These have no specific antecedents. These are usually identified with general words like: all, any, some, or none.

Singular: another, both, nobody, everything, nothing, somebody, everyone, no one, something, etc.

Plural: all, many, most, much, some

Examples: Somebody has her bags.
Plural: Everyone knows about Maria's bags.

Indefinite pronouns are only pronouns if they are used ALONE. If they are used with a noun, they become indefinite adjectives.

Pronoun: Both knew they were Maria's bags.
Adjective: Both baggers knew they were Maria's bags.

If the subject performs actions TO or FOR itself, the action in the sentence passes BACK to the subject and becomes a reflexive pronoun.

First person singular: Myself
First person plural: Ourselves
Second person singular: Yourself
Second person plural: Yourselves
Third person singular: Himself/Herself/Itself
Third person plural: Themselves

Example: We asked OURSELVES where her bags were.

"We" is the doer and receiver of the action "ask."

Intensive Pronouns are used to point back to the noun or pronoun for emphasis.

Example: I myself knew they were Maria's bags.

The intensive pronoun does not always need to directly follow the noun.

Example: I prefer walking myself.

Reciprocal pronouns express mutual action.

Examples: each other/ each other's
One another/one another's

Maria and Heather greeted each other.
Interrogative Pronouns
These are used to ask questions and can be personal or non-personal

Personal subject: Who/Whoever
Personal object: Whom/Whomever
Personal possessive: Whose
Non-personal subject: Which
Non-personal subject: What

Example:
Who has the bags?
Which bagger has them?
Whose bags are these?
Demonstrative Pronouns
These substitute specific nouns, usually when someone is gesturing toward something.

Singular: This/That
Plural: These/Those

Example: These are for her.
Verbs
A verb is an action part of speech. It can also express a state of being, or the relationship between two things. It is most powerful when following a noun. Example: He HIT her. Verbs are the most complicated part of speech because they can sometimes become nouns, depending on their use.

The three kinds of verbs: transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, and linking verbs.
Transitive verbs
These take objects. Transitive verbs carry the action of subject and apply it to the object.

Example: She TOOK the bags.
Intransitive verbs
These do not take an object, but express actions that do not require the agent doing something to something else.

Example: She LEFT.
Linking verbs
These link the agent with the rest of the sentence and explain the link between the subject and the rest of the sentence.

Examples: appear, grow, seem, smell, taste

Example: Maria seems tired from shopping.
The Lay/Lie and Raise/Rise Confusion
These two pairs of verbs are constantly misused. In each, there is a transitive verb (TRV) and an intransitive verb (INV).

Lie - Intransitive, means recline or be situated
Lay - Transitive, means to place or put something

Rise - Intransitive, means to get up.
Raise - Transitive, means to lift something up.

Infinitive - INV: Lie
TRV: Lay
INV: Rise
TRV: Raise
Past Tense - Lie (Lay)
Raise (Raised)

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This is a quick, basic grammar review for nouns, verbs, and the sometimes confusing usage of lay versus lie, and rise versus raise. This reference can be used for term papers, grammar class reviews, or simply for anyone confused or curious about the basics of English grammar. Nouns 1.