Basics of English Grammer

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26441940.post-1145417194321965002006-04-18T19:56:00.000-07:002007-01-30T17:30:52.050-08:00Basics of English GrammerDefinitions Letter: Letter is the lease part of a word. Letter can be defined as a symbol to express a simple sound. There are twenty six letters in English alphabet which are furnished below: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y and z. Forms of Letters: There are two forms of Letters viz. Capital Letters and Small Letters:- Capital Letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z. Small Letters: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y and z. Capitals are used only in the following places: <ul> <li>The first letter of every sentence.</li> <li>The title of a book or person; as, My First Book, Ramayan, Mahabharat, His Excellency, Maharaja, Rai Bhahadur etc.</li> <li>Proper nouns; as, William Shakespeare, Kalidas, Washington, London, Avanti, Varanasi etc.</li> <li>Most adjectives derived from Proper nouns; as Indian, English, Pakistani etc.</li> <li>The first word of a quotation; as, you told, “In my opinion Ramayan, written by Maharshi Valmiki is the greatest epic.”</li> <li>The personal pronoun “I” is always written in Capitals.</li> <li>The names of the Deity and the Persons that refer to Him; as, God, the Almighty, Lord Rama, Goddes Durga, it was His will etc.</li> <li>Every line of poetry.</li> <li>Single letters forming abbreviations; as, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D.</li> </ul> Vowels And Consonants Letters which represent a simple vocal sound are called vowels. In English a, e, i, o and u are vowels. Note: ‘w’ and ‘y’ are semi vowels as they are treated as vowels when they do no begin a word; as by, syntax etc. The letter which can be sounded only with a vowel are called consonants; b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z are consonants.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26441940-114541719432196500?l=engra.blogspot.com'/></div>जी.के. अवधियाnoreply@blogger.com0