Assignment Writing Tips: Parts of Speech and common errors in Grammar and Punctuation

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Apr 25, 2016
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As parts of speech is considered building blocks of any language, it is highly important for you to know these for writing a good assignment. Assignment help Sydney can definitely help you with understanding the different parts of speech. This article will elucidate what are the different parts of speech in English with the help of different example.
Nouns: Noun names something, and a proper noun names a particular person, thing, or a place. A common noun names a general class of things. Example, Harry, ball, bottle, speaker, Sydney, New Zealand, etc.
Pronouns: Pronouns are used to refer to a noun. While writing instead of repeating the same noun over and over again, pronouns are used to kill the redundancy and to make reading easy. Example, You, I, she, it, they, this, that, anyone, one, any, each, another, etc. 
Verbs: verbs denote an action or a state of being. Examples of verbs are: play, walk, is, are, do, cry, talk, etc.
Adjective: this qualifies or describe nouns or pronouns in a sentence. For example, great, white, slim, major, terrible, etc.
Adverbs: Adverbs describe or qualify verbs, adjective, or in cases other adverbs. Like, slowly, later, truly, really, etc. are example of adverbs.
Prepositions: this can be considered as that link nouns or pronouns with other words in a sentence.
Examples: from, at, in, by, for, etc.
Conjunctions: Conjunctions joins words, phrases, and clauses in a paragraph or across paragraphs.
Examples: however, and, while, as, yet. 
Injunctions: This is used to interrupt the usual flow of sentence by inserting feelings or emotions. Examples are: oh, ouch, alas, etc.  

Common errors in Grammar and Punctuation: Except helping you with parts of speech, assistance with assignment in Sydney can be chosen to understand common grammatical errors in writing. A few of the most common errors in Grammar and Punctuation are discussed in the following to help you out in avoiding these in your writing. It is extremely important, as the presence of these common errors can showcase your irresponsibility in terms of proofreading your document properly and can put a bad impression on your professor that might get reflected in your grades.

1. Its and It’s are two different words, while the first one show possession of someone, the second one is an abbreviation of ‘it is’.
2. “They’re”, “their”, and “there” are also different words, try to figure out their meaning on your own or by consulting with your friends, as anything learnt in the hard way remains longer. 
3. Don’t use a plural verb for a singular subject. For example: ‘The college of Arts are located in Sydney’, should be‘The college of Arts is located in Sydney’.
4. Using a pronoun that does not agree with the number or gender of the referred noun. Example: John is badly injured when she went for para-gliding is wrong as John must be a male and the pronoun should be he not she.
5. A proper sentence requires a verb and a subject. In cases when either of a subject or a main verb is missing, then it is a phrase, Like “Arriving at Sydney” is a phrase, while “I am arriving at Sydney after two months” is a sentence.
6. Pronouns that are not clearly indicating a noun. Like in this sentence “This is what we meant”, one can’t surely say what “this” indicate to, unless the sentence before clearly indicated the same.
7. Avoid excessive use of passive voice, like “the work was done”. However, at times, to break the monotony it is okay to write a sentence in passive voice.
8. Putting a full stop after a question. Like: “Are you coming.”
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