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Jayatee Bhattacharya, Lovely Professional University Unit 9: Basic Grammar

Unit 9: Basic Grammar Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction
9.1 Subject Verb Agreement

9.2 Articles
9.3 Countable and Uncountable Nouns
9.3.1 Countable Nouns

9.3.2 Uncountable Nouns
9.3.3 Nouns used as Countable as well as Uncountable
9.4 Writing Names with and without "the"

9.5 Concepts of Vocabulary Building
9.6 Summary
9.7 Keywords

9.8 Self Assessment
9.9 Review Questions

9.10 Further Readings
Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Understand the concept of subject verb agreement
Know about articles

Discuss countable and uncountable nouns
Explain the rules for writing names with and without "the"
Explain the concepts of vocabulary building
Learn Simple rules for pronunciation and intonation

Introduction

To learn any language, it is utmost important for the readers to know about its grammar.
Because managers have to communicate most often in English, it becomes all the more important
for them to know the rules to frame their language correctly. Poor writing skills are rampant
among most of the professionals who have been either from non-english medium schools or
who have not practiced writing professionally.

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