THE CAR'S DRIVER OR THE DRIVER OF THE CAR

Hello there! It's time for some grammar lesson.

 Don't worry, I'm not giving a long boring grammar lesson but instead, I want to emphasize on areas which commonly cause confusion among English users which is Possessive Nouns. PN is very simple and easy which is used to show that something belongs to a person or an animal.For example :

 Ihsan's phone (phone belonging to Ihsan)
 The girl's book (book belonging to the girl)
 The cat's kittens (kittens belonging to the cat)

 However, many normally make mistakes when using PN for non-living things. Remember! the above rule is not applicable for non-living things.
 For example, we say or write :

 The cover of the book NOT the book's cover.
The roof of the house NOT the house's roof.
The driver of the car   NOT the car's driver
 The wheels of the bus NOT the bus's wheels
The top of the hill NOT the hill's top The people of the village NOT the village's people

 Hope with this brief lesson of Possessive Nouns may clear away all the confusion!
 Below are some exercises for those of you who want to try. Good Luck !

 Write out the sentences using the possessive form of the bolded noun .
 1.We bought a loaf of bread at the baker shop
. 2.John went to the dentist clinic yesterday.
 3.The nurses uniforms were at the laundry.
 4.The manager attended to the customer complaints.
 5.They prepared the babies food.

Tips To Master English Language

Hello readers ! Nice to write to all of you again.

This time I would like to state my view upon "How To Master English Language". I always wonder every time I come across many advertisements promoting learners to learn English with them as they claim English could be mastered in 3 months or some others claim in 1 month. Wow! How amazing those people are, for making the mastery of English language in such very short time!

For me, mastering English language means able to master all aspects of English like grammatical, writing, reading, listening and speaking . Anyhow the most important skills are writing and speaking. Could you imagine learning these skills in 3 months or 1 month . Are you able to speak fluent English only by attending classes for 3 months or are your writing free from grammatical errors in 1 month?

There are possibilities for some improvements in your English but mastering it is a miracle. So, in order to master better English, we need to take extra precaution. Don't simply attracted to so many catchy and interesting advertisements which are merely meant of making money!

I'd rather suggest to learn bit by bit but continuously and consistently. It doesn't matter to learn only a few for a day, but make sure you learn every day. Set your own timetable in a week. There must be days for grammar, for vocabs, for writing and also speaking. Spend only a few minutes a day for each category because you might easily get bored or fed up if spending time too long. You can spend reading grammar rules from blogs or do grammar exercises for 30 minutes every time you spend for grammar session. I believe if you practice this tips consistently, your English will be improved and very soon you will master this international language.

Have a try and good luck!

INTERESTED IN OR INTERESTED AT, GOOD IN OR GOOD AT ?

Salam and Good Day to all readers !

Wow! How fast the time moves, now we are in the middle of January in the new year 2012. Hope everything is as planned and all of you are as energetic as usual.

Well, for today's entry I just want to share a very simple  lesson which commonly known by us but yet many of us too, tend to make mistakes in using it. The lesson is about  "collocations". What is collocations ? Collocations is words that go together. To be more specific, the two words must be used together in every phrase or sentence that we want to produce . Here are a few examples of collocations :

be absent from
be accustomed to
be afraid of
be agree with (someone), agree about/on (something)
talk to/with (someone), talk about (something)

These are only a few examples of collocations or also known as preposition combinations for all words are combined with prepositions like at,in,of ,to, with, from,etc.
Mistakes always done by users in choosing the correct preposition to be combined . For instance, the phrase good at language/English/Maths always mistakenly used as good in language/English/Maths. The same goes to go by foot. This is wrong to mean go walking because the correct usage is go on foot.

It's very common to make  mistakes like these :

A: How do you reach here?
B:  I come by foot . My house is just a stone throw from here.  ( The correct one is come on foot )

C: I'm interested at him because he is very good in winning my heart. ( The correct one : interested in , good at )

I think it's enough for this time . Hope all readers may benefit from this entry.