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  Difference between Each_VS_Every #1. Each:  Like Every, it  also can  be a determiner, pronoun and an adverb. There are some conditions in which only each is used: 1. For only two things/items/persons . Can you write with EACH hand? (Not Every hand) 2. Immediately before OF + noun/pronoun.. EACH of them is correct. (Not Every) 3. Immediately after PRONOUN to emphasize... They EACH have a beautiful face. (Not Every) 4. At the END of the sentence: Not normally but while referring amounts and quantities, it can appear at the end of the sentence. They cost 10 £ EACH. (Not Every) #2. Every :  Many things have been explained already in previous posts. So, here you can find  only those conditions in which Every is used. 1. After Almost, practically, nearly or without exception... Almost EVERY student has passed the quiz. Practically EVERY house has wifi connection installed. 2. Before ONE+ OF +DETERMINER/noun .. EVERY one of the teacher tried his best. #Both can...

  Between, among: meaning and use We use between to refer to two things which are clearly separated.  We use among to talk about things which are not clearly separated because they are part of a group or crowd or mass of objects:   Example   Our holiday house is between the mountains and the sea.  (the mountains are on one side and the sea is on the other) Example   The ancient fountain was hidden among the trees.  (surrounded by trees) Between and prepositional phrases Between is most often used to introduce a prepositional phrase which contains two singular or plural noun phrases: Example   There was a cyclist [prepositional phrase]between the car and the lorry. Example   I didn’t see any difference [prepositional phrase]between the real bags and the imitation bags.   We can also use between + pronoun when referring to two people or things: Example   I gave Yolanda and Lynn some money and told them to share it between them. We can...

■THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CATENATIVES AND MODALS      Confusions arise between catenatives and modals because both can introduce a chain of verb form,esp when followed by base forms or to-infinitive       Modals are different from catenatives in that modals lack the semantic content that catenatives have.The modals are used to help other head/main verbs to form moods modifying the meaning of the head/main verbs and have no meaning in themselves and the head/main verbs are changed into non-finite form (to-infinitive or a base form).Different from the modals,the catenatives are the head/main verb of the chain and has their own meaning.       ○ Visitors SHOULD INFORM the receptionist of their arrival .  (Here the main/head verb is a base form INFORM while SHOULD is a modal.)       ○These HELP REDUCE the pain.  (Here the main/head verb HELP is a catenative verb while the base form REDUCE acts as a complement of th...

  CATENATIVE VERBS 1:     A catenative verb (aka a chain verb) is a verb that can link with other verbs to form a chain of verbs.When a catenative verb links with other verbs,the a catenative verb acts as a head/main verb and the other verbs have to change its form into non-finite froms, such as to-inf,bare-inf, or gerund. For examples:       🔹The birds BIGIN TO SING. (The catenative BEGIN is a head/main verb and the linked verb SING has to change its form into to-inf form TO SING)       🔹They LIKE READING books. (The catenative LIKE is a head/main verb and the linked verb READ has to change its form into gerund form READING.)       🔹The books HELP SHED light on the problems.  (The catenative HELP is a head/main verb and the linked verb SHED has to change its form into a non-finite SHED.)      The non-finite verb, which is linked with the main/head catenative verb,can take function as either an obj or com...

  DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “STATEMENT” AND “SENTENCE” STATEMENT  A statement is a speech or sentence that states something positively or negatively and delivers an information in the manner of claiming the information to be true. It comes in the forms of affirmative or negative sentences as well as it can come in the form of exclamatory expressions also, but never interrogative, nor imperative. And a statement does not require a feedback. If the receiver of the statement wants to give a reply or feedback, they can but they are not required to give any feedback or reply. Examples of Statement: 1. He is a good teacher. 2. He is not a good teacher. 3. Wow! He is an awesome teacher! 4. If we can travel at the speed of light, we can reach at the sun in 8 minutes and 20 seconds.  Through statements, we STATE facts or hypotheses. In simple language, making a statement means to deliver an information of fact or hypothesis accompanied by an implicit claim that the delivered information ...

  PRESENT PARTICIPLE versus GERUND The origin of both present participle and gerund is VERB words. And the physical constructional structure of both present participle and gerund is: VERB + ing Involving present participle and gerund, there exists a confusion and an incorrect idea, as follows: CONFUSION Because the origin and structural pattern of both present participle and gerund are the same, it often creates confusion about identifying which ones are present participle and which are gerund. INCORRECT IDEA Many grammarians define that the verb-ing words as gerund where they function like noun, in that, they define that the verb-ing words are gerund “ONLY where” they function like a NOUN, or where they function like “NOUN ONLY”. The incorrectness in this definition is not that verb-ing words are gerund where they function like noun. But the incorrectness is in the position limiting the function to “noun ONLY”. The correct definition is: The verb-ing words are gerund where they fu...