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Rules of English Grammar and Usage [For all Competitive Exams]
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Dedicated to
ANANYA (My lovely daughter)
Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................... 1-15 2. Noun ................................................................................ 16-46 3. Pronoun ............................................................................ 47-76 4. Adjective ......................................................................... 77-111 5. Article ........................................................................... 112-142 6. Verb .............................................................................. 143-216 7. Tense ........................................................................... 217-245 8. Concord (Syntax or Subject and Verb Agreement) ......... 246-263 9. Adverb .......................................................................... 264-286 10. Inversion ...................................................................... 287-290 11. Preposition ................................................................... 291-362 12. Conjunction .................................................................. 363-390 13. Interjection .................................................................. 391-393 14. Question Tags .............................................................. 394-403 15. Transformation of Sentences ........................................ 404-417 16. Voice ............................................................................. 418-445 17. Narration (Direct and Indirect Speech) ......................... 446-473 18. Spelling Error ............................................................... 474-489 19. Contractions ................................................................. 490-493 20. Parallelism ................................................................... 494-495 21. Punctuation .................................................................. 496-503 22. Common Errors: How to Avoid Them ............................ 504-536 23. Structure of Different Types of Sentences .................... 537-571
Preface This book is an introduction to rules of English grammar and usage. The book gives the suiting of language to purpose. It spells out the rules of grammar. And it gives and lays down what is acceptable usage. This is for daily s of English with new models and examples. The aim is to increase the readers' skills in handling English language. There are many books on English grammar in the market. Competitive exam aspirants have always been complaining that there is no book which covers all the rules exhaustively. Keeping the complaints of such candidates in mind I have tried to make a unique book on English grammar for competitive exams aspirants. I hope that the students will appreciate my unique attempt. No book can be the last word on the subject. I am conscious that the book can further be improved. I will welcome suggestions or comments from the readers in this respect. I am very thankful to my esteemed publishers Dr Sanjay and Mr Manoj Kumar for their painstaking and creative efforts to bring this book in such a nice form. I would like to extend my thanks to all those who have played a role in making the book available to the readers. I am grateful to those in the computer section — Mr Abhyanand Sinha, Mrs Pinky Bisht, Mr KB Singh and Mr Pankaj Narang without whom this book would not have been possible. No work is perfect. I would be obliged to those who point out the errors of this book. Advice and suggestions for the improvement of the book will be gratefully received. K Kundan Email:
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