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Among /between
USE between when referring to exactly two people or things. Henry was told to stand between Herbert and me for the family portrait. Use among when referring to more than two people or things.
Their company will divide its profits among all its employees.
Beside/besides: Use beside when referring to a position “next to” something. We found the missing axe next to the classroom wall. Besides means “in addition to” or “other than”. Besides the spanner we also found the pump.
In/into
In refers to a movement that happened “inside” or “within”. The children jumped in the lorry. (while they were inside).
Into refers to a movement (from outside to inside). The children jumped into the lorry. (from outside to inside). On/onto: On has many meanings.
Use onto only for the meaning “moving toward the top of something.” Everyone scrambled onto the roof for a better look. He stepped onto the ladder and began to climb.
Try this short exercise to understand what we were talking about following a given example: The votes were divided (among /between) the four presidential candidates. The votes were divided among the four presidential candidates.
Be sure the children get (in, into) bed by six o’clock.
There was no one in the building (beside, besides) a few small children. The argument was (between, among) the four students with the highest grades.
(In, Into) the water we could see silver fish gliding just below the surface. (Onto, On) several occasions I thought about writing you. Please put the package (beside, besides) me; I’ll open it when I can. Children climbed (on, onto) boxes to have a better view.
About
Do not use about and at together in expressions of time. Use only the word that states the relationship you want to show.
We will be home at about 7:30. We will be home at 8:30. We will be home about 8:30. At: Do not use at with where. Wrong to say: “If you tell me where it is at. I’ll get it for you. If you tell me where it is.
I’ll get it for you. By: Do not use by to mean with. It is wrong to say: If that is your choice, it’s all right by me. If that is your choice, it’s all right by me.
Except: Use except (not outside of) to mean “other than” or excluding.” It is incorrect to say: Nothing outside of winning would please him. Nothing except winning would please him. On:
Use the verb blame instead of blame it on. It is wrong to say: I wasn’t there, so you can’t blame it on me. I wasn’t there, so you can’t blame me.
To: Do not use to as a replacement for at. Do not say: When I arrived to work, the office was closed. But, you can say: When I arrived at work, the office was closed. Do not use to when it is unnecessary. For example, it is wrong to say: Where are you going to in such a hurry? However, you can say: Where are you going in such a hurry?
The four principal parts of verbs. Tenses are formed from principal parts and helping verbs. A verb has four principal parts, the present participle, the past and the past participle.
For example, let us look at the verb walk under the stated parts: walk, walking, walked and (have walked); run, running, ran, and (have run).
The first principal part is used to form the present and future tenses.
To form the present an -s or –es is added whenever the subject is he, she, it or a singular noun (she walks, Peter runs). To form the future tense, the helping verb “will” is added (she will walk, Peter will run).
The second principal part is used with various helping verbs to produce all six of the progressive forms (she is walking, Peter was walking).
The third principal part is used to form the past tense (she walked, Peter ran). The fourth principal part is used with helping verbs for the three perfect tenses (she has walked, Peter had run, we will have run).
Forming regular and irregular verbs: The way the past and the past participle of a verb are formed determines whether the verb is regular or irregular.
Most of the verbs in the English Language are regular.
The past and past participle of a regular verb are formed by adding –ed or –d to the present form. The past and past participle have the same form.
Examples of principal parts of regular verbs under the following headings: Present, present participle, past and past participle: play, (is)playing, played and (has) played; skip, (is) skipping, skipped and (has) skipped; type, (is typing), typed and (has) typed.
Irregular verbs: Although most verbs are regular, a number of very common verbs, such as run, are irregular.
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