11. Câu mệnh lệnh Câu mệnh lệnh là câu có tính chất sai khiến nên còn gọi là câu cầu khiến. Một người ra lệnh hoặc yêu cầu cho một người khác làm một việc gì đó. Nó thường theo sau bởi từ please. Chủ ngữ của câu mệnh lệnh được ngầm hiểu là you. Luôn dùng [...]
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The Web is awash with advice on academic writing. Here is a sampling of excellent resources that are likely to fit your needs as a student: Comprehensive: Purdue University in Indiana has a large and inclusive set of high-quality online handouts. It gives advice on writing in specific genres (including a section on writing application letters [...]
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What are articles? Articles are special modifiers that appear before nouns or noun phrases. Like other adjectives, they help clarify the meaning of the noun in your sentence. There are only two articles in the English language: the and a (and its variant an, used before a word that starts with a vowel sound). A noun may also [...]
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Revising gives you the chance to preview your work on behalf of the eventual reader. Revision is much more than proofreading, though in the final editing stage it involves some checking of details. Good revision and editing can transform a mediocre first draft into an excellent final paper. It’s more work, but leads to real [...]
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What is an annotated bibliography? An annotated bibliography gives an account of the research that has been done on a given topic. Like any bibliography, an annotated bibliography is an alphabetical list of research sources. In addition to bibliographic data, an annotated bibliography provides a concise summary of each source and some assessment of its [...]
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Critical writing depends on critical reading. Most of the papers you write will involve reflection on written texts – the thinking and research that has already been done on your subject. In order to write your own analysis of this subject, you will need to do careful critical reading of sources and to use them [...]
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Adverbs are an important part of speech. They usually answer questions such as how?, where?, when?, how often? and how much? What is an Adverb? What do adverbs do? What’s their job? Adverb Form How do we make adverbs? Kinds of Adverbs What are the main kinds of adverbs? Adverb Position Where do we place [...]
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Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. Pronouns are words like: he, you, ours, themselves, some, each… If we didn’t have pronouns, we would have to repeat a lot of nouns. We would have to say things like: Do you like the [...]
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A preposition is a word governing, and usually coming in front of, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element, as in: She left before breakfast. What did you come for? (For what did you come?) List of Prepositions A Simple Rule for Prepositions Prepositions of Place at the bus [...]
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A conjunction is a word that “joins”. A conjunction joins two parts of a sentence. Here are some example conjunctions: Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so although, because, since, unless We can consider conjunctions from three aspects. Form Conjunctions have three basic forms: Single Word for example: and, but, because, [...]
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