21st Century Grammar Handbook



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21st century grammar
21st century grammar, transformation, transformation, - - - .pdf;filename*= UTF-8''অনুবাদ চর্চা (প্রথম আলো পত্রিকা থেকে-২৯-০৩-২০২০)-1, 21st century grammar
participle forms.
Sink, sank, sunk. An irregular verb in its main, past tense, and past participle forms.
sit, sat, sat. An irregular verb in its main, past tense, and past participle forms. See set.
Situation. The word situation is badly overused today. Too many times writers and speakers say things like a recession situation a snow situation or something similar. It is much clearer and more direct to take situation out of these phrases,
where it functions as a kind of “ummm” or you know lling space or time while the writer or speaker thinks up something else to say.
Slang. Words that do not conform to current standards of acceptability are often called slang There are slangs associated with the military, teenagers, scientists,
computer enthusiasts, yuppies, preppies, and so on.
Since the words that some people nd to be slang are usually those they don’t

understand, and since by nature slang is the language of an in-group rather than the population at large, using slang means limiting your audience to those who understand or accept it. And since one purpose of grammatically correct, standard
English is to make statements that areas widely and e ectively understandable as possible, using slang is usually incorrect.
Of course, a few slang words eventually pass into the vocabularies of virtually all
English speakers, while others gain at least momentary and broad acceptance. And it maybe that a speci c audience will be attuned to some slang and tolerant of it in any circumstance. Moreover, the very unacceptability and limitedness of slang can make it an attention-getter that you can use for emphasis, or you can use it for
rhetorical, humorous, or other effect.
The point is to make sure that any words or phrases that could hinder communication or even o end an audience or part of it are chosen consciously and with recognition that a risk of incomprehension or rejection is being run. In this regard, slang should be treated with the same care as colloquial words, expletives,
dialect, jargon, foreign terms, and other language that might not be understood or approved. Be cautious, sure of your audience, and willing to be misunderstood. Or don’t use slang.
The line between the various categories of words or phrases with special or limited use or currency blurs and is of little consequence outside the grammar classroom. The point is that all these vocabularies have purpose and pitfalls that must be attended to in writing, checking, revising, and rewriting. See revision and editing.

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