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.
Chose. See choose.
Chosen. See choose.
Clarity. Just as it is impossible to de ne “awkwardness,” so it is di cult to spell out just what its opposite—clarity—is and how to achieve it in writing and speaking.
The only certain testis to give your writing to people and ask if they understand it all quickly, completely, and easily. If they don’t, chances are that it is not clear.
Today it is assumed that clear writing is colloquial—close to everyday speech in
style, complexity, directness, and vocabulary. While this idea seems self-evident to all of us who live in the late twentieth century and is probably an adequate rule to follow, writers or speakers who try to convey very complex or unusual concepts might nd these guidelines hard to follow. How do we describe what we understand about nature or technology in simple ways See scienti c language and work hard to make your statements clear in a time of confusion, ba ement, and shifting standards.
Clause. Clusters of words that include a subject, verb, and object or predicate but that are parts of larger sentences are called clauses In themselves, clauses work in more or less the same way as whole, simple sentences, but clauses often are linked by conjunctions of various kinds that make them operate within the larger sentence

as nouns, adjectives, adverbs, or other parts of speech. When clauses assume the role of other parts of speech within a sentence, they must be in agreement with the other words or clauses they refer to or modify. As with most grammatical categories, you need not know the names of clauses, but you should use clauses correctly. Errors in agreement across clauses are frequent and glaring.
Since clauses let you buildup complex and varied relationships between clusters of words and ideas, they help you avoid bland writing or weak writing. Clauses are an important element of style and therefore merit particular care in their use. Here is a review of the rules and pitfalls of using clauses.

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