Symbols in English

Dashes 

Dash is used to indicate a pause in the middle of a text. There are two types of dashes. N and M dash.

N Dash

The best way to remember the N dash is that it is as same as the width of a letter N. If you use a keyboard you should type key dash and enter.

I will explain few instances you should use N dash. So you can understand when N dash should use on your tasks.

Range of numbers.

I can eat 10-15 hamburgers for dinner.

Range of time

The schedule window for the management meeting is 1:00-1:30pm.

If there is a connection between two words.

He is a well-educated businessman who will be conducting the seminar.

M Dash

Using M dash is quite a complex task. I advised you not to use it for your exams. 

It is basically used in informal writing. If you are a transcriptionist or a writer you can use em dashes sparingly.

M dash was used when the author seemed to indicate a strong connection. Instead of using semicolons, it is appropriate to use the em dash.

All in his life, He has had two friends__ Nimal and Kamal.


This is also used for presenting abusive content.

How to Read Novels and improve English: Godfather

GodFather Novel by Mario Puzo

 

 

This is learning English fun edition. Another method that I described is that reading. 

You have a great opportunity to increase your knowledge of doing that. 

This story is quite an addictive piece about an underworld king. This is so good that they have created movies using this book. 
The English used in this book seemed to be somewhat easy to understand.

 

When I put so much blame on traditional methods of teaching, these are my answers for you. Instead of wasting your time in a classroom with an English tutor, this is really satisfactory.

What is it about?

This book is about an underworld mafia king named Vito Corleone and his family members. Vito Corleone was a very poor illegal immigrant to the USA. 

However, after spending his life against injustice he managed to create his own Kingdom. He used to help people and with his intelligent mind, he managed to rein for decades. This was in the 1940s.

If you are a book person, it is as addictive as it gets. This one of the highest-selling books.

How to read a book if I can't read English

I know it is not going to be easy if you're a beginner, never read a book or anything in English. 

But you have to remember no one born to this world with knowing English even natives. 

So if you are a complete beginner, take your time take sentence by sentence, help with Google and a dictionary you will slowly but surely improve.

How still I can't read it

If you can't read even then you should start to watch TV shows that I cover in my previous blog.
Remember there is always a proper way.


Why I do not recommend God Father Movies.

As I mentioned before, they have created 3 sequel movies from this. These movies are a huge success even though they couldn't live up to the story in the book. 

They have skipped lots of parts. Therefore I do not recommend God Father Movies. 

How to get this book

I saw there are free pdf copies available for download (you can search Google) If you cannot buy this.


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Comma Mis-Use

The comma is a small pause that you can take. I will seperate causes, words, and thoughts. The comma can be a complex subject when it comes to writing. We will Discuss some main comma rules in English.

I have below listed out the general mistakes. 

My friend Virat, is a wonderful batsman.                   Seperate Single Sentance

Virat, and Rohit will be playing at wellington.           Seperate two proper nouns

Sanju will play guitar, and sing.                                  Seperate two verbs

We were hungry, We went to buy some food              Seperate two independent clauses         

Jack is taller, than Mike.                                              Seperate Comparisons


If you do one or more types of mistakes as presented above it can be hard to communicate your ideas properly. So, when you are doing reading it is important to look for the instances that comma has used and asked questions why he used that comma.

Below are the instances where you should use a comma

Jack is a brilliant student, and he likes to play cricket.

Before going to work, He always prays to God.

You did not play basketball, did you?


To be continued.......

How you can get 7.5 Band in IELTS

I want to share my journey regarding how I got a 7.5 band for speaking English. There are a lot of myths and false news out there about speaking English.

It is not a big obstacle. Yes, anyone can score 7+ in IELTS even if you are not a native speaker. I never speak in English during my childhood.

I was brought up in a very rural background and also not from English-speaking family background. 

So, it is up to you to listen and learn. I would say this will take time. You can hit 7+ without speaking with others. I did that, and I wasn't known as a social person. 

You have to refer to my previous articles on how I managed that.

Things to do

Read news (CNN/BBC/FOX)

Firstly, You have to understand the content. If you have found difficult words, then you can google them. Never use another language dictionary. At first, If you are a beginner, it can get difficult for you since you don't know most of the words. But never give up!!

Find IELTS model papers and practice on your own for reading.

There are hundreds of sites you can download IELTS pass and practice tests. You have to do at least 30. Keep an eye on the clock. Time is the main enemy here.

Doing a practice test on youtube is the best way of listening. There are hundreds of tests out there.

Writing

To achieve higher bandwidth, you need to be good at Grammar. You have to write letters and essays, and the most important thing is to rectify your mistakes. Make sure to check for punctuation.

Use software like Grammarly to improve your punctuation.

Homophones in English

Same Pronunciation    ⟹⟹⟹⟹⟹⟹      Different Meaning

Many beginners tend to make so many mistakes when they are dealing with homophones. This is confusing. Pronunciation is quite similar. 

however, you have to be careful about your spellings. You might end up writing a very different idea to what you have in mind.

Below are the few instances on Homophones

                         

1. ad, add
2. ail, ale
3. be, bee
4. beach, beech
5. bean, been
6. beat, beet
7. canvas, canvass
8. cast, caste
9. caster, castor
10. caught, court
11. caw, core, corps
12. cede, seed
13. ceiling, sealing
14. cell, sell
15. censer, censor
16. descent, dissent
17. desert, dessert
18. deviser, divisor
19.  dew, due
20. die, dye
21. discreet, discrete
22. doe, doh, dough
23. wain, wane
24. waist, waste
25. wait, weight
26. waive, wave
27. wall, waul
28. war, wore
29. told, tolled
30. tole, toll
31. ton, tun
32. tor, tore
33. tough, tuff
34. troop, troupe
35. tuba, tuber