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Prepositions in English Part 5 Tricky situations with “ at ” Just like “ in ” and “ on ,” there are some situations with at where it is hard to decide if it should be used, or whether another preposition might be better.

Prepositions in English Part 4 When to use “ at ” Much like “ in ” and “ on ” the use of “ at ” can also be tricky at times.   “ At ” like “ in ” and “ on ” is used to show where something is. “At” usually means that something is very close to something else.

Prepositions in English Part 3 When to use “ in ” and “ on ” The use of “in” and “on,” can be tricky for second-language speakers because these words don’t always follow predictable patterns.   There are a few general rules for using these words to make it a bit easier.

  Prepositions in English Part 2 When not to use “to” Sometimes sentences don’t need a preposition even though it might seem like they demand it. Sometimes using a preposition is optional, but other times it should never be added .

  Prepositions in English Part 1   Tricky Prepositions Some prepositions are tricky. They can’t always be translated directly into English from other languages.

  Prepositions in English What are prepositions   Prepositions are words that tell us where something is or how something is done, they are words that show the relationship between two things.

  Either or. Neither nor Part 5 Using either to agree with someone in the negative Sometimes either is used to show agreement in the negative. If someone tells you about a negative opinion/ feeling, they can use the word “ either ” to show that you feel the same way.

  Either or. Neither nor Part 4   Both and “ Both ” functions similarly to “either,” but like “neither” there are a few important differences. “ Neither ” is used when there are two options, but you choose all of them.   “ Both ” is a short way of saying: “you and you” or “that and that.” It means that each of the two options is included.   “ Both ” is used with the word “and” not “ or .”

  Either or. Neither nor Part 3 Neither nor “ Neither ” functions similarly to “either,” but there are a few important differences. “ Neither ” is used when there are two options, but you choose none of them.   “ Neither ” is a short way of saying: “not you and not you” or “not that and not that.”   “ Neither ” is used with the word “ nor ” instead of “ or .”

Either or. Neither nor Part 2 When does “ either ” not get an “ or ” If either is used without the word or it changes the meaning of the word. If it is instead used with the word “ of ” it almost always refers to two items of the same type or category.  

Either or. Neither nor Part 1 Either or Either is a short way of saying: “you or you” “this or that”  

What are Articles? There are only three articles in the English language: a, an ,the  Because of this, they are some of the easiest parts of speech to recognize. Articles are used to indicate what object is referred to.

What are verbs? verbs are often times called doing words. This is because verbs are words that indicate an action taking place. Examples of verbs are: run, jump swim, talk Example 1: "Otis  ate  an apple." Example 2: "He likes to  play  in the snow." The words  ate  and  play  are both verbs because they indicates an action taking place. They tells us what someone is doing.

What are nouns? Nouns are the words we use for things that exist in the world. Example 1: "The  cat  jumped onto the  table ." In this sentence the wo rds cat and table are both nouns because they are things that exist in the world. Example 2: " Otis took the  trash  out." In this sentence both  Owl  and  trash  are both nouns seeing as they too are things that exist in the world.

Each word in t he English language can be grouped into one of ten categories based on what meaning they have in a sentence. These categories are called the parts of speech. Although the parts of speech also have sub-categories, we will only focus on the main function of each of the parts of speech for this tutorial.