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MODALS Modals are type of auxiliary that is used to express ability, possibility, permission or obligation. They are also called as "helping verbs" . However, they do not really help the verb to give a clearer image of the verb, but it helps to suggest a different meaning of the statement. For example: (1) I ride a bike. (2) I can ride a bike. In sentence 1, the speaker in the sentence is stating that he/she rode a bike. While in sentence 2, by adding the modal "can" , the speaker is now stating his/he ability to ride a bike. Helping verbs have NO meaning on their own. Modal helping verbs modify the meaning of the main verb. The modal verbs (or modal auxiliary verbs) are:  can, could, may, might, will, shall, would, should  and   must . Another is ought to  which is considered as "modal phrase". CAN VS COULD 1.   When talking about ABILITY. Can is used to say that someone is able to do some...

What is "Identifying Errors?" Identifying errors is a type of an exam where you will simply look for the errors in the sentences and correct them. You do not have to put out all the grammatical terms involved in those sentences nor explain why they became errors. You just have to find and correct them. Simple! What's my problem with "Identifying Errors?" This. Is. Not. SIMPLE. At least for me ... and for my classmates (???). Identifying errors in exam has always been a problem to me. There are times when I have found out the WRONG words in a given sentence --- thanks goodness I was able to figure out that some words are wrongly placed in a sentence after how many "identifying grammatical error" quizzes I took online. Take note: "SOME" words. Meaning, I'm still wrong with the other ones. *sigh*  And to think that I still have to CORRECT those wrong words to be able to produce an error-free sentence ... *double sigh* ...

Ever since we, Filipinos, began schooling, we also started learning English as it is being taught since our kindergarten days --- probably even speaking some English words before entering school. But even with that long time of learning this language, I'm still having a hard time mastering it. I'm trying to convince, myself it is my L2 and it is okay having a hard time learning this, but hey, it's what I am majoring in so I have to learn it well.  Including this: 21 Subject and Verb Agreement 1. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. Plural noun takes plural verb, while singular noun takes singular verb. Example: The dog growls when he is angry.                 The dogs growl when they are angry. These agreement rules do not apply to verbs used in the simple past tense without any helping verbs. Example:  The girls talked to me. (plural)                 ...

Last Monday, August 3, the College of Arts and Letters (CAL), the house of my course Bachelor of Arts in English, celebrated the Buwan ng Wika . The professors of our department joined the celebration which included the parade of the CAL students representing different festivals here in the Philippines, followed by their performances held at the freedom park. Our AEG professor was there, and so we didn't have class that day. Same thing happened last Thursday because we had a quiz. To make it short, we have no topic yet for another article. Therefore, let me take a break from my Grammar class and post my sentiments about the current situation of education here in our country because --- why not? I say "NO   to K to 12 Program!" K to 12 is the program covering Kindergarten; six (6) years of primary education, four (4) years of Junior High School, and two (2) years of Senior High School - which makes it 12 years.  So basically, ther...