In this journal I want to talk about the plan to achieve the goals set by the grammar especially in other / another and present continuous. I feel that the problem I was having when I have a rave rules have been solved. I will show what problems that I have in those two grammar and how I solved it.
First of all, other /another are one of grammar that I feel confused when I have it in exam or anything else. In the first time I thought that other means a lot of things and anther means very different things. But I shocked when I opened this websites. It shows the correct meanings for these words. Moreover, before I opened this site I have always question “When I can use other? And When I can use anther?”First, this site shows me what is the different between other and anther. Other is an adjective meaning 'different'. Another expresses quantity, something extra or additional. The second step was that I must test myself to know if I understand or not. And this websites has some exercise that proved that I understand that grammar.
The second grammar was Present continuous. It is very difficult to me to understand in which time I must use present continuous. In the first time I was only use it when I have some things talk about something that happen now. When I opened this websites http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous.html, and, Oxford Practice Grammar book. They proved that what I thought was correct but in some way. It is correct that we use present continuous to take about something happen now but also, we use it to indicate that something will or will not happen in the near future. Also, we use Present Continuous with words such as "always" or "constantly" expresses the idea that something irritating or shocking often happens. In this websites” www.eclecticenglish.com’’ I did some exercise that show that I have some progress in this grammar.
In conclusions, in last week I correct what I thought about other/another and present continuous. Also, I answered the question that I had. And I hope that I will not make any mistake in these grammars again. Also, I will use those websites again because I learned a lot of things.
This is a nice first entry, with lots of description and details. However, I am concerned that what you say you have learned is not necessarily correct. For example, “other” can also be a pronoun (with “the”), not just an adjective. There is also the form “others,” which you did not address. In addition, you have not stated that “another” is always singular, which is a key point in understanding when to use it. I think that, if you really want to understand and use these words correctly, you need to study them some more.
ReplyDeleteI would say the same thing about present continuous tense. There is really nothing in that tense that expresses irritation or shock. That can be an implication, but it is not always true.
Finally, please do make sure you check your grammar and spelling very carefully before you post. You have a lot of mistakes in sentence structure, verb tense, etc., and some important misspelled words. You might consider having someone check it over for you, as well.
-Julie