I VS ME

Throughout years of teaching, the most common mistakes done by most students are wrong usage of pronouns I and Me. The rules for these two pronouns is very simple ; I refers to Subject, whereas Me is the Object. Hence, in constructing sentences which involve these two pronouns, the said rules must be applied.

Look at how I and Me is used in these sentences ;

My brother and I used to go to school by foot when we were young. ( I as Subject )
My brother used to teach me how to ride bicycle when I was young. (Me as Object )
He told Mariam and me to wait for him at the library. (Me as Object)

The usage of I and Me also confusing in comparison types of sentence. Remember ; In comparison sentence, I (Subject ) is used not Me. Look at these examples ;

He is older than I .
You are as tall as I.
Who did it? Not I.

Vital Rules For Possessive Nouns

Hello There! The next important matter in learning Nouns is The Possessive Nouns. All know that PN refer to a person possesses something. The person who has the possession can be singular or plural. The rules to note the possessive form lies on Singular Noun or Plural Noun.

For Singular Noun, the Possessive Form must be written as follows :

My mother's friend is Jean.
My friend's house is not far from here.
The girl's shirt is wet.

For Plural Noun, Here are the Possessive Forms :

My friends' houses are far from here.
My parents' cars are not yet washed.
The students' assignments are on my table.

Possessive Form for Irregular Plural Nouns :

The children's toys are on the floor.
Books about people's lives are interesting to read.
This store sells women's clothing only.

Important Reminder :

Don't use apostrophe 's' ('s) to show PN of non-living things.

The book's cover is not attractive. ( Wrong )
The cover of the book is not attractive. ( Correct )

The bus's wheel . (Wrong)
The wheel of the bus. ( Correct )

Learning English is neither difficult nor too easy ! The most important thing to do in mastering the language is never give up and keep on trying... Of similar important is always aware of the rules and regulation of the language particularly grammatical rules. Let's give attention to the first rules here :

1. Forming Plural Nouns

Not all plural Nouns end with ' s '. ( pen - pens , book - books, animal - animals, etc )
There are Plural Nouns end with 'ies', 'ves', 'shes', 'ches', 'ses'. 'xes'. The changes depend on the last letter of the Nouns, for example ;

baby - babies
ferry - ferries
thief - thieves
wife - wives
bush - bushes
dish - dishes
glass - glasses
class - classes
box - boxes
tomato - tomatoes
potato - potatoes
radio - radios
zoo - zoos

Irregular Plural Nouns

The plural form is totally different from the root word. Learners are highly advisable to memorize this pattern of Irregular Form.

Child - Children
foot - Feet
Man - Men
fish - fish
ox - oxen

Remember this rule, till i write again the other important rules on my next entry. Bye-bye... see you again !