Module 2: Basic Eng Grammar

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Writing, for example, has different rules to those used when speaking.

When speaking you may be more informal and use body language to get your message across.

In writing you need to follow the rules of the language you're writing in.

* If there were NO rules, words - written and spoken - would not be universal and create much confusion.

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The English language is tricky because it has been influenced by other languages such as: French, German, Latin, Greek, Scandinavian, Arabic and Indian.

even professional writers such as editors and journalists don't always communicate clearly.

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Words are building blocks...need to know how to put them together.

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When we have a good understanding of the rules of the English language we can begin to play with them and to have fun with words.

we can use it to fulfil our purposes, whether that be to make an audience laugh, to move them to tears or simply to communicate our ideas.

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English language is very flexible. provide humour. to explain, to instruct, to describe and to report. We can mould language, shape it and form it according to our wishes if we know the basic rules for its use.

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Without words to express what we want to communicate we become frustrated.

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Archaic and Lost Words: Some words like "latchet" have disappeared because we do not wear leather sandals with straps up our legs any more. words though, like "mottle" or "haver" are words that we have stopped using through laziness.

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WORD GAME 1 & 2 - SPELLCHECK 1 & 2 unable to complete. Return on Laptop.