Introduction

To achieve good marks in the BANK PO and any Government Job Entrance exams, it is very necessary to have a proper knowledge of the basic fundamentals and grammatical rules of English Lannguage. This section provides all students with the proper notes needed to prepare for all types of Government Job Entrance tests.

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POINT NO.41: Avoid double negatives.
Words like hardly scarcely etc. are adverbs that are negative in meaning. Therefore, no other negative should be used with them.
                        You could hardly expect that to happen (not couldn�t hardly)
                         He scarcely recognized me. (not didn�t scarcely)

Troublesome Prepositions
Prepositions are a part of speech used to show the relation of a noun or noun equivalent (the object of the preposition) to some other word in the sentence.

 POINT NO.42: All ,of
Do not use of after all, unless the next word is a pronoun.
             All the men belong to the Rotary Club.
            All of us belong to the Rotary Club.
            ALL of us boys belong to the Lake View Hostel.

Point No.43:  Among, between
Among always implies more than two; between literally implies two. Between, however, is now often used for three or more items, when each is regarded individually.
           The teachers distributed the pens among the students. (more than two) 
           Distribute these clothes among the workers. (more than two)
           The commission is divided evenly between the two partners. (only two persons) 
           What is the difference between a thief and a robber? (only two attributes)

However, between may be used for more than two persons or things in order to bring each person or thing into the relation expressed.
            The difference between the three girls was so slight that they might have been thplets.
            While packing glass tumblers, be sure to place paper between them.
            The three children had but Rs 10 between them.

POINT NO. 44:  At, in
Both at and in are used in reference to places. Mostly in is used for larger places and at for smaller places.

            He lives a: Gill Chowk in Moradabad.
            She Lives in Ghaziabad and works at Mahesh Institute.

POINT NO.45:  In, into, in, to
In implies the position within and into implies motion without to within. In to is a two word phrase in which in is an adverb.
                        The correspondence is in the liLe.
                        He walked into my office.
           Mr Sharma came in to see me.

POINT NO.46:  Beside, besides
 Besides means in addition to: beside means by the side of.
             Besides, we need your support in this venture.
            Besides being fined, he was also jailed.
           I sat beside my teacher in the class.
            I live beside the Post Office.

POINT NO. 47: On. upon, up on
Both on and upon are interchangeable, although upon is a little more formal and emphatic. In the two word phrase up on. on is an adverb.
            Please place the book on the table.
            His statements were based upon the scientific data.
            It will be necessary to step up on the school.

 

POINT NO.48: Some words like senior junior prefer. Prior, superior, inferior, preferable etc. are followed by to and not than.
            He is senior to me in service.
            Health is more preferable to wealth.
            This cloth is inferior to that cloth.