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How to express Opinions

जब हमें किसी से किसी particular topic पर उनके opinion (विचार) पूछना हो तो हम What do you think about से वाक्य को शुरू करते हैं। इसका अभिप्राय है कि आप क्या सोचते हैं? हम सीधे सीधे उनसे ये भी पूछ सकते हैं What do you think? (आप क्या सोचत...

Pronounce foreign phrases like pro

CLOSE HOME LEARN ENGLISH GRAMMAR SPEAK ENGLISH VOCABULARY WRITING SKILLS COMMON MISTAKES Home    Common Mistakes   Pronounce Foreign Language Phrases LIKE A PRO COMMON MISTAKES ENGLISH TRIVIA SPEAK ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORD FACTS Pronounce Foreign Language Phrases LIKE A PRO By  HINKHOJ  -   12/04/2017   4598 0 Facebook   Twitter   We hear them all the time. Sometimes we know what they mean. But, when we have to  utter them out of our Indian mouths, we end up saying something  stupid  or funny. Let’s face it, we all  struggle to  pronounce  foreign language phrases. But what’s the  big deal ? Isn’t it  enough  that we can speak English (sometimes with an accent)? Why do we need to learn to speak these “fashionable” FOREIGN LANGUAGE PHRASES? Well, I’m not saying that it’s  mandatory , but then, you can’t  e...

Foreign phrases

pro forma:  प्रारूप (as a matter of form) He was given a  pro forma  copy of a document. (उसे दस्तावेज का एक प्रारूप दिया गया था।) pro rata : यथानुपात (in proportion) As the rupee has fallen costs have risen on a  pro   rata   basis. (रुपए की कीमत गिरने से कीमतों में यथानुपात बढ़ोतरी हुई है।) quid pro quo : मुआवज़ा/ बदले मे...

Use of had better

किसी को strong advice देने के लिए वाक्य में “had better” का प्रयोग करते हैं। Although “had” is the past form of “have”, we use “had better” to give advice about the present or future. “had better” के साथ verb की base form का प्रयोग करते हैं पर उससे पहले "to" का प्रयोग नहीं करते। वाक्य में “had better” का प्रयो...

Internet slang

AMA: Ask Me Anything Bae: Babe / Before Anyone Else DAE: Does Anyone Else? DM: Direct Message ELI5: Explain Like I’m 5 FTFY: Fixed That For You HIFW: How I Felt When ICYMI: In Case You Missed It IMO / IMHO: In My Opinion / In My Humble Opinion IRL: In Real Life JSYK: Just So You Know MFW: My Face When

Making plurals:

Making plurals: Singular: The cow gave birth to a calf = गाय ने एक बछड़े को जन्म दिया. Tip. ज़्यादातर संज्ञाओं में '-s/-es' जोड़ कर बहुवचन बनता है लेकिन कुछ संज्ञाएं अनियमित बहुवचन होती है.\nइन अनियमित संज्ञाओं के अंत में '-f' और '-fe' आता है ...

Phrases related to point

pointless: व्यर्थ/ निरर्थक (useless) Talking to him is pointless, he never listens. (उससे बात करना व्यर्थ है, वह कभी नहीं सुनता।) point of view: दृष्टिकोण (a way of judging a situation based on a particular aspect) From my point of view, all this talk is a waste of time. (मेरे दृष्टिकोण से, यह सब बात समय की बर्बादी है।) point out: इशारा करना (to select or indicate someone or somethi...

No, Never , Not

*N o , Neve r , Not: These all are ADVERB but can't replaced their respective use - - I never went to Mumbai last week (wrong). - I did "not" go to Mumbai last week. *No is used before noun while not is before helping verbs. - I have no  pen. (right) - I don't have any pen. (right) Facebook.com/ basics.of.english.grammar