Pronoun Order Guide

• Denotation: Dictionary meaning
  Conotation: Figurative Meaning
• Agree with a person
  agree to something
• a sentence is never started with a numeral(1,2,3), if needed we spell it, called cardinal number(one, two three)
• Nominal Adjective: an adjective used as a noun for a group having the same quality e.g. he wise the great men were welcomed
• Since: Starting time e.g. I have owned this house since 1990.
  For: Total time e.g. He lived for 60 years.
• in a Heading we capitalize:
  • First and Last Word
  • All words except conjunctions, articles and prepositions
• In: something already present inside e.g. the fish live in the water
  Into: to put something inside e.g. i threw a book into the river.

verb

Two types:

• action: to do something e.g. run, jump ,hide
• state of being: to be/to exist e.g. is, am, are

Conditionals

Zero: a fact

• Structure: If + Present clause + Present clause
• if you jump into the water, you get/will get wet.

First: a probable future

• Structure: If + Present clause + shall/will/may/can + verb$I$
• If you throw a stone at that dog, It will bark.

Second: an improbable future

• Structure: If + past Indefinite/were + would/could/might+ verb$I$
• e.g. if you threw a stone at that dog, it would bark.

Third: past/wishful thinking

• Structure: If + past perfect + would/could might
• e.g. if you had thrown a stone at the dog, it would have barked

Subject-Verb Agreement

• Gerund Phrase: Singular
  e.g. buying a lot of books is/are not a good thing

• Compound Subject^[1]: singular/plural accordingly
  e.g. bread and egg is/my favorite. (its a common dish)
  The book and pen is/are on the table

• Gerund Phrase: Singular
  e.g. buying a lot of books is/are not a good thing

• Either or, Neither nor, not only, but also: according to the subject
  e.g Either Ali or his friends speak/speaks Arabic.
  Either Ali or his friend speak/speaks Arabic.

• With, along with, as well, as: according to first subject
  e.g. The $\underset{\text{First subject}}{\underbrace{\text{coach}}}$ with the player are/is in the ground
  The $\underset{\text{First subject}}{\underbrace{\text{players}}}$ with the coach are/is in the ground

• Fraction and percentage: verb according to noun after the fraction/percentage
  e.g. $\underset{fraction}{\underbrace{\text{Three parts}}}$ of the $\underset{noun}{\underbrace{\text{work}}}$ is/are done.
  $\underset{\mathrm{\%}\text{age}}{\underbrace{\text{one percent}}}$ of the $\underset{noun}{\underbrace{\text{students}}}$ is/are present.

• Majority: singular, plural if talking about plural noun
  e.g. . Majority of the people is/are poor.
  The majority of the city is/are poor