Grammar Rules

Dear all,

As we are about to celebrate Chinese New Year, do enjoy the days leading up to the festive period. There is nothing more important than the coming together of your family. Thereafter, do remember that your CA1 is coming up on the 26th February. We are just left with revising of our revision paper.

Some of the grammar rules covered these few days:

- Uncountable nouns (Always use the singular verb)

- Sally, as well as her sisters, ............
We only look at Sally in this case. 'as well as her sisters' is just extra information. The main subject is simply Sally (Singular), thus you should use the singular verb.

- Sally, together with her sisters, ..............
We only look at Sally in this case. 'together with her sisters' is just extra information. The main subject is simply Sally (Singular), thus you should use the singular verb.

- Prefers ....... to...............

- Rather .......... than.................

- Neither (noun 1) nor (noun 2) ................
- Either (noun 1) or (noun 2) ......................
We always look at the second noun to determine whether to use the singular or plural verb form.

e.g 
Neither the boys nor Peter is at the playground.
Either you or I am to complete the work. 

Synonyms
are words that mean the same.
e.g Friendly & Hospitable, Evil & Bad, Delicious & Sumptuous

Antonyms 
are words that have the different/opposite meaning.
e.g Evil vs Good, Kind vs Cruel

Here are this week's newspaper articles:

Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong