Grammar

Di bawah ini ialah ‘grammar mistake’ yang sering aku lakukan. Page ini hanyalah sebagai peringatan untuk aku menulis di dalam BI. Semoga info-info di bawah ini sedikit sebanyak dapat membantu meningkatkan taraf penulisan di dalam bahasa English.
Amaran: Aku tidak bertanggungjawab di atas sebarang kesalahan informasi berkenaan ‘grammar’ di bawah. Aku pun bukannya pandai English sangat.
Nasihat:
- Laman wordreference boleh dijadikan panduan untuk belajar BI / English.
- Laman MyKamus adalah sumber terbaik untuk kamus online BM – BI
Ayat pasif:
- The tree is cut by Abu (o)
- The drink is prepared by mom (o) – The drink is prepare by mom (x)
- The letter is written by Abu (o) – The letter is wrote by Abu (x)
Because (kerana) / Cause (menyebabkan):
- They want to eat because they are hungry (o)
- They want to eat cause they are hungry (x)
- Living in a poor family caused him to steal (o)
Opinion:
- Based on my opinion (x)
- Based from my opinion (x)
- In my opinion (o)
Penanda Wacana (Penyedap ayat):
- On the other hand (o) – In the other hand (x)
- Besides that (o) – Besides, (x)
- Furthermore
- In contrast to (untuk comparison)
- In my opinion
- Despite
- Most apparent
- Due to the fact that
Others:
- In Taiping (o) – At taiping (x)
- At hospital (o) – In hospital (x)
- In the morning (o) – At morning (x)
- On 25 Jan (o) – At 25 Jan (x) – On Tuesday (o)
- Number of visitors (o) – Numbers of visitor (x)
British vs American (Malaysia guna British English):
- Colour (British) – Color (American)
- Lorry (British) – Truck (American)
- Favourite (British) – Favorite (American)
Isu American English vs British English:
- Malaysia menggunakan British English tetapi kebanyakan software di Malaysia menggunakan American English. Sebab itulah Auto Spelling Checker di MS Word sekalipun akan menanda perkataan-perkataan British English yang anda tulis sebagai salah meskipun sebenarnya ia betul.
Example 1:
- After your website or blog is finished, we need to submit it (x)
- After your website or blog is finished, you need to submit it (o)
KIV:
- Membezakan antara sifat dan perbuatan
- affect vs effect
How to use it:
Can vs Could:
- This could bring us closer to
- This can bring us closer to
Will vs Would:
- I knew that she would be very successful in her career
- I knew that she will be very successful in her career
Shall vs Should:
- Something you should know
- Something you shall know
Does vs Do:
- Does anybody know
- Do anybody know
Too vs Also:
- You can go to different places too by using our plane.
- You can also go to different places by using our plane.
- You also can go to different places by using our plane.
- You can go to different places also by using our plane.
BM BI Translation:
Kita harus berhenti menggunakan komputer.
- We should stop using computer (x)
- We should stop to use computer (o)