Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Prevaricate

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,

According to Reuters, China is encouraging its pilots to improve their English. But some pilots have the wrong attitude and are prevaricating.

Example taken from this article.

Word for the day:
prevaricate - verb(intransitive): to stray from or evade the truth, to make untrue declarations.

Allah knows best.

Monday, June 18, 2007

Did you know?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,

Did you know that a verb that follows a did or a do is always in its root form?

So do verbs that follow a does.

Examples:

Did you do that? -> The root form of does is do.

He does not know how to answer that question. -> Know is used here for a third person pronoun(he) instead of knows.

Yes, she was here but she did not eat the pie. -> Eat is used in its root form even though the event was in the past.

Allah knows best.
Disclaimer: I am neither an English native speaker nor a qualified English teacher.