Engelsk grammatik
-English Grammar
Vad roligt att äntligen få lära sig hur det skall
vara!
Never
forget the fact that learning a language is just like building a house. If
you're old enough to know what a house is like in general terms, you're also old
enough to know where to start, right? Yes, you start by building a very good and
solid foundation. Anything else is simply a waste of time and money, not to
mention wits...
In
this section you will find a number of
language exercises,
articles and links to pages and sites covering the various grammar and
vocabulary topics most oftenly confusing or difficult to both Scandinavians (Swedes,
Norwegians & Danes) and Anglo-Saxons
(Anglo-Saxons= people
from the English-speaking countries Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zeeland, the
United Kingdom and the U.S.A.).
På den här sidan samt underordnade sidor
så kommer du att finna ett antal språkövningar, förklarande och beskrivande
textstycken, sidor och artiklar [samt länkar till olika sidor och "sajter" som behandlar de olika
grammatikregler och aspekter som så ofta skapar problem för både skandinaver
och människor från den s.k. "anglosaxiska världen"
(Anglosaxiska
världen= Australien, Storbritannien,
Canada, Irland, Nya Zeeland och U.S.A.).
Our grammar will be focusing on verbs, prepositions and related matters and the vocabulary
will vary from general everyday matters to areas of concern to us all such as
food (foods, cooking, eating & recipes),
money (business & financce &
shopping), logistics,
cars and
computers.
Vår grammatik kommer att koncentreras på verb och
prepositioner, och ordförrådet kommer att variera mellan vardagliga
företeelser och ämnesområden som berör oss alla såsom mat (matvaror,
matlagning, ätande och matrecept), pengar (affärer
& finans & ekonomi & att handla i affärer), bilar
och datorer.
There'll be a growing number of interactive language exercises, quizzes
and tests for both those who speak Swedish and those who speak English.
Språkövningar för både svensktalande och engelsktalande, tillika med
tester och prov av olika slag, kommer successivt att fyllas på
"under" den här sidan, och många kommer att vara interaktiva.
The
spelling of English words is very inconsistent.
Words
of one syllable ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double
the final consonant before adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.
hop
- hopped, bat - batter, spin - spinning
Words
of more than one syllable which are accented on the final syllabale and
which end in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel double the final
consonant before adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.
occur
- occurred, admit - admitting
Words
ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant change the 'y' to 'i' before adding
suffixes.
salary
- salaries, marry - married, fancy - fanciful, merry - merriment, lonely -
loneliness
NOTE
When working in, or with, Swedish and English you must always be careful
when dealing with verbforms such as progressive form and simple tense as
differences here have major impact on meaning and interpretation of
circumstances in question. The grammar aspect might not necessarily be the
most crucial issue to consider unfortunately, which otherwise would have
simplified the matter considerably.
-"He's
drinking!"- = Han dricker (just nu). / "Kolla på
honom!" Han dricker! (...och det brukar han aldrig göra annars!) / Han
"tar sig en hutt" (...och det brukar han aldrig göra annars!). /Han
är drickande.
-"She was dying when I
arrived."- = Hon var döende då jag anlände./ Hon höll
på att dö (...och bara just då) när jag kom. (...och kanske, tack vare att
jag dök upp, så ordnade det hela upp sig och hon "hämtade sig"!)
NOTE Note that above examples contain elements of coincidence, an incident, an
occasion, accident etc.
Below you'll find examples showing the
opposite or extreme where something is terminated, finished, permanent, "beyond
hope and will"!
-"He
drinks."- = Han brukar dricka (jämt). /Han är
vanedrickare. /Han super. / Han tittar för djupt i glasen (vanligtvis). /Han
är "drinkare".
-"She died when
I arrived."- = Hon dog när jag anlände (kom).
/
Hon avled när jag kom.
Ice cream, Sunday &
sundae
En "sundae" är helt enkelt en glassefterrätt med frukt eller
fruktsaft
iblandat, ofta dessutom försedd
med vispgrädde och nötter.
Engelskan är ju konsekvent i detta avseende till skillnad från svenskan
beträffande hantering av namn. Söndag likväl som mars och september och Kalle
och Sigrid är ju alla namn, och skall också därmed ha stor bokstav. Så är
alltid fallet i engelskan men tyvärr icke i svenskan där man använder liten
bokstav på såväl dagsnamn, helger som månadsnamn.
Man kan uttala "Sunday" och "sundae" likadant så det
blir ju den s.k. kontexten, sammanhanget, som avgör betydelsen. Som svensk kan
man knappast påstå att detta skulle vara en oöverstiglig svårighet med
uttryck som "Får får får?" eller "Som man får man utstå vad man förtjänar."
samt ett därmed förknippat språkligt dilemma som "Hästen har man!"
Nog kan språk
synas outgrundliga, ibland...
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Now spend a few minutes
on your vocabulary and the word
'chip'(s).
Think of all the different
variations in meaning you
can come up with (translated into Swedish).
Put the word in context
(Write sentences!). Define the word in each context.
What are the various meanings of the word chip/-s
you can come up with?
Use both American and British
dictionaries. Without the two you are likely to (you will) fail.
Goodbye,
Mr. Chips by James
Hilton (Paperback )
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Is there such a thing as a chipmunk
(chip-muck)? And
what about a 'chip-shot', where I've heard some people confuse it with 'cheap
shot'…? Numerable are those instances when it's been a question of
trying to establish certainty as to whether or not somebody means 'who' or
'how'. I mean if someone asks you "How is it?" or "Who is
it?" obviously might cause some confusion, especially if you're in a
hectic business environment, or even worse, at an emergency ward.
Having said that, we're getting awfully close to all
those pronunciation errors basically depending upon difficulties making a
correct distinction between "sh-" and "ch-" leading to
'sheep' becoming 'cheap' or vice versa, and 'chip' and 'ship' will further
complicate the issue. Stress of syllables not taken into consideration as
in 'sheet' and 'shit'.
You've probably heard about the guy who came down to
the reception desk of a
hotel on the East Coast trying to get
a
clean sheet to his bed. The desk-clerk misinterpreted the whole story into
the more embarrassing idea that the guest in question had simply "shit
in his bed"…
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-In case that cactus stays (above this line),
click your Refresh Button!
Funderar du
på att skriva
uppsats?
The English Pages
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
Contains definitions, suggestions, over 170 computer-graded quizzes,
and a way to submit queries regarding grammar and usage. An award-winning
Website from Capital Community College in Hartford
Sentence
Sense: A Writer's Guide
Written by Evelyn Farbman of Capital Community College and prepared for
use on the Internet by Charles Darling. This online textbook in basic
writing offers students three approaches to becoming more confident
writers.
Här kan du se hur man rättar på engelska, med
korrekturläsningssymboler, rättningsmarkeringar etc.
Some Online Aids on
Proofreading and Editing
Why English Teachers Are
Important - A Story
This reminds me of a trip I made to Aspen many years ago. There was a woman at work
who told me before I left that she would like me to send her a postcard from
there, because she collected
postcards.
This woman was in her forties at the
time and was the original case of mutton dressed up as lamb.
When I
got to Aspen, I found the perfect
card for her.
It read "Aspen - The weather is here, wish you were beautiful."
After I sent it I felt a bit
guilty but it was too late to do anything about it.
When I got back
to Sydney this woman came up to me and said the postcard was one of the
sweetest things anyone had ever done for her.
I couldn’t figure it out until
I realised that she had
read
it as "The weather is here, wish you were, beautiful."
Vill du bli duktig på engelska? Studerar du nu i det svenska gymnasiet
eller i högskolan?
Prova i lugn och ro de olika länkarna på den här
sidan.
Här finns mycket att lära och öva, saker som du aldrig kommer att
finna i "den vanliga" undervisningen.
The English Clause - Details on writing proper English
Den engelska satsen - Information om hur man skriver korrekt engelska
The Clause:
An Introduction
An
introduction to the study of grammar and, more specifically to the study of the clause in English.
The
Clause:
Form and Function
Some
exploration into the dual nature of grammatical structure — how language can be studied from the
viewpoint of both form and function.
Verbs
A discussion of the verb function in the clause.
phoentics -
fonetik,
uttal
& ljudlära
"What is
Gramster ?
Gramster is a grammar package which helps you to improve your English using
40 grammatical points.
The software is also fully authorable.
The
pedagogical approach is modern and the subjects
are related to the
grammatical points which deal with daily life
and today's citizen
environment.
At the end of each level are 10
tests for reviewing and
evaluating the progress achieved.
The network
version allows you to follow
your students' progress and can be used on a
same site with an unlimited
number of PCs!
The CD-ROMs are delivered with a
study guide.
The students
can try all exercises (answers are provided).
All explanations are in
English (or in French), depending on the
language you select."
What about other grammar aspects & parts
such as adverbs?
Hur
är det med skrivandet och skrivförmågan?
Vet
du hur man egentligen skall skriva en mening, ett stycke, eller en hel berättelse?
A helpful review on writing
Sentence
Fragments for additional information on thoughts that cannot stand
by themselves and sentences known as "stylistic fragments".
See how
various types of
sentences, structurally, are defined, with examples etc...