The sentence is the most significant grammatical unit, which consists of words, phrases, and clauses. The grammar of any language is organized based on this largest structural unit. Though innumerable definitions of the sentence exist, there is no complete, perfect, … continue reading
While asking about someone’s health conditions, you are expected to be very careful as health is a very sensitive issue. No one wants to offend a person while asking about his or her general health condition or any specific illness … continue reading
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. It is the largest grammatical unit, as discussed in grammar and linguistics. A sentence may contain one or more clauses depending on its type. It is important to … continue reading
When you ask for some time from someone, you don’t want to be ignored or denied just because of your inappropriate expressions or wrong choice of words. Remember! If you’re going to ask if someone is free or available, politeness … continue reading
Verbs refer to actions, and tenses refer to the time of actions. Tenses are of three types—present, past, and future. These three have four variations each, and in total, there are twelve types of them. Present simple tense indicates habits, … continue reading
The ideal length of a paragraph may vary depending on the purpose of writing. However, we cannot deny the importance of a perfect length of a paragraph to make our writing good, readable, and effective. In this post, I’ll talk … continue reading
In your daily life, both in the personal and professional arena, offering things to the people surrounding you is quite common. When you are in a family program or in an official event, offering things or help to others is … continue reading
If you study the structure of a letter, you will find different important parts in it. You may find some parts confusing or want to know more about them. I have been teaching business writing for a couple of years, … continue reading
No matter whether you are in family programs, office meetings, shopping malls, bus stops, or in schools, you undoubtedly experience situations when you need to seek permission from others to do something. Even if you need to get into the … continue reading
If you observe the ways native English speakers speak to someone, you will find uses of “please,” “sorry,” “excuse me,” “thanks,” and the like. These words are used by people who love being polite. Politeness is a virtue. People who are polite and are of good manners are loved by all. Their requests are earnestly considered and accepted by the people surrounding them.
Making requests means you are asking something from someone or you are asking someone to do something for you. Whether your request will be granted or not merely depend on the person you are requesting to. Thus you need to request in such a convincing way that the person happily accepts your request. But how?
