Palindromes are sequences that read the same when read from left to right and right to left.
eg. mom, dad, nun, Nitin, Arora, radar, pop, tat, madam, malayalam, did, eye.
egs. of sentence Palindromes:
1) Able was I ere I saw Elba
2) A man, a plan, a canal, Panama
3) Madam I'm Adam
4) Niagara O Roar Again
Generate more palindromes on your own.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
ANAGRAMS
Anagrams are jumbled words.
1) DICTIONARY = INDICATORY
2) ELEVEN PLUS TWO = TWELVE PLUS ONE
3) MOTHER-IN-LAW = WOMAN HITLER
4) GEORGE BUSH = HE BUGS GORE
Can you generate more anagrams of this sort?
1) How many meaningful words can be generated using all the letters of the word POST once?
2) How many meaningful words can be generated using all the letters of the word TIME once?
3) How many meaningful words can be generated using all the letters of the word STAPLE once?
Ans. 1) 5 (STOP, POTS, OPTS, SPOT, TOPS)
Ans. 2) 3 (EMIT, ITEM, MITE)
Ans. 3) 5 (PASTEL, PLATES, PETALS, PLEATS, SEPTAL)
Did you know that the sentence "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOGS" has all the English alphabets in it?
1) DICTIONARY = INDICATORY
2) ELEVEN PLUS TWO = TWELVE PLUS ONE
3) MOTHER-IN-LAW = WOMAN HITLER
4) GEORGE BUSH = HE BUGS GORE
Can you generate more anagrams of this sort?
1) How many meaningful words can be generated using all the letters of the word POST once?
2) How many meaningful words can be generated using all the letters of the word TIME once?
3) How many meaningful words can be generated using all the letters of the word STAPLE once?
Ans. 1) 5 (STOP, POTS, OPTS, SPOT, TOPS)
Ans. 2) 3 (EMIT, ITEM, MITE)
Ans. 3) 5 (PASTEL, PLATES, PETALS, PLEATS, SEPTAL)
Did you know that the sentence "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOGS" has all the English alphabets in it?
10) Errors in Degrees of Comparison
There are three degrees of comparison:
1) Positive - (so, as)This movie is as good as that movie.
2) Comparative - (than)He is better than I am.
3) Superlative - This is the best book that I have ever read. (Climax - the highest degree)
eg.1) The trio kept the secret among (between, among) them. (Between - two, among - more than two)
eg.2) Of the two friends Ram and Shyam, the former (first, former) is smarter.
eg.3) Of the three subjects English, Hindi and Marathi, I like the last. (last, latter)
And this brings us to the end of the ERROR TERROR class. Some exams like SNAP,NMAT and CET might also test you on word spelling errors.
Is 'accomodation' spelt correctly or is it 'accommodation'?
1) Positive - (so, as)This movie is as good as that movie.
2) Comparative - (than)He is better than I am.
3) Superlative - This is the best book that I have ever read. (Climax - the highest degree)
eg.1) The trio kept the secret among (between, among) them. (Between - two, among - more than two)
eg.2) Of the two friends Ram and Shyam, the former (first, former) is smarter.
eg.3) Of the three subjects English, Hindi and Marathi, I like the last. (last, latter)
And this brings us to the end of the ERROR TERROR class. Some exams like SNAP,NMAT and CET might also test you on word spelling errors.
Is 'accomodation' spelt correctly or is it 'accommodation'?
9) Errors in sentence construction
The foll. words need the counterpart words whenever necessary:
Either ............or
Neither............nor
not..........but
not only..........but also
No sooner..........than
Hardly/Scarcely...........when
so.........that (whenever required)
If..........(then) (not compulsory)
eg. If Ram goes, then Shyam will go/ If Ram goes, Shyam will go.
1) This story is too good to be true.(Remove too)
This story is so good that it cannot be true.
2) As soon as the teacher entered the class, the students stopped shouting.(Remove 'as soon as')
No sooner did the teacher enter the class than the students stoppped shouting.
Either ............or
Neither............nor
not..........but
not only..........but also
No sooner..........than
Hardly/Scarcely...........when
so.........that (whenever required)
If..........(then) (not compulsory)
eg. If Ram goes, then Shyam will go/ If Ram goes, Shyam will go.
1) This story is too good to be true.(Remove too)
This story is so good that it cannot be true.
2) As soon as the teacher entered the class, the students stopped shouting.(Remove 'as soon as')
No sooner did the teacher enter the class than the students stoppped shouting.
8) Errors in Double Negatives
Words like 'no', 'not','never','neither','nor',cannot',"ain't",doesn't","weren't","wasn't","couldn't","shouldn't","hadn't","wouldn't","isn't","didn't" are all negative words.
There are words like 'seldom', 'hardly','rarely','scarcely','barely' which do not have the 'no' or 'not' in them but are also negative.
In the foll. sentences there are two negative words used, we need to remove one of them otherwise there will be an error of double negative.
1) He seldom doesn't come to my house.(Incorrect)
He seldom comes to my house.
2) She barely doesn't do her homework on time.(Incorrect)
She barely does her homework on time.
3) They scarcely weren't interested in the project.(Incorrect)
They were scarcely interested in the project.
4) Isn't there no other way of doing this project on time? (Incorrect)
Is there no other way of doing this project on time?
Isn't there any other way of doing this project on time?
There are words like 'seldom', 'hardly','rarely','scarcely','barely' which do not have the 'no' or 'not' in them but are also negative.
In the foll. sentences there are two negative words used, we need to remove one of them otherwise there will be an error of double negative.
1) He seldom doesn't come to my house.(Incorrect)
He seldom comes to my house.
2) She barely doesn't do her homework on time.(Incorrect)
She barely does her homework on time.
3) They scarcely weren't interested in the project.(Incorrect)
They were scarcely interested in the project.
4) Isn't there no other way of doing this project on time? (Incorrect)
Is there no other way of doing this project on time?
Isn't there any other way of doing this project on time?
7) Errors in Redundancy of words
Redundant words are unnecessary words that can be removed from the sentence.
1) She seldom ever comes to my house.(ever is redundant)
2) He is a most unique person. (most is redundant)
3) I am feeling hungry, sleepy, tired and thirsty(feeling is redundant)
4) I get up at 7 am in the morning (in the morning is redundant)
1) She seldom ever comes to my house.(ever is redundant)
2) He is a most unique person. (most is redundant)
3) I am feeling hungry, sleepy, tired and thirsty(feeling is redundant)
4) I get up at 7 am in the morning (in the morning is redundant)
6) Errors in Modifiers
Modifiers are words like adverbs and adjectives which modify other words.
When the modification does not take place correctly, then errors can arise in sentences.
a) Dangling Modifier
eg. Having finished his homework, the T.V. set was switched on.(Incorrect)
Having finished his homework, he switched on the T.V. set.
In such a case, it is as if the T.V. set finished the homework. We need to introduce the subject from outside.
b) Misplaced Modifier.
eg. Tired and thirsty, the heavy wagon collapsed along with the horse.(Incorrect)
Tired and thirsty, the horse collapsed along with the heavy wagon.
In such a case, the subject is there in the sentence but words may not be in the correct place.We need to reaarange parts of the sentence.
c) Squinting Modifier.
eg. Running quickly makes her breathless.
In the above sentence let us put a pause in different places:
1) Running quickly/ makes her breathless. (Whenever she runs very fast, she becomes breatheless.
2) Running/ quickly makes her breathless. (Whenever she runs a little, she becomes breathless very fast).
In the above cases, 'quickly' is a squinting modifier which modifies either 'running' or 'makes'. Therefore corrections as below need to be made so that the separate meaning are correctly depicted:
1) Running fast makes her breathless.
2) Running makes her breathless quickly.
When the modification does not take place correctly, then errors can arise in sentences.
a) Dangling Modifier
eg. Having finished his homework, the T.V. set was switched on.(Incorrect)
Having finished his homework, he switched on the T.V. set.
In such a case, it is as if the T.V. set finished the homework. We need to introduce the subject from outside.
b) Misplaced Modifier.
eg. Tired and thirsty, the heavy wagon collapsed along with the horse.(Incorrect)
Tired and thirsty, the horse collapsed along with the heavy wagon.
In such a case, the subject is there in the sentence but words may not be in the correct place.We need to reaarange parts of the sentence.
c) Squinting Modifier.
eg. Running quickly makes her breathless.
In the above sentence let us put a pause in different places:
1) Running quickly/ makes her breathless. (Whenever she runs very fast, she becomes breatheless.
2) Running/ quickly makes her breathless. (Whenever she runs a little, she becomes breathless very fast).
In the above cases, 'quickly' is a squinting modifier which modifies either 'running' or 'makes'. Therefore corrections as below need to be made so that the separate meaning are correctly depicted:
1) Running fast makes her breathless.
2) Running makes her breathless quickly.
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