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My Course is Grammar

I am a student majoring in English. In studying English I taught about grammar.

Grammar is a compulsory subject that should be studied by every student of English.

Lecturer in my class is Drs. Amri Isyam, M.d. !ame of the course is grammar ". #his

course revie$s the tenses $hich had been covered in grammar % and grammar &, and

discusses adjective clauses, modals, passive voice, conditionals, gerunds and infinitives,

adverb clauses and noun clauses. It covers communicative e'ercises in oral and $ritten

forms. #his course is prere(uisite for advances grammar, and the learners )*+ may tae it

are only #hose $ho have passed the first grammar and grammar &.

Grammar is the set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and

$ords in any given natural language. #he term Also -efers to the study of tandard rules, and

this field includes morphology, synta', and phonology, +ften complemented by honetics,

semantics, and pragmatics.

#he term grammar is +ften used by non/linguists $ith a very broad meaning.*o$ever,

linguists use it in a much more specific sense. peaers of a language have a set of 

internali0ed rules for using that language. #his is a grammar, and the vast majority of the

information in it is ac(uired/at least in the case of one1s native language/not by conscious

study or instruction, but by observing other speaers2 much of this $or is done during

infancy. Learning a language later in life usually Involves a greater degree of e'plicit

instruction.

#he term 3grammar3 can also be used to describe the rules that govern the linguistic

 behavior of a group of speaers. #he term 3English grammar,3 therefore, may have everal

meanings. It may refer to the $hole of English grammar/that is, to the grammars of all the

speaers of the language in the $hich case, the term encompasses a great deal of variation.

Alternatively, it may refer only to $hat is common to the grammars of all, or of the vast

majority of English speaers 4-evie$s such as subject/verb/object $ord order in simple

declarative sentences5. +r it may refer to the rules of a particular, are relatively $ell/defined

variety of English 4-evie$s such as tandard English5.

3An English grammar3 is a specific description, study or analysis of tandard rules. A

reference boo describing the grammar of a language is called a 3reference grammar3 or 

simply 3a grammar.3 A fully e'plicit grammar that e'haustively describes the grammatical

constructions of a language is called a descriptive grammar. #his ind of linguistic

description contrasts $ith linguistic prescription, an attempt to discourage or suppress some

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grammatical constructions, $hile promoting others. 6or e'ample, the preposition stranding

+ccurs in Germanic languages, Instant confirmation and has a long history in English. 7ohn

Dryden, ho$ever, objected to it 4$ithout e'planation5, leading other English speaers to

avoid the construction and discourage its use.

In studying grammar, there are several topics, namely8 %5 introduction to the course, &5

verbs and verb tense formation, "5 embedded 9uestion., :5 ast ;erb 6orms8 the simple past

tense2 the simple past continuous tense., <5 reported speech, =5 capital au'iliaries of 

 possibility and probability, >5 the passive voice $ith continuous tense, ?5 indefinite adjectives

and pronouns, @5 introduction to gerunds, %5 verbs 6ollo$ed by either gerunds or infinitives,

%%5 adverb clause8 past 4%5, past 4&5, future time, and introduction to adjective clauses, %&5

clause $ith that, $hen and $here, %"5 clause to phrase -eduction and %:5 erfect modal

au'iliaries. After teaching and learning activities, it is hoped that the learners are able to

understand and master each topic and sub topic of the lectures $ell and to apply them in real

communication $herever and $henever they should use English either in spoen or $ritten

forms