Subodh Bhattarai (English & Communication Notes - BBA/BBS/BBBS/BHM/BIM/BMS/MBA/MBS & +2)

  ABILITY can, can’t, could, couldn’t are used to express ability: Can you drive? Help! I can’t swim. Could you understand what he is saying? She couldn’t dance very well. # can have a present and a future meaning. I can finish it tomorrow . # could have a past meaning I could swim when I was five. We can also use  be able to for ability, and it’s easier to do this in the past and future : I can’t do it now. I will be able to do it later . They were able to complete the job last week. We use be able to in the present perfect tense : I have been able to type three of the letters, but I haven’t been able to type the other one. We are more likely to use be able to when something was difficult : At first we couldn’t do it because there was a problem, but finally we were able to do it. We use this/these to refer to the people and things, situations and experiences that are close to the speaker or very close in time. We use that/those to refer to peop...

Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head. - Malcolm Gladwell  Writing Without Teachers (1973) is a book from Peter Elbow , a well-known American educator, about Freewriting . Its overall purpose is to give instructions for better writing. Trying to get everything just right in the beginning is a formula for failure, the author claims. Accordingly, people should exercise writing simply by writing without a break, without looking back, without crossing something out and without wondering how to spell something right. Thus, freewriting is about non-editing and that should make writing less blocked. Elbow argues most writers constantly try to correct their grammar and spelling during the writing process. This habit derives for the author from schooling since then many are “obsessed” with their mistakes. This is a...

  Narrative Essay When writing a narrative essay, one might think of it as telling a story. These essays are often anecdotal (a short, interesting, or amusing account of a real incident - especially a biographical one), experiential, and personal—allowing students to express themselves in creative and, quite often, moving ways. In a narrative essay, you tell a story, often about a personal experience, but you also make a point. So, the purpose is not only to tell an entertaining tale but also to expound (add detail) on the importance of the experience.    A personal narrative essay is about a personal experience, so you should write it in the first person. A personal narrative is a story about yourself, and great personal narrative essay topics include experiences you’ve had, people you know, your reactions to books or other writing, and many other options.  Knowing how to write a personal narrative essay starts with finding a great topic. You need a topic you ...

  9 BUSINESS LETTERS AND MEMOS Dear Sirs, My recent order which arrived safely contained two items: one Red Pyjama, and one White Stripe Pyjama. Our daughter is four and a half months old, weighs 7 kilos, and is 61 centimetres long. In other words, she is a fairly average size for her age. Given this, we were confident that the right size of pyjama for her would be the 70 cm, which you claim will last until the baby is some nine months old. To our great disappointment, the Red is a tight fit now, while the White stripe is comfortable fit now, and may last, say, one or two months. Misleading labelling and predictions are unfortunate in any circumstances, but doubly so when the customer lives abroad. Apart from the trouble and cost of returning the things, the fact is that our daughter needs the garments that we ordered now, and we can thus hardly afford any delay. Could you please let me know whether it is your normal policy to overestimate the age and size for which particu...

  RECOGNIZING A PATTERN Sometimes arranging your ideas will be easy because your assignment specifies a particular pattern of development. This may be the case in a composition class where the instructor may assign or descriptive or on narrative essay. Also, certain assignments or exam questions so just how your material should be structured. For example, an instructor might ask you to tell you about how something works or an exam question might ask you to trace the circumstances leading up to an event. If you are perceptive, You will realize that your instructor is asking for a process essay and that the exam question is asking for either a narrative or a cause and effect response. The important thing is to recognize the cues such assignments give and to structure your assignments accordingly.  For example, if questions like “what happened” and “when did it happen” yielded the most useful information about your topic, you should consider structuring your paper as a narrative....