How to learn the grammar

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Could you tell me how to learn the grammar ? My grammar is not very good ,especially the clause, it is difficult to analyse the long sentence which with many clauses, and it is also difficult to write a long sentence with some clauses by myself. I always think the long sentence which I made has many grammar problems. I do not know how to check it and write a long sentence by myself. Thank you very much

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Hi Will;
You just need to be patient, and take one step at a time.
If you want to make a long complicated sentence, just start with some very short sentences and rewrite them, combining as clauses or phrases.

Here is a good reference for you to read ==LINK==

Let's take your longest sentence as an example:

willzmjMy grammar is not very good ,especially the clause, it is difficult to analyse the long sentence which with many clauses, and it is also difficult to write a long sentence with some clauses by myself

Here is your long sentence written in separate sentences:

My grammar is not very good.
especially the clause, (oops, not a sentence, so needs fixing)
it is difficult to analyse the long sentence.

which with many clauses, (oops, not a sentence, so needs fixing)
it is also difficult to write a long sentence with some clauses by myself.

Here are your short sentences:

My grammar is not very good.
the clause especially gives me troubles
it is difficult to analyse the long sentences.
Long sentences have many clauses.
it is also difficult to write a long sentence with some clauses by myself.

To connect these sentences, you need to decide if combining all of them will make a run-on sentence. In this case, you have 3 different ideas (#1, #3 and #5), so I would make 2 or3 sentences.

Clauses need connecting words. These are called conjunctions, relative pronouns and relative adverbs. Conjunctions (and, or, but) join independent sentences. You can also use the semicolon or colon instead, if the ideas a very closely related. Never use a comma to join independent sentences!

Here are #1 and #2 combined in different ways:

My grammar is not very good and clauses especially give me trouble. (conjunction = and)

My grammar is not very good; clauses especially give me trouble. (semicolon - is good because the ideas are closely related to each other.)

Look at the words in the next 3 sentences. You use "long sentences" many times, so that is a good candidate for dependent clauses with relative pronoun conjunctions (which, that). You can also choose phrases or adjectives instead of clauses.

sentences that/which have many clauses =
sentences with many clauses =
sentences having many clauses =
compund sentences

The word difficult appears twice, so it is a good focus word. The last 3 sentences can be combined like this:

It is difficult for me to analyze or write long sentences which have many clauses.

Writing is difficult and it takes a lot of practice.
You can post here for help in making compound sentences.

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