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Foreign words Part 1 A' la mode - in fashion; stylish made or served in a certain style, as (pie or cake) with ice cream പരിഷ് ‌ കൃതരീത്യാ : ലോകാചാരമനുസരിച്ച് ‌ He had been an exhibitionist youth, predictably enough, always dressed à la mode. Agenda You can refer to the political issues which are important at a particular time as an agenda . An agenda is a list of the items that have to be discussed at a meeting. കാര്യപരിപാടി കൃത്യവിവരണം ഒരു മീറ്റിങ്ങില് ‍ ചെയ്യേണ്ടതായ കാര്യങ്ങള് ‍ ഒരുമീറ്റിങ്ങില് ‍ ചെയ്യേണ്ടതായ കാര്യങ്ങള് ‍ Does television set the agenda on foreign policy? This is sure to be an item on the agenda next week. Aide An aide is an assistant to someone who has an importantjob, especially in government or in the armed forces. assistant, supporter, deputy, attendant   തുണ സഹായിക്കുന്നവന് ‍ സഹായസ്ഥാനം ഉപകരണങ്ങള് ‍ ഉപകാരം സഹായം രോഗശുശ്രൂഷ ചെയ്യുക ...a close aide to the Prime Minister. Aide memoire A...

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Simple sentence A  simple sentence   has a subject and a verb  A simple sentence can be very short, but some are long too, so long as they only have one subject-verb combination. Here, the  subjects are orange  and the  verbs are green . §   I   played . §   I   played  football §   I   played  football with my brother and sister. §   Today morning ,  I   played  football  in the ground with my brother and sister. As you can see, even though some of these sentences are long, each only has one subject and one verb (one clause). The most important thing to remember about simple sentences is that they never have more than one subject or more than one verb. In other words, there is only one subject doing one thing. A simple sentence CAN have a compound subject (two people using the same verb), but that’s still just one subject. §   (WRONG)  Ramu  went ...

Independent and Dependent Clauses An  independent clause  has one subject and one verb.  An example of an independent clause is the sentence: I went to the beach. which has one subject , the pronoun ' I, ' and one verb , ' went .' A  dependent clause  also contains a subject and a verb,  but it can't stand alone because it doesn't form a complete thought: When I go to the beach is an example of a dependent clause.  It has a subject, 'I,' and a verb, 'go,'  but because it begins with the word 'when,'  it doesn't form a complete thought because  the listener expects to hear something after 'beach.' Simple Sentence A  simple sentence  is one independent clause that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Notice that there are some important requirements for a  simple sentence : 1. Must have a subject and a verb. 2. Must express a complete thought. 3. Must only ...

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