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Indefinite Articles
"A" and "An" are called indefinite articles. They are used before singular countable nouns. Article 'a' is for consonant sounds, whereas 'an' is for vowel sounds. Indefinite articles can not be used before Proper nouns, Material nouns & Abstract Nouns. A,E,I,O,U are called vowels but they do not always produce vowel sounds. To be noted that the sound of 'A' would be a/aa, the sound of 'E' would be a/e,;then the sound of 'I' would be i/e/; next the sound of 'O' would be o/oy ; finally the sound of 'U' would be 'aa'. Vowels sometimes can make consonant sounds. When 'U' produces the sound of U, the sound would be consonant, e.g., A university, A unique creation etc. Sometimes, 'O' forms the sound of 'oa', & it is consonant sound. For instance, a one dollar note. 'E' can also make consonant sound when 'you/yoo' sound is produced, e.g. the sound of 'ewe' is 'you/yoo'. Sometimes consonants make vowel sounds as in 'honest', 'hour' etc. The produced sound is 'ˈɒ'. When Consonants are sounded singularly, they make VOWEL sounds. An MA because the sound of 'M' is the amalgamation of a+m. This procedure is as well applicable for N,F,H,L,R,S,X. Thanks

As we know watching English movies helps us a lot to learn English language, I can recommend a master piece named 'Bicycle Thieves' It is an Italian movie. You can have English subtitle to enjoy it. The story was plotted by following the social condition of Val Melaina(a neighbourhood of Rome) just after the World War Second. If you watch & realize the story, you will be fascinated I can say.

A star of the story: The story opens at a government employment office where Antonio Ricci (Lamberto Maggiorani) waits with dozens of other men for job openings. Tellingly, when his name is called, Antonio isn’t waiting attentively with the other men; he is absently idling some distance away, and must be called by the others. Is he apathetic, or just hopeless? The hungry look on his face when he hears the news tells the tale: Antonio cares deeply, but he’s a man already nearly beaten by life.......... (collected)

RUN-ON SENTENCE
A run-on sentence happens when two or more than two independent clauses are not amalgamated with proper conjunction or punctuation mark.

Mr President, Mr Astrologer! Mr............ (something would be in future)
US President Donald Trump on Friday declared that the moon is the part of Mars and criticised NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on it by 2024.(Reuters)
Moon is the part of Mars
Sun is the part of.............
Earth is the part of...........

Misplaced Modifiers: A misplaced modifier is a word or a phrase or a sentence isolated from the word that it modifies or describes. Another name of this modifier is Dangling modifier.
Example: Walking through the jungle, a tiger was found dead.

In this sentence, who noticed the event is not mentioned.
Rather say: Walking through the jungle, I/he/she/we/the/a traveler/ a hunter found a dead tiger.

At the time of reading the book, there is knock on the door.

Rather say: At the time of reading the book, I heard a knock on the door.
Dangling modifier, most often, creates ambiguity in writing. In written form it is to be conscious about the presence of the modifier(s) and the word(s)

We are the members of this group for learning and exercising English language. No doubt, we desire to have the proficiency in this language. We know the development of vocabularies is unavoidable. We learn and memorize numerous words to augment our communication faculty. Now, the fact is that, there are lots of process we can follow to use those new words to store in our mind permanently. My suggestion is to use those words in sentences. We can use those words to know the meaning from others or we can use them to know the synonyms or antonyms and so on. Thanks.

Verb is very crucial in any language and without it, any sense of expression is incomplete. OK, we can briefly discuss on FINITE & NON FINITE verbs.
Finite verbs: Basically finite verbs are influenced by the number and the person of subjects & the functions of tense.
For instance: (i) Ulysses was vehemently thirst for knowledge.
(ii) Ozymandias claimed him the king of kings.
Finite verb: Here finite verbs are WAS & CLAIMED.
Parts: Finite verbs can be Transitive, Intransitive & Linking (Copulative) verbs.

Non-Finite verbs: There is no relation with Subject and Tense of a sentence. Non finite verbs cannot perform action as the root of an independent clause.
For example: (i) The daffodils are dancing enthusiastically to reveal their happiness.
(ii) Dr Faustus written by Christopher Marlowe is a master piece of all time.
(iii) Sherlock Holmes discovered a writing pad into the hidden part of a suitcase.
(iv) Having bidden good bye to his followers & friends, Socrates drank the juice of Hemlock to embrace death.
(v) To discover The Indian Subcontinent, Christopher Columbus discovered America unknowingly.
(vi) They saw the children follow the Pied piper of Hamelin.
Non Finite verb: Here Non finite verbs are 'to reveal', 'written', 'writing', 'having bidden', 'to discover', & 'follow'.
Parts: Gerund, Participle( Present, past & perfect participle), Infinitive(with or without 'to')

Adjective clause/relative clause
An adjective clause a dependent clause acts like an adjective & modifies a NOUN or PRONOUN. Adjective clauses commence with words like that, when, where, who, whom, whose, which, and why.

Adjective clause is used as the Post Modifier of a Noun.

Example: I know the man WHO WON THE LOTTERY.
Explanation: 'WHO WON THE LOTTERY' is the Post Modifier of the Noun 'boy'

Post Modifier: A word or group of words that describes the Noun or Noun Phrase in a sentence and is placed after it is named as post modifier.

More Examples:
Tell me the time WHEN HE WILL COME.(modifies the Noun 'time')
He explained the reason WHY HE WAS ABSENT. ( modifies the Noun Phrase 'the reason')
The teacher WHO TEACHES US PHONETICS is going abroad for higher education. (modifies the Noun Phrase 'The teacher')

After a negative, the word BUT is used as a relative pronoun in the sense of who…not or which…not.

Example: There is no mother BUT LOVES HER CHILD. Explanation: There is no mother WHO DOESN'T LOVE HER CHILD). 'BUT' is used in exchange for WHO DOESN'T.

N.B. Description of Adjective Clause has been revealed briefly. Anyone can provide his or her precious ideas on the above topic candidly. Thanks.