ENRICH YOUR ENGLISH

अंग्रेजी एक लिंगुआ फ्रेंका के साथ विभिन्न परीक्षाओं में सफलता का गोल्डन पासपोर्ट भी है। आईये, हम भी अंग्रेजी के अपने ज्ञान को बढ़ायें –

Choose the closest meaning of the words given in the capital letters –

1. BEGUILE
   (A) to deceive, to charm (B) to rebel (C) to renounce

2. PROMULGATE
   (A) to imbibe (B) to proclaim (C) to depreciate

3. INSPISSATE
   (A) to reimburse (B) to thicken, to congeal (C) to empower

4. GARRULOUS
   (A) loquacious (B) descriptive (C) comprehensive

5. GNATHIC
   (A) puzzling (B) heavy (C) relating to the jaws

6. DILATE
   (A) to enlarge (B) to scold (C) to involve

7. MINUSCULE
   (A) strong (B) very small (C) amalgamation

Answers: 1.A 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.A 7.B

Choose the word most nearly opposite to the words given in the capital letters-

1. ABASH
   (A) to encourage (B) to adopt (C) to haunt

2. ABASE
   (A) to relinquish (B) to elevate (C) to repeat

3. ABET
   (A) to dissuade (B) to sever (C) to seal

4. FORSWEAR
   (A) to adhere to (B) to deliver (C) to instigate

5. INIQUITY
   (A) morality (B) rehearsal (C) sustenance

6. ACUMEN
   (A) realization (B) immobility (C) obtuseness

7. QUIESCENT
   (A) extraordinary (B) active (C) amateur

1.A 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.A 6.C 7.B

LET US LEARN THE CORRECT USAGE OF CAPITALIZATION

In English grammar, capitalization means using of capital letters in the sentences. The main function of capitalization is to emphasise upon particular elements within a group of places, things or persons. We can speak of a dam in India but we become more specific when we say Bhakra Dam in Himachal Pradesh. We usually capitalize the proper nouns and the first word of every sentence but the rules of capitalization even go beyond them. There are a host of rules of capitalization in English grammar.

• Capitalize the first word of a sentence.
  They took the examination and passed with high percent of marks.
  He wants to start his own business. But he is confused. How? Where? When?

• Capitalize the first word of a quotation.
  “The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” (Oscar Wilde)
  “If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they will kill you.” -George Bernard Shaw
  We usually do not capitalize the first word after the colon but when it begins the complete sentence we capitalize the first word.
  There are two options before you: First, choose mathematics to pursue engineering course and second study economics to become an economist.
  They are two branches of economics: micro economics and macro economics.
  We capitalize the first word of a hyphenated compound.
  The findings of the scam committee Re-examined.
  We capitalize all proper nouns and names (names of specific people or places)
  I love to read the books of Oscar Wilde
  Alexander the Great
  a Freudian slip
  a Shakespearean drama
  an Indian culture
  the India Gate
  the Great Wall of China
  Christ the Redeemer
  The Leaning Tower of Pisa
  Washington, D.C.
  WORD OF THE WEEK
  CONSTRICT – verb, to squeeze tightly, to limit one’s action (कसकर दबाना, किसी के कार्य को एक निश्चित सीमा में बांध देना) The government at the centre has enacted a host of laws which constrict the fundamental rights of the citizens.