This is the cruel world that you cannot expect all good people are around. Sometimes you will encounter those who make your blood boil with their bad behaviour. You cannot help to feel mad and clench your fists in rage when confronted with such bad eggs. So, here are some vocabulary that you can use to refer to these nasty folk;

1. Boor 

Meaning : a rude, ill-mannered person who does not consider other people's feelings

Example:
1. Only a boor would try to cut the queue when buying cinema tickets.

2. His boorish behaviour of mocking the poor made people hate him

2. Charlatan (SHAR-luh-tun)

Meaning : a person who pretends to have skills and knowledge that the person does not actually have

Example :
1. When he claimed that he knew all about the ministry’s top secret, I knew I was dealing with a charlatan

2. Charlatanic people cannot be trusted at all course as they exaggerated more than what they knew.

3. Miscreant (MISS-cree-unt)

Meaning : someone who behaves badly and does not obey rules

Example :

1. We need to discourage miscreant from behaving a lot worse or otherwise they will always be problematic

2. From window-breaker as a child to leg-breaker as an adult, Tony was a lifelong miscreant.

4. Sadist (SAY-dist / SAD-ist)

Meaning: a person who gets pleasure by hurting another person

Example:

1. By forcing her friends to listen to her problems with her boyfriend, Doris proved herself to be a true sadist.
2. Because of his sadistic behaviour, people keep away themselves from Aaron.

5. Tyrant (TYE-runt)

Meaning : unlimited authority or use of power, or a government which exercises such power without any control or limits 

Example :
1. My boss was such a tyrant as he ordered me to apologise to a client even though it was clear that it wasn’t my mistake in the first place.
2. In school, he was a big tyrannical bully that made others traumatic and afraid to come any near to him.

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Grammar : Sentence Types

Topic: Sentence Types

Hello everyone,
Some of you might be wondering what could have been done to improve your writing skills. Other than good grammar, applying various sentence types is another brilliant way to polish your writing. Not only it shows your ability to write well to express your idea, this sophisticated technique will surely attract readers and examiner into reading your essay. Here are the 4 major sentence types that you should know; 

1. Simple sentences
- A simple sentence contains 3 basics elements
 i) a subject ii) a verb iii) a complete thought/object
- Simple sentence is also referred as "Independent Clause" , sentence that can stand alone

Example: She eats a plate of fried noodles
-She (subject) eats (verb) a plate of fried noodles (object)

2. Compound sentences
- A compound sentence has two independent clauses
- Independent clauses are joined by a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so / FANBOYS)
Example: Sally didn't like to eat vegetables but she enjoyed eating fruits and nuts.
- Sally didn't like to eat vegetables (independent clause 1) but she enjoyed eating fruits and nuts. (independent clause 2)

3. Complex sentences
- A complex sentence is an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses 
- "Dependent clause" is either lacks a subject or a verb or that does not express a complete thought.
- Complex sentence always has a subordinator (as, because, since, after, although, when) or relative pronouns (who, that, which).
Example: Before going to school this morning, Zachary ate breakfast that his mother prepared.
- Before going to school this morning (dependent clause 1) Zachary ate breakfast (independent clause) that his mother prepared.(dependent clause 2)

4. Compound-complex sentences
- A compound-complex sentence has two independent clauses (compound) and at least one dependent clause.
Example: Since her grandparent passed away, Marry didn't talk much to anybody and she preferred to be on her own lately.
- Since her grandparent passed away (dependent clause), Marry didn't talk much to anybody (independent clause 1) and (conjunction) she preferred to be on her own.(independent clause 2)

Thus, it is important for students to be able to apply variety of sentence types in their writing to make sure the essay is well written and matured at the same time. Too many usage of simple sentences will make your writing rather "choppy" and too many compound sentences can weaken the writing. Please consider applying some complex and compound-complex sentences in your masterpiece from now on :)

Cheers, till next time

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