Check Your English_ Part 4 Explanation

1.   'one of something' is always followed by a plural noun.

Eg: One of the bags is empty 

2&3.    Difference between IT'S and ITS


IT'S means either IT IS or IT HAS, whereas, ITS is for possession. 

4.   "In case" and "in the case"  

Read the sentences:  

a. In case of emergency , do not use the lift

b. In the case of India, it is a developing country


In case  of something = if something happens

In the case of something = According to something


5. There is and there has been

There is is used to show or demonstrate something, normally a thing/object  but an accident is not like a 'bag' or 'vehicle'.  The verb be has been used here in its third form been with the meaning 'occurred'.

6. When a word is formed with single meaning but from two different words, they have to be connected with a '-' while writing. 

So it's environment-friendly not environment friendly

7& 8.   The word 'near' does not accept 'to' proposition. But the word 'close' accepts 

9. The word interested is always followed by the proposition in NOT to   

10.  Little is used with uncountable nouns and knowledge is uncountable and less is a comparative word used while comparing something. Here, we're not comparing anything. The speaker only wants to say he has a very 'limited' knowledge about the matter.  

Other examples are:   I have little information about it  ( Meaning I have no information about it) 
                                   Here information is uncountable.