Common Sentence Errors
Fragments often occur because of some common error, such as starting a sentence with a preposition, a dependent word, an infinitive, or a gerund. If you use the six basic sentence patterns…
Fragments
The sentences you have encountered so far have been independent clauses. As you look more closely at your past writing assignments, you may notice that some of your sentences are…
Sentence Structure, Including Fragments and Run-ons
Now that you know what makes a complete sentence—a subject and a verb—you can use other parts of speech to build on this basic structure. Good writers use a variety…
Sentence Writing
Imagine you are reading a book for school. You need to find important details that you can use for an assignment. However, when you begin to read, you notice that…
SKIMMING & SCANNING
Skimming and scanning are reading techniques that use rapid eye movement and keywords to move quickly through text for slightly different purposes. Skimming is reading rapidly in order to get…
What is an Oscilloscope
Oscilloscopes, or scopes are an important tool in the armoury of the electronics engineer or tester. An oscilloscope is an item of electronics test equipment that enables waveforms to be…
What Is a Multimeter?
A multimeter, also known as a volt-ohm meter, is a handheld tester used to measure electrical voltage, current (amperage), resistance, and other values. Multimeters come in analog and digital versions and…
Classification of measuring instruments
The instruments used to measure the physical and electrical quantities are known as measuring instruments. The measuring instruments may be classified as follows: Absolute instrument & Secondary instruments: Absolute instrument measures the…
Hall Effect
Mainly Lorentz force is responsible for Hall effect. All of we know that when we place a current carrying conductor inside a magnetic field, the conductor experiences a mechanical force to…
Types of Transducer
There are of many different types of transducer, they can be classified based on various criteria as: Types of Transducer based on Quantity to be Measured Temperature transducers (e.g. a thermocouple) Pressure…
