A active and passive adjectives adverbs agreement alright, all right apostrophes avoiding incomplete sentences C capitals case clauses colons confusing pronouns conjunctions commas comparative and superlative complex sentences correct prepositions D dashes and brackets dependent clauses due to and owing to E each other, one another, between and among exclamation marks F full stops H hyphens I inverted commas L lie and lay M may, might and can main clauses N nouns O objects of , off and have P participle phrases past and passed phrases predicates prepositions pronouns punctuating conversation and direct speech Q question marks S sentences semi colons shall and will should and would spelling stood standing, sat, sitting subjects UVW using verbs verbs who/whom