Use of English
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Grammar

nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions

Syntax

sentences, predicates, subjects, using verbs, active and passive, objects, complex sentences, avoiding incomplete sentences

Useful Definitions

phrases, clauses, main clauses, dependent clauses, sentences, complex sentences

Usage

agreement, case, who/whom, confusing pronouns, correct prepositions, comparative and superlative, participle phrases

Words Commonly Confused

lie and lay; shall and will; may, might and can; each other, one another, between and among; due to and owing to; past and passed; of , off and have; stood standing, sat, sitting; alright, all right; should and would

Punctuation

full stops, capitals, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, punctuating conversation and direct speech, inverted commas, apostrophes, dashes and brackets, hyphens, semi colons, colons

Spelling

general help, 15 golden rules of spelling


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