Howto Books The A-Z Of Correct English

... the owner. the dog’Add -s. the dog’sAdd what is ‘owned’. the dog’s tailThe smile of the princessThe princess’s smileWho ‘owns’ the smile? the princessPut the apostropheafter the owner. the princess’Add ... about whether you use ’s ors’ in the plural. It will sort itself out .The tails of the dogsThe dogs’ tailsWho ‘owns’ the tails? the dogsPut the apostrop...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 09:46

... apostrophe after the owner. the dog’ Add -s. the dog’s Add what is ‘owned’. the dog’s tail The smile of the princess The princess’s smile Who ‘owns’ the smile? the princess Put the apostrophe after the owner. ... whether you use ’s or s’ in the plural. It will sort itself out. The tails of the dogs The dogs’ tails Who ‘owns’ the tails? the dogs Put the...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... or more: John is the TALLEST of all the engineers. John works THE MOST ENERGETICALLY of all the engineers. (ii) There are two ways of forming the comparative and superlative of adjectives: (a) ... reversed the car into the main road and my brother waved goodbye. COMMAS 44 ­ She reversed the car into the main road and my brother?? She reversed the car into the mai...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... are correct and there is no difference in meaning. British English favours the first and American English the second. Some writers reserve the first for a general request for information and the second ... abbreviation of the Latin et cetera which means ‘and other things’. It is therefore incorrect to write ‘and etc.’. (ii) Avoid using ‘etc.’ in formal writing. Either list all...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... the hyphen should be placed at the end of the first line (to indicate that the word is to be continued). It is not repeated at the beginning of the next. HYPERVENTILATE OR HYPOVENTILATE 90 ­ The ... because the foreign plural of these is used in a different sense from the English plural. Check these words under individual entries for the distinction in meaning. singu...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... comma (after the narrative and before the second set of inverted commas) marks the resumption of the direct speech. Note that the interrupted sentence of speech is resumed without the need for ... explain natural events or phenomena (e.g. Pandora’s Box and the coming of evil into the world, The Seven Pomegranate Seeds and the seasons of the year and so on). leg...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... Take care with the punctuation of this contraction. The apostrophe represents the omission of four letters: o’clock = of the clock Do not write: o’Clock, O’Clock or o,clock. of or off? These exemplar ... help: He is the youngest OF four children. (pronounced ov) Jump OFF the bus. (rhymes with cough) Avoid the clumsy construction:  Jump off of the bus.  Jump off the...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... show how they connect with other words in the sentence: They gave the flowers TO their mother. Let him sit NEAR you. Two problems can arise with prepositions. (i) Take care to choose the correct preposition. ... or aversion’. REPULSIVE,however,isthe stronger of the two; it has the sense of causing ‘intense disgust’, even horror in some circumstances. REPELLENT can also be used...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... dog; THEIRS has a white patch on his forehead. theirselves Incorrect formation. See THEMSELVES . themselves They blame THEMSELVES for the crash. They THEMSELVES were there. there See THEIR, THERE ... See THEIR, THERE OR THEY’RE? . there is/there are See SINGULAR OR PLURAL? (iii). thesis (singular) theses (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS . they’re See THEIR, THERE OR THEY’RE? . THEY’RE 171 thief...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... he, she, we or they), then you need ‘who’ at the beginning of the question: Who/whom is there? The answer could be: I am there.  WHO is there? WHO OR WHOM? 181 If the answer could be one of the object ... RULE . yoghurt/youghourt/ All these spellings are correct. yougurt yoke or yolk? Use these exemplar sentences as a guide: The YOKE of the christening gown was beautifu...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20