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... ‘owned’ the dog the dog’ the dog’s the dog’s tail The smile of the princess The princess’s smile Who ‘owns’ the smile? Put the apostrophe after the owner Add -s Add what is ‘owned’ 18 the princess the ... remember to keep the -e with soft c and soft g words It’s the e that keeps them soft (courageous, traceable) (See SOFT C AND SOFT G.) Don’t keep the -e with t...

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... three 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) ... (the British Broadcasting Corporation) historical periods (the Renaissance) (the Neolithic Period) days of the week (Monday) months of the year (September) but not u...

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... 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 the items indicated by the vague ... because ‘Jack’ (singular) is closer to the verb than ‘brothers’) (ii) Be careful to place each part of the ‘either or’ construction correctly I have decided either that I ha...

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... on! Note: that 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 90 HYPHENS The children shouted ... flourescent) fly they flew, have flown, are flying focus focused or focussed (both correct) focusing or focussing (both correct) for- or fore-? A useful rule of thumb is to rem...

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... 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 a capital letter ... lengthened further, the close of the second pair of inverted commas would be delayed accordingly: ‘Indeed it is,’ said my mother ‘When will you be able to get to us? Nee...

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... 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 bus offic...

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... 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 ... Sometimes the paragraph will begin with this sentence (called a topic sentence) and the rest of the paragraph will elaborate or illustrate the point made Sometimes the...

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... dog; THEIRS has a white patch on his forehead theirselves Incorrect formation See themselves They blame THEMSELVES for the crash They THEMSELVES were there there See THEIR, THERE OR THEY’RE? there ... (i) and (ii).) shoe These are the tricky tenses of the verb ‘to shoe’: The blacksmith SHOES the horse He is SHOEING the horse now He SHOD the horse last week He has SHOD the ho...

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... yourself the question and anticipate the answer If this could be one of the subject pronouns (I, 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? 181 WHOLE If the answer could be one of the object pronouns (me, him, her, us or them), then you need ‘whom’ at the beginning of...

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... athletics (not atheletics) 22 ASTHMA ASTHMA AXIS attached, attaching, attachment (not -tch) audible (not -able) audience (not -ance) aural or oral? AURAL refers to the ears and hearing ORAL refers ... approaching (not apr-) aquaint Wrong spelling See ACQUAINT aquaintance Wrong spelling See ACQUAINTANCE aquarium (singular) aquaria or aquariums (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS 20 ARTIST OR ARTISTE...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 20:20

... curtain See SOFT C AND SOFT G changeable (not -gable) See SOFT C AND SOFT G chaos chaotic character (not charachter) ˆ chateau/chateau (singular) ˆ chateaux or chateaux (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS ... group of actors in a play and for a plaster CAST and a CAST in an eye Use CASTE when referring to a social group in Hindu society caster or castor? Both caster sugar and castor sugar...

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... of commas or a pair of brackets around a parenthesis: Geraldine is – as you know – very shy with strangers (v) A dash can mark a pause before the climax is reached: There he was at the foot of ... are two ways of forming the comparative and superlative of adjectives: (a) Add -er and -est to short adjectives: tall taller tallest happy happier happiest (b) Use more and most wi...

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... air in a room One also refers to a DRAUGHT of ale, a game of DRAUGHTS and a boat having a shallow DRAUGHT TE draft or draught? drawers or draws? DRAWS is a verb She DRAWS very well for a young ... (.), an exclamation mark (!), and a question mark (?) Use a full stop to end a statement There are five eggs in the fridge Use an exclamation mark with a command or an excla...

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... PLURALS singular -eau -eu adieu bureau chateau milieu plateau tableau foreign plural English plural adieux bureaux chateaux milieux plateaux tableaux adieus bureaus – milieus plateaus – singular ... ultimatum aquaria bacteria curricula data errata memoranda millennia referenda strata ultimata aquariums – curriculums – – memorandums millenniums referendums – ultimatums 79 FORESAKE singular -um...

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... See ADDING ENDINGS (iii) lain See LAY OR LIE? lama or llama? LAMA = a Buddhist priest LLAMA = an animal of the camel family landscape (not lanscape) language (not langage) larva (singular) larvae ... teacher says, ‘Brilliant!’, to a pupil who fails yet again, he is being sarcastic and ironical at the same time When a teacher says, ‘Have you lost your tongue?’ to a pupil, he is being...

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