LEON BARKHO WHERE YOU MAY GET IT WRONG WHEN WRITING ENGLISH A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONALS Download free eBooks at bookboon.com Where You May Get it Wrong When Writing English: A Practical Guide for Students, Teachers and Professionals 1st edition © 2016 Leon Barkho & bookboon.com ISBN 978-87-403-1429-8 Peer review by Carol-Ann Soames, Jönköping University, Sweden Download free eBooks at bookboon.com WHERE YOU MAY GET IT WRONG WHEN WRITING ENGLISH CONTENTS CONTENTS Introduction Quoting and Paraphrasing – Introduction Tools 10 Quoting 17 How to Quote 18 Practical Guide 19 Paraphrasing 29 Practical Guide 30 Exercise 36 Subject and Verb Agreement 47 Exercise 48 The Possessive 55 Exercise 58 www.sylvania.com We not reinvent the wheel we reinvent light Fascinating lighting offers an ininite spectrum of possibilities: Innovative technologies and new markets provide both opportunities and challenges An environment in which your expertise is in high demand Enjoy the supportive working atmosphere within our global group and beneit from international career paths Implement sustainable ideas in close cooperation with other specialists and contribute to inluencing our future Come and join us in reinventing light every day Light is OSRAM Download free eBooks at bookboon.com Click on the ad to read more WHERE YOU MAY GET IT WRONG WHEN WRITING ENGLISH CONTENTS Abbreviations and Acronyms 61 Introduction 61 What are They? 61 How to Deine Them 61 Points of Grammar and Style 66 Punctuation 69 Guide to Punctuation Marks 70 Exercise 80 Consistency 88 Consistency in the Tense of the Verb 88 Consistency in Listing 90 Consistency in Bullet Points 90 Currencies 94 10 The Progressive Tense 98 Exercise 99 11 12 13 14 15 Pronouns 103 Exercise 103 Sentences 113 What is a Sentence in English? 114 Exercise: Incomplete Sentences 124 Exercise: Awkward Sentences 127 Coherence 141 Exercise 168 Content Words 178 Exercise 178 Friendly Words 194 Index 214 Further reading 219 Download free eBooks at bookboon.com ... BARKHO WHERE YOU MAY GET IT WRONG WHEN WRITING ENGLISH A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONALS Download free eBooks at bookboon.com Where You May Get it Wrong When Writing English: ... is OSRAM Download free eBooks at bookboon.com Click on the ad to read more WHERE YOU MAY GET IT WRONG WHEN WRITING ENGLISH CONTENTS Abbreviations and Acronyms 61 Introduction 61 What are They? ... edition © 2016 Leon Barkho & bookboon.com ISBN 978-87-403-1429-8 Peer review by Carol-Ann Soames, Jönköping University, Sweden Download free eBooks at bookboon.com WHERE YOU MAY GET IT WRONG WHEN