By Ruth Colman
With very good examples and easy-to-follow principles, this concise and sensible consultant covers the fundamentals of English grammar and punctuation. excellent for English audio system who weren’t taught right grammar within the lecture room in addition to for normal readers who're doubtful approximately punctuation marks in yes occasions, this instruction manual sheds gentle at the commonest questions, together with Where may still commas pass? while may still a hyphen be used? and What is the variation among an adjective and an adverb?
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They don’t take different forms in English, but they may in other languages. There are two examples at the bottom of page 4. Go back and look them up. ) Here are some more: • Watch your step! — • Beat the butter and sugar together. — • Put your toys away, please. — • Take the next turn to the right. qxd:Layout 1 23/2/11 3:20 PM Page 55 24 Direct and indirect (reported) speech Have you ever noticed how we alter our verbs when we report what someone has said? ” If we report this to someone else some time later, we’ll say, He said he was going fishing.
Are you really going to the Grand Final, or are you just kidding? Truly? qxd:Layout 1 23/2/11 3:20 PM Page 99 46 I want to shout, blow my stack, say something astonishing! This is probably one situation for which you need no instruction. Use an exclamation mark [ ! ]. It’s true! We’ve won! I’ve told you a dozen times I’ve never met her! But wait a moment. How often do you want to shout? The punctuation specialists are undecided on this one. Some say use exclamation marks as much as you like. Others suggest you limit them to one per page, and never use more than one at a time.
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