Monday, February 10th, 2014

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english-correct.com - learn english Home opening APPROPRIATE ENGLISH THE COMMA GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS QUALIFICATION, APPROPRIATE SUBJECTS AND DIRECTIONS SMALL WORDS, THEIR IMPORTANCE, THE ANGLO AND SAXON ELEMENT PRINCIPAL POINTS ILLUSTRATIONS CAPITAL LETTERS. Introduction APPROPRIATE ENGLISH IMPROVING YOUR ENGLISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE A NUTSHELL Essentials of English Language The Relative Pronouns are who, which, that and what THE VERB Some, Any Countable Nouns TENSE Verb Tense Consistency Pronoun Case Verbs with Helpers General Guidelines for Use of Perfect Tenses Controlling Shifts in a Paragraph or Essay Controlling Shifts in Verb Tense Choosing Passive Voice Irregular Verbs: Overview and List Choosing Active Voice VOICE AND MOOD COMPARING GERUNDS, PARTICIPLES AND INFINITIVES Using Other Tenses in Conjunction with Simple Tenses VERBALS: GERUNDS, PARTICIPLES, AND INFINITIVES Gerunds ADJECTIVE Usage of Adjectives POINTS TO REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS CONJUGATION PREPOSITION Prepositions of Direction CONJUNCTION Comparative forms of Adverbs ADVERB COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Using Pronouns Clearly INTERJECTION Subordinating Conjunctions PRONOUN Indefinite Articles: a and an Quantity Adjectives with Countable and Uncountable Nouns Using Articles with Countable and Uncountable Nouns Nouns and Articles Uses of Count and Noncount Nouns NOUN OMISSION OF ARTICLES Count and Noncount Nouns Definite Article: the Using Articles DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR, DEFINITIONS, ETYMOLOGY The Sentence SENTENCE CLASSIFICATION THE PARAGRAPH ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE DIFFERENT KINDS ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS PARAGRAPH Figurative Language Climax Epigram Interrogation An Antithesis Metonymy Hyperbole Synecdoche The principal figures An Allegory A Metaphor FIGURES OF SPEECH DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES USE OF FIGURES Punctuation SPELLING: -IBLE VS SENTENCE PUNCTUATION PATTERNS SPELLING: IE /El ONE WORD OR TWO NUMBERS SPELLING: COMMON WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE Indirect Quotations SPELLING: ACCEPT/EXCEPT AND AFFECT/EFFECT Writing Dialogue A LITTLE HELP WITH CAPITALS CAPITAL LETTERS BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PUNCTUATION Forming Plurals of Lowercase Letters Forming Possessives of Nouns THE APOSTROPHE Extended Rules for Using Quotation Marks Quoting Poetry Quotation Marks with Fiction, Poetry, and Titles Additional Punctuation Rules when Using Quotation Marks Altering the Source Material in a Quotation BRACKETS AND PARENTHESES Direct Quotations Using Quotation Marks THE MARK OF INTERROGATION MARKS OF PARENTHESES THE QUOTATION MARKS DASHES HYPHENS AND DASHES COMMAS VS THE EXCLAMATION MARK THE COLON THE 'PERIOD', 'FULL STOP' OR 'POINT' Series Commas Use a COLON THE COMMA Introductory Commas THE SEMICOLON Disruptive Commas General Guidelines When Not to Use a Comma Commas After Introductions Introductory Clauses Proofreading for Commas When to Use a Comma Comma Abuse Extended Rules for Using Commas Comma Use PRINCIPAL POINTS ILLUSTRATIONS CAPITAL LETTERS Letter Writing FORMAL INVITATIONS NOTES OF INTRODUCTION PRINCIPLES OF LETTER WRITING FORMS NOTES NOTES SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS Errors GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS MISTAKES SLIPS OF AUTHORS EXAMPLES AND CORRECTIONS ERRORS OF REDUNDANCY Pitfalls to Avoid THE PRONOUNS SUMMON—SUMMONS UNDENIABLE—UNEXCEPTIONABLE THAT FOR SO THESE—THOSE THIS MUCH—THUS MUCH etc PAST TENSE—PAST PARTICIPLE Don't say "I shall summons him," but "I shall summon him SAYS I—I SAID IN—INTO EAT—ATE PREPOSITIONS AND THE OBJECTIVE CASE EACH OTHER—ONE ANOTHER SEQUENCE OF PERSON SEQUENCE OF TENSES LAY-LIE NEITHER-NOR NONE RISE-RAISE EACH, EVERY, EITHER, NEITHER ALONE FURTHER—FARTHER LESS—FEWER BETWEEN—AMONG FIRST PERSONAL PRONOUN LOOSE PARTICIPLES DOUBLE NEGATIVE BROKEN CONSTRUCTION AND WITH THE RELATIVE ONLY OTHER AND ANOTHER THE SPLIT INFINITIVE ELLIPSIS ATTRACTION COMMON STUMBLING BLOCKS PECULIAR CONSTRUCTIONS MISUSED FORMS Style UNITY HARMONY KINDS OF STYLE STRENGTH SIMPLICITY CLEARNESS PURITY PROPRIETY DICTION DICTION, PURITY, PROPRIETY AND PRECISION Suggestions HOW TO WRITE, WHAT TO WRITE, CORRECT SPEAKING AND SPEAKERS Slang newspapers and authors, detracting the Irish race ORIGIN, AMERICAN SLANG AND FOREIGN SLANG California especially has been most fecund in this class of figurative language Some slang expressions are of the nature of metaphors and are highly figurative Slang simply consists of words and phrases which pass current but are not refined Writing for Newspapers QUALIFICATION, APPROPRIATE SUBJECTS AND DIRECTIONS Learn, too, how to read Nature's book Shakespeare understood mankind because he was himself a man Be circumspect in your selection of a paper to which to submit your copy Choice of Words SMALL WORDS, THEIR IMPORTANCE, THE ANGLO AND SAXON ELEMENT About us Links Contact (Comment on this)

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